March 1st, 2007 Town Hall
Questions and
Answers
Q 01
- What are the top 3
Justifications for the
Desalination Plant?
 
Q 02
- Are there health hazards due
to brine and chemical
discharges?
 
Q 03
- If sometime we trade our
Colorado River water credits
for Poseidon desal water, and
then we have an energy crisis,
or energy costs skyrocket, how
would COSTS be Affected?
 
Q 04
- What hurdles are left before
the Poseidon plant may be built?
 
Q 05
- If HB does NOT elect to buy
the water produced at
Poseidon, what revenue, if any,
would HB receive for the
burden of hosting the plant?
 
Q 06
- Mr. Hart said Desal is in
worldwide use. Where? On what
Scale? Any details on the
success or failures of different
technologies?
 
Q 07
- Mr. Hart said a benefit of
Desal would be "local control" -
how does having a private
company producing water give
local control?
 
Q 08
- Mr. Hart expressed a
concern about Desal impacting
"Coastal Development". Won't
it impact developmant far
inland, maybe to Las Vegas and
other desert areas?
 
Q 09
- What does H.B. get out of
this that we do not already
have?
 
Q 10
- Will H.B. citizens get a
chance to vote on this?
 
Q 11
- Doesn't Costa Mesa have to
give approval to the Poseidon
project?
 
Q 12
- What is the conservation
potential for Agricultural water
use?
 
Q 13
- Are there any Desal plants
operating succesfuly in the
USA?, in the world?
 
Q 14
- Besides reverse osmoses,
what other processes are
currently being used, and how
do the costs compare?
 
Q 15
- Is it true that because
Poseidon has a "lock" on Desal
(because they own the land &
have filed for a permit)?
 
     
     
     
     
     
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