Tag: Slant Wells
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California gives green light to Monterey desalination plant
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the Monterey Peninsula Supply Project, which includes a 6.4 million gallons a day (24,227 m3/d) desalination plant north of Monterey.
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California Water Dept backs brackish desal with $34.4 million in grants
California Department of Water Resources, US, has approved $34.4 million in grants to eight desalination projects including six for brackish water, reports The Mercury News.
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Huntington Beach is ‘precedent-setting’ for California
When the California State Water Board adopted new regulations on seawater desalination plants in 2015, Poseidon, the developer of a proposed 50 million gallons a day (189,000 m3/d) capacity seawater RO plant in Huntington Beach, California, went back to the drawing board on its water intake technology.
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Santa Barbara forced to rethink subsurface intake plan
The city of Santa Barbara has decided to rethink plans to install a subsurface ocean intake for a desalination plant expansion after a study revealed that the process would either be infeasible or inadequate.
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Rejected slant well could work
A water intake system previously rejected for a proposed desalination plant at Huntington Beach could be viable if it is used differently, according to environmental organisation, Orange County Coastkeeper.
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Boart Longyear wins slant well deal
California American Water (CalAm) has selected drilling firm, Boart Longyear, to construct seven to nine source water slant wells that would draw ocean water for a desalination facility proposed as part of CalAm’s US$ 320 million Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project.
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Monterey slant well test back in action
California American Water has resumed operation of its test slant well following a halt in the well’s operation pending a coastal commission ruling.
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California gives Monterey slant test green light to resume pumping
The California Coastal Commission has given the go-ahead for water supplier, California American Water (CalAm), to resume operation of its test slant well. The well has been idle since June when groundwater fell below a threshold specified in CalAm’s permit conditions that required it to cease working.
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Green groups pledge to drop Huntingdon appeal
Environmental groups have pledged to drop their appeal against the award of a permit for the proposed Huntington Beach desalination plant after California state water officials confirmed that the plant developer, Poseidon Water, will have to reapply for one of its permits if state regulatory amendments go into effect.
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Specialists team up to exploit sub seabed intake market
Sub seabed desalination plant intake company, Intake Works, has formed a partnership with specialist boring firm, Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD), to market sub seabed intakes for seawater desalination projects.
