While a developer of ocean desalination plants is working to gather permits for a proposed plant in Huntington Beach, its upcoming facility in Carlsbad may provide a glimpse of Orange County's future.

An aerial view of the Carlsbad desalination plant that is currently under construction. When thinking of California, Hollywood, Silicon Valley and even the Gold Rush are likely among the first ...

The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, Calif., April 10, 2015. A number of California’s coastal cities are studying desalinization to solve their water woes — this facility will produce ...

But time has given me perspective, and I recognize now that the value that the Carlsbad Desalination Plant provides our region is undeniable. We are now celebrating the plant’s fifth anniversary ...

The newest weapon in the war on drought in California has arrived, ... A giant water desalination plant will open this week in Carlsbad, tucked behind a power plant across the street from ...

Most desalination plants take in two times more seawater than the fresh water they produce. To produce 50 million gallons per day of fresh water, Carlsbad will draw in 100 million gallons of seawater.

It is expected to deliver nearly twice as much fresh water as the Carlsbad plant – enough to meet one-third of the city’s total demand – at about 20 percent cheaper than desalination.

Carlsbad — As of Friday, 10 workers are quarantined inside the Carlsbad desalination plant for the next three weeks, monitoring and adjusting gauges and switches, watching for leaks, and doing ...

The Carlsbad Desalination Plant now delivers 50 million gallons of freshwater per day. And just last month, a smaller desalination plant was unanimously approved to deliver freshwater to Orange ...

The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant has served more than 100 billion gallons of water over the past seven years — a milestone reached in late October, the San Diego County ...

This is KPBS Midday Edition, I'm Maureen Cavanaugh. The desalination plant in Carlsbad, online later this year, there are quite a few coastal communities in California giving getting very ...

The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in Carlsbad, Calif., April 10, 2015. A number of California’s coastal cities are studying desalinization to solve their water woes — this facility will produce ...