Water purchase agreement for seawater desalination nears completion; public review period approaches

SAN DIEGO - At a special meeting of the Water Authority Board of Directors today, August 9, Water Authority staff announced that a proposed 30-year Water Purchase Agreement with Poseidon Resources to purchase desalinated seawater will be released to the public later this month. The release will open a 60-day public review period, and the public will be invited to provide comments at two special public meetings and at regularly scheduled meetings of the Water Authority’s Board of Directors before the Board takes action on the agreement this fall.

The special public meetings will be held:

·Thurs...