Hi Jeff, I sort of wanted to put a final cap on this story. I am sure we will have even more serious water issues as the enforcement of the new water strategy kicks in within the next few weeks. My yard is already a wreck and if it weren't for the economic forces in play today, I would likely be a guinea pig for changing out the lawn to a synthetic turf. Though I don't dislike it, it just doesn't motivate me quite enough like the smell of a freshly cut lawn. But if the drought continues and the water issues become even more severe, there may be no choice. I don't like much of the ground cover or cactus gardens. I tend to want to interact with plants and the cactus and I have avoidance issues, like I bleed easily when stabbed with the thorny needles, lol.  

Hi Jon, They won't stop but I think the writing is on the wall and there did seem a more than fair tradeoff by creating the wetlands nursery to grow new marine life.

Hi Joan, Indeed they have and for the foreseeable future they will continue. What I would like to see are about a dozen of these desalination plants up and down the coast. The filtration system should be quite reliable and it would make our Pacific ocean coastline useful for more than just a view. Whole eras of California have been drought plagued and we need a permanent reliable system. The catch is that the environmentalists have way too much influence over the government ability to do what is needed to provide the basic services.

Hi Teri, Not a moment, in fact a couple years too late.

Hi Bill, I think most people are relieved but this plant will only serve a limited number in North County Coastal. To little, too laye in my estimation.

Hi Sally, I will continue to write on this issue and hopefully something bigger and better soon. Getting this one on line needs to spur others and hopefully get more on line in time to prevent a disaster with the greatly curtailed water supplies.

Hi Myrl, I heard that they built that plant in record breaking time. The difference of course is that Cuba doesn't have environmentalists interfering. And even if they did, they don't any more if you get my drift, :-) But the process they used there was a simple and affordable alternative to what has to be done here in the States.

Hi Rene, In my view, no one could have said that better. "the idea is so simple and obvious". It is a simple concept and for the ( what I belive is correct) 3900 lbs of marine life that would be killed off in a year, most fisherman that fish the sea, wastes more than that in a very short time. The whales and dolphins alone they kill by accident would be more than this. At least that is what occurs to me. 

Hi Janice, Thanks for dropping by. We are all appreciative of this new water source but we will be needing many more of these plants and t is hoped that this will be the new prototype for other companies to follow.

Hi Diane, It is getting worse even more so as each day passes and with the severe cutbacks in water use coming in 10 days, people will be screaming there heads off and the costs are going to go up and up and up. It might start affecting home values when people realize what is involved here so we need many more of the desalination plants along the coast. Regretfully there are no plans at present to do that. They wait until this becomes so serious, always the way with politics I suppose, :-),especially here.

Hi Teri, Thank You so much Teri, it was a great day, worked all of it but glad to do that.

I read the other day that a couple new problems have come up. The financing which had been all arranged and was deferred because of the new issues and lawsuit ma now be jeopardy. I went up there the other day and took pictures to the extent that I could see through a metal mesh fence with wood slates in it. The camera I had with me was very small and and there were sections of the fence that had breaks and I stuck the lens in and Voila, I got a load of pictures. So, If I write on this again, I will use some new pictures of the lagoon. What was funny was there was a whole  section of the fence that had broken away and I saw someone there so I ask him to pose and he did. He was with the fish nursery part where they grow baby in the Lagoon to replace the fish that are killed in the water cooling process. I sure wish I had these photos when I wrote about this the first time.

Hi Jeff, I was up there just a couple days ago and took a whole bunch of new photos. Here is one of the fish hatchery.

Hi Ruth Marie, It does seem long, 6 years actually, I ave only written for the last 2 of those years. But I may may have another years worth of posts if this doesn't get off the ground soon, LOl. Actually construction was to start in fall but now financing has become of the new issues of the day. The agreed to financing has dried up and they have to start over again to find the capital.