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Environmental Stakeholder Director. Mr. Everts represents the interests of Environmental stakeholders on the Mound Basin GSA as a Stakeholder Director. Nominated to the Mound Basin GSA Board by The Nature Conservancy in November 2017, Mr. Everts also serves as a Facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus, Executive Director of the Southern ...
- Laying The Groundwork Against Desalination
- A Hard-Won Victory Against Desalination in Huntington Beach
- Continuing The Fight For A Better Water System
- We’Ll Break The Cycle with Your Help
You have been Food and Water Watch’s Water Consultant since we were founded in 2005. How did you become a water consultant? I think of myself more as an elder advisor on water because I’ve been doing it for so long. And I come from it the old-fashioned way. I was a fisherman, and so I loved rivers, and I could see the impact of what was happening. ...
How did the campaign find success in its most recent battle with Poseidon? When Poseidon started in Huntington Beach, they found a lot of political resistance. So they went to San Diego and managed to get the Carlsbad plant through, in the midst of fires and a dry time. But that plant has provided less water than they would have by reducing their d...
What does California need to do to protect its water considering our water situation right now and the worsening effects of climate change? We’re faced with these, what I call, “zombie boondoggle water supply” options. They’re these pipe-dream fantasies of how we’re going to provide water. Yet we know we can do more with less water if we use it eff...
The battle against desalination is far from over. In August 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a new water plan that includes measures to grow and fast-track desalinationin California. In the months ahead, the state faces additional desalination proposals in Orange County and Monterey. Meanwhile, Newsom has pushed to reopen the Diablo Canyon nuc...
Jun 26, 2022 · Conner Everts has fought against Poseidon Water’s proposed and now denied $1.4 billion ocean desalination project for 20 years. He is is Facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus , Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group .
Conner Everts is the Facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus, The Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group. He is chair of Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) as well as other organizations.
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Apr 26, 2023 · April 25, 2023, by CONNER EVERTS, longtime advocate for environmental justice, demand-side water management with cost-effective alternatives rather than supply boondoggles like Ocean Desal.
Jan 29, 2022 · Conner Everts is Facilitator for the Environmental Water Caucus, Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and co-chair of the Desal Response Group. He is chair of Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) as well as on the board of other organizations, including Amigos de Los Rios.
