Need sea water to sustain our growth
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Donna Gray
I am a resident of Huntington Beach and a native Southern
Californian. I am responding in support of the efforts to establish a
sea-water treatment plant that will provide much-needed additional
water supplies to the region.
An adequate water supply should be of critical concern to all of
us who live in Orange County as well as in other parts of thirsty
California.
Much of our water continues to be imported and, as the supply
becomes tighter and more expensive, we must look to the future and
implement new ways to provide for the sustained growth that will
surely continue. The ocean offers an abundant supply. The location
proposed for the desalination plant is in an existing industrial area
adjacent to the AES power plant and would use sea water already being
drawn for that plants’ operation. I believe that concerns about the
impact on the surrounding neighborhood as well as ocean environmental
concerns can be mitigated with good planning, community input and
application of sound science.
* DONNA GRAY is a Huntington Beach resident. To contribute to
“Sounding Off” e-mail us at hbindependent@ latimes.com or fax us at
(714) 966-4667.
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