Tag: California
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Santa Barbara OKs US$644k desalination study funding
US city, Santa Barbara, has approved US$ 644,000 to fund studies needed before its dormant desalination plant can reopen. Without the plant the city faces a potential water supply crisis.
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Turner oil detector set for Carlsbad giant desalination plant
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments has won a contract to install its TD-4100 XDC E09 oil-in-water monitor at the US$ 1 billion Carlsbad desalination plant currently under construction in California.
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Biwater delivers Jacksonville desalination
Water and wastewater management company Biwater has delivered a custom 15 Ml/d reverse osmosis desalination system for Onslow Water and Sewer Authority near the USA city of Jacksonville, North Carolina.
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Masdar picks four firms to test new desalination techniques
Abu Dhabi clean energy company, Masdar, has selected four international water technology firms to test techniques that could reduce the energy intensity of desalination and lead to a large renewably powered water purification station.
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Combined cooling and desalination “limits environment impact”
Studies by a company proposing to construct a groundbreaking combination of desalination plant and data centre have shown the facility will cause only limited negative impact to the environment according to the researchers.
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US civil jury says desalination is the only way to avert drought disaster
A California civil grand jury has ruled that a desalination plant for Santa Cruz County is the only single solution to averting an environmental disaster created by water shortages as a statewide drought continues.
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Research gives green light to proposed desalination plant
Studies by a company proposing to construct a “unique” combination of desalination plant and data centre have shown it will cause only limited negative impact to the environment according to the researchers.
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San Diego approval leads large SoCal water reuse surge
The board of the San Diego County Water Authority on 22 May 2014 approved support for the City of San Diego’s proposed large-scale water recycling project, Pure Water San Diego, which the water authority has identified as the region’s most likely next source of local supply.
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Clear support for desalination in Soquel Water District
Seventy per cent of people in California’s Soquel Creek District support desalination as an “excellent” or “good” option for addressing the water supply needs of the area, according to a survey carried out for the district.
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Land-purchase brings Consolidated’s Mexican SWRO nearer
The planned Rosarito seawater desalination project in Mexico close to the US border took a step nearer on 22 May 2014 when Consolidated Water Co Ltd announced that it had completed the land purchase for the project.