  Location within San Diego County  Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant (California) | |
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| Desalination plant | |
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| Location | Carlsbad, California |
| Coordinates | 33°08′20″N 117°20′07″W / 33.13889°N 117.33528°W |
| Estimated output | 50×106 US gal (190,000 m3) per day (190 megalitres) |
| Cost | US$1 billion[1] |
| Technology | Reverse osmosis |
| Percent of water supply | Estimated 7% of San Diego County |
| Website | carlsbaddesal |
The Claude "Bud" Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant is a desalination plant in Carlsbad, California.[2][3] The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA), the recipient of the fresh water produced by the plant, calls it "the nation’s largest, most technologically advanced and energy-efficient seawater desalination plant." Opened on December 14, 2015, the entire desalination project cost about $1 billion for the plant, pipelines, and upgrades to existing SDCWA facilities to use the water.
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WSJ2013was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "City of Carlsbad - Seawater Desalination". City of Carlsbad. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved August 7, 2014.
- ^ Fikes, Bradley J. (December 14, 2015). "$1-billion desalination plant, hailed as model for state, opens in Carlsbad". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2015.