Oceanside approves desal agreement – North County Times Dec 20, 2007 The City Council has approved a 30-year agreement with Poseidon Resources LLC of San Diego to purchase 5,000 acre feet, or 4.5. gallons a day, of desalinated water, when the company opens a facility at the Encina Power Plant in Carlsbad.
San Diego County will likely get additional water supplies from Northern California. That's one outcome of the statewide drought declaration by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.