The Southwest is running out of water. Converting the decommissioned San Onofre facility to a solar-powered desalination plant could generate 1.1 billion gallons of freshwater every day - offsetting the current amount being drained from the Colorado River to supply water to Southern California cities.

To make this conversion to solar-powered desalination a reality, we need to ensure that San Onofre Units 2&3 seawater inlet and discharge conduits are preserved for possible future use with a regional scale solar-powered desalination plant.

Our vision embraces regional scale, solar-powered desalination to create a climate-proof watershed for continued ecological, social and economic vitality. We aim to produce new, clean, drinking water from seawater using the proven reverse osmosis (RO) process at a plant on the California coast. This new water will offset water now being pumped from the Colorado River to serve Los Angeles and San Diego metropolitan areas, leaving more water available to meet the needs of inland Colorado River water users. This approach provides an additional 1,300,000 acre-feet of water available to Upper and Lower Colorado Basin users.

Our goal is to protect the families, farmers, environment and sustainable growth of the American Southwest.

People. Water is a human right.

Agriculture. We value the farmers, families, and way of life in the American Southwest. We need a new, reliable large-scale water source in order to sustain and protect the productive agriculture and vibrant growth that drives us forward.

Environment. By creating new water, the SolRio Project reduces stress on our lakes and rivers, revitalizing precious ecosystems and protecting key species. We strive to minimize all environmental impacts of our desalination process.

Sustainability. We believe in a sustainable future – one that ensures access to water resources for future generations, while protecting the quality of our environment. By using electricity generated by solar power plants, we avoid expense and pollution of fossil fuel generation.

Thank you for your support!