Nation's Largest Desalination Plant Officially Opens

Operations are underway at the nation’s largest and most technologically advanced seawater desalination plant, which has already produced more than 1.5 billion gallons of locally controlled water for San Diego County, helping to minimize the region’s vulnerability to the statewide drought.The Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad (California) Desalination Plant is the result of a 30-year Water Purchase Agreement between the plant’s developer and owner, Poseidon Water, and the San Diego County Water Authority for the production of up to 56,000 acre-feet of water per year, enough to meet the needs of about 400,000 people. It is a major component of the water authority’s