CWA approves consultant contract amendment for San Onofre desal feasibility study

The San Diego County Water Authority board approved an amendment to the professional services contract for the feasibility study of a seawater desalination plant at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.

The November 30 vote authorizes the evaluation of a reconfigured desalination project which would limit the use of Unit 1 tunnels to discharge only and would utilize subsurface intakes to be constructed at a distance from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. The revised study scope would also evaluate other locations to the south along the Camp Pendleton coastline and would consider...