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State water agency rejects appeals from environmental groups for desalination plant

SAN DIEGO - A controversial proposal to operate a seawater desalination plant in North County that's already under construction moved a step closer to final approval today, when a state water agency rejected appeals from two environmental groups for the third time.

The State Water Resources Control Board dismissed appeals from the Surfrider Foundation and San Diego Coastkeeper to deny a permit for the Poseidon Resources desalination plant under construction in Carlsbad.

Poseidon Resources, the project's developer, described the appeal as ''yet another politically motivated attempt to stop seaw...

 

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