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  Is a desalination plant still in Cambria’s future, or is the town’s ultimate water project something else entirely, or perhaps a blend of several options?

  People attending the Army Corps of Engineers and Cambria Community Services District’s public scoping meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 15, can expect more questions than answers about plans for a new, additional source of water for the town.

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  There will be more questions asked than answers given about a supplemental source of water for the town at a meeting Thursday, more than 10 years after Cambria Community Services District directors declared a water emergency and put a nearly complete stop to new water hookups.

  The district and Army Corps of Engineers will host what’s known as a scoping meeting, one of the early steps in preparing a formal environmental review.

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  P eople interested in Cambria’s water-supply future will attend a special public meeting at 7 p.m. today, March 15, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 1000 Main St.

  The Army Corps of Engineers Corps and Cambria Community Services District officials say they want to hear from the public about environmental and other impacts of the district’s planned desalination project and various other water sources that might be viable options to fill any watery void between what the community has and what it needs to fill future needs.

  The district’s focus on desalination may be changing, given recent rejections by the California Coastal Commission of separate projects, one near the mouth of San Simeon Creek and the other near the mouth of Santa Rosa Creek, where the district had proposed testing to see if the locations would work for intake and other infrastructure.