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August 2, 2015: Cal Am Water Desal Delayed

(16:45) MONTEREY- A Monterey Peninsula water provider’s desalination project is facing obstacles. California American Water held a special meeting on Wednesday to explore solutions to the stalled project. The desalination project is hung up on conflicting Geoscience in an Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and lack of progress on a test well. The meeting concluded a letter asking for an endorsement of extension should be sent to the California Public Utilities Commission in regards to the EIR while the Geoscience conflicts are resolved. The unfinished test well will have to be reviewed by the Coastal Commission, the project is expected to be back on schedule by next summer.

 

 

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