Poseidon’s Reliability Promise: Pay More For the Same
Will water ratepayers benefit if the Orange County Water District partners with Poseidon Resources Inc. to build a $1 billion ocean desalination plant in Huntington Beach? Efforts by the Irvine Ranch...
View ArticleWater Board President’s Coastal Commission Claims Questioned
OCWD Board of Directors president Cathy Green to the Coastal Commission, June 12: "I am here to inform the commission that on May 14 that Orange County Water District's Board of Directors voted to...
View ArticlePoseidon Jokes and Mesa Water Laughs Over Proposed Tax Increase for...
Orange County taxpayers may have to pay a lot more for a $1 billion Huntington Beach ocean desalination plant if the Mesa Water District gets its way. For the past decade the developer, Poseidon...
View ArticlePetition: The Orange County Water District Should Livestream its Public Meetings
The purpose of this petition is to request that the Orange County Water District Board of Directors provide live Internet broadcasting and video archiving of all of the District's public meetings.
View ArticleKa-Ching! Tardy Orange County Water District Directors Rake the Cash
By John Earl Director Steven Sheldon called me out at the August 24, 2016 meeting of the Orange County Water District Board of Directors. He did so after I spoke during public comments about...
View ArticleMesa Water on Conservation: In Cuba maybe, but not here
By John Earl To the five elected directors of the Mesa Water District, conservation is a Trojan horse, unleashing Cuban-style authoritarianism, drop by drop. The answer to the worst California drought...
View ArticleThe Ideological War Behind Poseidon’s Proposed Desalination Plant
Underlying the long-running battles between proponents and opponents of the proposed Poseidon Resources ocean desalination plant is an ideological war between two roughly defined factions:...
View ArticleConservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Dual Water Board Director is Poseidon’s...
By John Earl Shawn Dewane of Costa Mesa is the free-marketeer point man for Poseidon Resources, the water dealer that wants to combine public and private funds to build a $1 billion ocean desalination...
View ArticleConservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Poseidon’s Point Man Spins Alternative...
By John Earl Part 3 in a series: Part 1; Part 2 The Mesa Water District and the Orange County Water District’s dual board member, Shawn Dewane, loves to spin alleged factoids comparing conservation as...
View ArticleConservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Pro-Desal Director Pushes False...
By John Earl Part 4 of a series: part 1; part 2; part 3 In a January 26 Facebook post, Mesa Water and Orange County Water District’s (OCWD) dual board member, Shawn Dewane, proudly announced...
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