Comment by aidenn0

We only have one because the Coastal Commision issued one for a plant around 1990 in a previous drought. The permit was maintained through to the current drought, at which point the Coastal Commission tried to get it shut down, but they lost since it was already permitted. Note that maintenance on the plant during the wet years was contentious; I don't know how it polled, but there were vocal people complaining about it, since it was barely used. Had those people prevailed, water would have been much dearer in the most recent drought.