Election 2020: MWDOC Candidate Stacy Taylor Punted for Mesa Water’s $89 Monthly Desal Tax Proposal
In 2015, Stacy Taylor, Poseidon's water board candidate, punted for Mesa Water's proposed $1,000 yearly desal tax....
When OCWD’s Poseidon Lie Officially Started: Looking Back
July 24, 2013, might be remembered in OCWD history as a day of infamy....
Poseidon Opponents: Delay Term Sheet Pending Committee Investigation
The letter says: if the ad hoc committee is in violation of the Brown Act, the term sheet renegotiation “itself could be considered Null &...
Documents Related to the Proposed Poseidon Huntington Beach Ocean Desalination Plant
The Surf City Voice received thousands of documents from the Orange County Water District’s response to recent Public Record Act requests....
OCWD: Poseidon’s Role in Hidden Committee Meetings Explained
Kennedy said that there is a reason for Poseidon’s involvement in the meetings—which are closed to the rest of the public—and there’s nothing illegal about...
Water District’s Spurious ‘Ad Hoc’ Committee Pushes Billion-Dollar Desal Project
California law says that the OCWD belongs to the people, but some board members think it's all theirs....
Water District Budget Passed at ‘Worst Public Meeting Ever’
“There was very little information given to the public,” he complained. “That was the worst run public meeting I have ever witnessed.”...
OCWD Rate Increase: ‘Sucking it Up’ Will Lower Ratepayer Costs and Fill the Basin
OCWD continues to cover the costs (nearly $800,000, so far) of investigating a billion-dollar ocean desalination project that would raise the RA by hundreds of...
Conservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: False Stats Pushed by Poseidon Advocate
“Contrary to popular belief,” Dewane claimed, “conservation does not come for free and in fact, prices have risen enough because of demand reduction [during the...
Conservation Vs. Ocean Desalination: Poseidon’s Point Man Spins Alternative Water Facts
The Mesa Water District and the Orange County Water District’s dual board member, Shawn Dewane, loves to spin alleged factoids comparing conservation as a water...