New York State Public Service Commission(PSC)이 뉴욕 허드슨강의 Haverstraw 담수화 플랜트를 2020년까지 연기한다고 발표했다. United Water New York(UWNY)이 계획한 2배 규모로 확장 가능한 7.5 MGD 플랜트 연기는 Rockland County에 반대하는 활발한 지역 캠페인에 따른다고 설명했다.
 
PSC 직원 보고서는 5월 24일 위원회 회의를 개최하고 새로운 지하수 보호와 누수 보수로 담수화 플랜트로 해결하려는 문제를 보완할 수 있다는 Rockland 주장에 대해 물 수요를 재평가 할 예정이라고 밝혔다.

The proposed Haverstraw desalination plant on the Hudson river in New York state, USA, has been put on hold until at least 2020 by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC).

The delay to the 7.5 MGD (28,400 m³/d) plant (expandable to twice that size), which has been proposed by United Water New York (UWNY), follows a vigorous local campaign against the plant in Rockland County.

A PSC staff report presented to a commission meeting on 24 May 2014 included a reassessment of water demand in the light of Rockland assertions that conservation, new groundwater and leak repairs could cover the deficit that the desalination plant was intended to cover.

"Based on our updated analysis, the longer term trend indicates a rising demand that places significant upward pressure on the need for an additional supply need date of approximately 2020," the report stated.

However, while delaying the project, the PSC urged UWNY to continue its progress on obtaining permits for the plant, although construction of the project will only proceed if specific conditions relating to demand are met.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 6월 1일]