The state Public Utilities Commission yesterday (Thursday) approved Cal-Am’s Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project, which had been under review for six years.
The project is a workaround for replacing and improving water supplies on the Monterey Peninsula that are constrained by legal decisions impacting current water sources, including the Seaside Groundwater Basin and the Carmel River.
The plan includes a desalination plant, scheduled to begin construction in 2019.