In February 2017, OC Weekly reported new hurdles for Poseidon's proposed seawater desalination plant in Huntington Beach. In early February, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC) declined to adopt a resolution to help sell Poseidon's water; General Manager Robert Hunter stressed that this was not a vote against it. Poseidon thus still had no buyer. A reliability study projected only 6,500 acre-feet of new demand by 2040 (about 8 million m³), while the plant was to supply nearly 56,000 acre-feet per year (about 69 million m³).
The report showed that large desalination projects depended not only on permits but also on secured offtakers and robust demand forecasts.
Source: OC Weekly