Tag: California
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California looks to make desalination easier
Six recommendations to facilitate desalination in California are contained in the draft update to the California Water Plan, which was published online at the end of January 2009.
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Marin board approves EIR for desalination plant
The board of the Marin Metropolitan Water District in California, USA, voted to accept the environmental impact report on a possible desalination plant (see D&WR technical article August/September 2008).
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Marin board to consider desalination EIR on 4 February
The Marin Metropolitan Water District in California, USA, has published the final environmental impact report (EIR) for its proposed desalination plant on San Francisco Bay (see D&WR technical article August/September 2008).
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Oceanside looks to upgrade its RO plant
Oceanside, the Californian city that is home to major membrane manufacturer Hydranautics, is thinking about further desalination of brackish groundwater, if it can get federal funding for it.
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Forward-osmosis patent filed by QuantumSphere
Another forward-osmosis process has taken a step forward. QuantumSphere Inc filed for a US patent on 14 January 2009 for its water purification process, which, it claims, serves as a more energy-efficient alternative to desalination methods now commonly used.
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RO pioneer dies at 91
Sidney Loeb, one of the original developers of the reverse-osmosis desalination process, died in his sleep on 11 December at the age of 91.
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Monterey plant report to be published in January 2009
The California Public Utilities Commission is to release a draft environmental impact report on 30 January 2009 on California American Water Company’s (CalAm’s) proposed Coastal Water Project (CWP) located at Moss Landing in Monterey County, USA.
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Alternative California recycled water policy published
A revised proposal for a California Recycled Water Policy to establish more uniform requirements for the use of recycled water has been developed by a group of stakeholders and state water board staff and was released for public comment on 19 November 2008.
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San Quentin desalter an option for Marin MWD
A 1 MGD (3,785 m³/d) desalination plant to supply San Quentin prison is one of a number of options being considered by the Marin Municipal Water District, north of San Francisco, USA, which is facing an annual current supply deficit of 3,300 acre-feet (just over 4 million m³).
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Toray sets up Chinese manufacturing joint venture
An agreement was reached in late November 2008 between Toray Industries Inc and China Blue Star & BS group to establish a new joint company for water treatment in Beijing.