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Marina reactivates desalination plant
The city of Marina is reactivating a 30-year-old desalination plant. Remleh Scherzinger, General Manager of the Marina Coast Water District, said this will boost water supply.
“We need to diversify our water portfolio so that we can rely less on the groundwater basin and we can help it become more sustainable,” he said.
The plant is expected to serve roughly a thousand homes along the Monterey Peninsula.
The project is in its first phase, which involves preparing an existing intake well at the Marina State Beach.
"We're gonna pipe it all the way back up to the plant, and then re-inject the water into the dunes,” Scherzinger said.
The $13 million project will provide an additional 300 acre-feet of water and is expected to be operational by the end of this year.
The International Olympic Committee reintroduces mandatory genetic testing.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is reintroducing a mandatory genetic test for all athletes competing in women's sports in the 2028 Games.
The last time the Olympics were in Los Angeles, in 1984, athletes had to present "certificates of femininity" to compete.
Genetic testing continued until the 2000s, but it was abandoned.
“There was so much outcry from the scientific community because it was also deemed not very ethical,” said UC Irvine genetic expert Eric Vilain.
Vilain said bringing the test back will exclude intersex athletes with traits that don't adhere to the gender binary. The IOC says the policy is needed to make women's sports fair.
With reporting from LAist's Libby Rainey.
