$15 million credit line will help Antioch build desalination plant – California Antioch’s plan to build a desalination plant to clear up the city’s brackish water got another boost this week when the City Council unanimously approved $15 million in interim financing. The almost $70 million project aims to develop a reliable, drought-resistant water supply so the city doesn’t have to depend so much on buying water and can use Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta water year-round. Antioch’s current water supply, which mainly comes from the river, serves more than 112,000 residents within a 28.8-square-mile area. (LINK). $15 million credit line will help Antioch build desalination plant – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-11-27T12:06:05+01:00
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest (TDnews) – Indiana A Purdue University innovator and his team are among the quarterfinalists in a national solar desalination innovation contest. They received the recognition for a technology to use solar power to purify high salinity water, such as treating desalination brine or produced water from oil and gas extraction. The team includes two company partners, NiekAab Desal, with efforts led by Ali Amiri, and Focused Sun, with their efforts led by Shawn Buckley. Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest (TDnews) – IndianaDME GmbH2020-11-17T15:06:04+01:00
Windsor Park Elementary students debate topic of desalination – Texas It’s a highly debated issue, whether the city of Corpus Christi should construct a multi-million-dollar saltwater desalination plant in the city’s inner harbor. On Friday, some of our youngest citizens tackled the real-world topic. They may be third graders, but a group of Windsor Park Elementary students took time to debate the pros and cons of building a desal plant and what it could mean for a future water supply. (LINK). Windsor Park Elementary students debate topic of desalination – TexasDME GmbH2020-11-20T11:40:52+01:00
Carlsbad lagoon dredging starts soon – California Seawater desalination operator Poseidon is poised to take over the Agua Hedionda Lagoon maintenance dredging that has been done by local power companies since 1954. Permits are being obtained for the work to begin in November or early December with expectations to finish by mid-April, said Poseidon Senior Vice President Peter MacLaggan at a meeting earlier this month of the Carlsbad Beach Preservation Commission. Sand from the dredging will be spread north of the lagoon inlet for the first time in about five years, MacLaggan said. Carlsbad lagoon dredging starts soon – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-10-20T15:36:46+02:00
City of Corpus Christi approved for $11.4 million loan to continue seawater desal project – Texas The City of Corpus Christi is continuing with its $222 million seawater desalination project after being approved for an $11.4 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board. The $11.4 million loan from the Texas Water Development Board will allow the City of Corpus Christi to do more research about where and how the seawater desalination plant would fit in the Coastal Bend, according to Steve Ramos, Water Resource Manager for the City. Ramos said by doing more research, when it comes time to present an execution plan, all […] City of Corpus Christi approved for $11.4 million loan to continue seawater desal project – TexasDME GmbH2020-10-17T16:12:43+02:00
Here’s what desalination plant projects private companies presented to City Council – Texas The city of Corpus Christi won’t decide how it’s going to build and operate a desalination plant until next year or 2022. But during its regular meeting Tuesday, City Council heard from 10 companies that presented their proposals for alternative water sources for Corpus Christi. Two of the proposals were for ground water projects, two were for wastewater reuse and six were for desalination. (LINK). Here’s what desalination plant projects private companies presented to City Council – TexasDME GmbH2020-10-02T14:55:34+02:00
‘Environmental justice’ starts by providing more water – California Environmentalists have won the latest battle in California’s water wars, as California American Water just announced it is temporarily withdrawing its application to build a desalination plant on an old sand mine in the largely low-income town of Marina near Monterey. The proposal faced a tough approval process at the California Coastal Commission after local activists complained about its effects on their community. In a recent article, the Los Angeles Times asked this loaded question in its headline: “Is California serious about environmental justice? This water fight […] ‘Environmental justice’ starts by providing more water – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-09-20T01:03:20+02:00
Conservationists Split Over Poseidon Desal Project’s Potential to Help Bolsa Chica Wetlands – California Along a Huntington Beach coastline dotted with oil rigs and a power plant, one of California’s largest remaining saltwater marshes has been a source of pride for local environmentalists. But the marsh, known as the Bolsa Chica Wetlands, is endangered despite a years-long struggle to pull together sufficient public funding for its upkeep. Nearby, the Poseidon Water Co., which has been in a decades-long, controversial fight to build a seawater desalination plant next to the AES energy station at the south end of the city, has justified its project […] Conservationists Split Over Poseidon Desal Project’s Potential to Help Bolsa Chica Wetlands – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-09-18T10:11:26+02:00
California Coastal Commission must halt unjust, destructive Monterey desalination plant – California As two mayors of color, we oppose a desalination project that would impose environmental injustice and economic racism on the people of Seaside and Marina in Monterey County. The California Coastal Commission will vote on Thursday whether to approve a desalination plant being forced on the Monterey Peninsula by California American Water (Cal-Am). The Monterey Peninsula does not want or need this oversized, overpriced groundwater desalination plant. We have a far more cost-effective solution for our future water needs in expanding our new recycled water project — Pure Water […] California Coastal Commission must halt unjust, destructive Monterey desalination plant – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-09-16T16:45:41+02:00
Water recycling project fits needs on Monterey Peninsula – California Expansion of the Pure Water Monterey recycled water project is the best option for the Monterey region to meet its future water supply needs. Unfortunately, California American Water Co., a private water supplier, is discrediting the project in the hopes of instead getting approval for their much more costly, oversized and environmentally harmful groundwater desalination project to be built in, around and through the city of Marina. (LINK). Water recycling project fits needs on Monterey Peninsula – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-09-10T17:31:00+02:00