$50 million groundwater desalination plant to reduce dependence on imported water in California

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$50 million groundwater desalination plant to reduce dependence on imported water in California

The Camarillo Department of Public Works is proposing the plant for a place between St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital and Lewis Road, near where two wells exist. The plant would help treat the highly salted groundwater that comes from Las Posas Basin in the north end of the city.

Groundwater levels in Las Posas Basin have risen about 10 feet a year, Fox said. At that rate, the water may overflow into the Pleasant Valley Basin, possibly diminishing the quality of well water throughout the city.

"If we don't do something to draw out this water source, it will continue to spill over and we'll eventually have some high groundwater problems," Fox said. "Doing nothing is not an option."

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