Desalination plant should be supported From any...

Desalination plant should be supported

From any rational viewpoint, the plant should be supported. As

long as there is nothing in the fine print that will get into the tax

payers pocket, this is a very sound project.

All the environmental arguments regarding entrainment, algae,

zooplankton and fish larva are meaningless, NIMBY-type statements and

have nothing to do with real science or understanding of the

environment. The same goes for the statements about salinity of the

discharge (which will still be less than the north end of the gulf of

California, where the fishing is good).

DALLAS E. WEAVER

Huntington Beach

Plant would be another eyesore

The AES plant on Pacific Coast Highway is, quite frankly, a relic

of another age in the city’s history; a time when a giant,

oil-burning monster could be placed next to the beach, or a toxic

waste dump (on the corner of Magnolia and Hamilton) could sit across

from a high school. Since the 1950s, Huntington Beach has tried to

erase this industrial past with the suburban life we enjoy today. So,

while a desalination plant may seem futuristic, its construction

would be a giant step backward. The proposed plant may help Orange

County’s water supply, but what else does it do for us? In the long

run, with oil topping $66 a barrel, the future of the power plant,

which would drive the desalinization plant, looks bleak. Surely the

city would be better off waiting for the dinosaur to be replaced with

hundreds of taxable beach-front shops and homes than to add to an

ocean-view eyesore.

JEFFREY GOODMAN

Huntington Beach

Don’t add to the city’s toxic mess

I certainly hope that Don Hansen is doing his homework regarding

this important project that will not provide a drop of water to our

city.

Basically this idea should take a life of its own further down the

coast, and not in our city. Yes, the residents of Southeast Surf City

need someone to stand up for their quality-of-life issues, and I

certainly hope that Hansen is their man. He did mention how he felt

about the S.E. residents, and this is his best opportunity to start a

remake of the area. The toxic dump across from Edison High School is

also going to have to have his support and strong work ethic to make

certain Surf City cleans up its act.

Oh, by the way, I am against the Poseidon desalination project.

The residents of Surf City do not need to get ripped off again, e.g.

the sports complex.

JIM MORENO

Huntington Beach

Seven reasons to nix the desalination plant

The city should deny the recirculated environmental report because

Huntington Beach is the lead agency for the approval or denial of

desalination plant.

Here are seven reasons:

1. There is no need for the plant in H.B. because H.B. is getting

none of the water.

2. The environmental report doesn’t fully analyze the alternatives

to the project.

3. The report doesn’t assess the effects from increased water

costs and proliferation of the plant on the AES plant. The

desalination plant needs 50 million gallons of water a day, 365 days

a year, and the AES plant only runs when needed.

4. Growth-inducing effects have not been adequately analyzed. The

desalination plant has no buyers for its water, so it would be a new

development that could afford it by charging the cost to the new

homes.

5. The report doesn’t provide clear information about the source

of energy for the project.

6. The report does not indicate how the privately owned facility

will operate as a supplier of public water.

7. The cumulative effects of the desalination plant on the

Southern California Bight are not adequately assessed.

Because of the flaws identified, the City Council is required to

reject the recirculated environmental report.

EILEEN MURPHY

Huntington Beach