Would Imperial Beach Suffer From Sewage AND Salt?

Sweetwater governing board members earlier this month voted unanimously to begin laying the groundwork for a major new groundwater project that would involve pumping and desalinating millions of gallons of water per year from a massive aquifer under southwestern San Diego County.

The groundwater expansion Sweetwater board members voted to explore earlier this month would involve drilling a series of wells in and around southern Chula Vista and constructing a desalination plant and pipeline to remove salt from the pumped groundwater and send unwanted brine to the ocean.

Wonder if that pipeline would run next to, or close to the South Bay Outfall. If so, Imperial Beach would not only suffer from sewage, they would also have to put up with excess levels of salt. Wouldn't that make the community more susceptible to corrosive elements than it already is?

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