Multimillion-dollar contract to run El Segundo water recycling plant again awarded without bidding – California Continuing a practice started in the 1990s, the West Basin Municipal Water District has again bypassed competitive bidding in awarding a multimillion-dollar contract to operate its wastewater treatment facility in El Segundo. The district board recently renewed a five-year contract worth roughly $13 million a year to Suez Water Environmental Services to run the award-winning plant. Since 2016, Suez has earned roughly $61 million on the deal with West Basin. Suez — and before that United Water, which Suez purchased in 2000 […] Multimillion-dollar contract to run El Segundo water recycling plant again awarded without bidding – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-03-07T22:06:42+01:00
Maestas: Poseidon Desalination Would Worsen Environmental Injustice in Orange County – California What would California be without the beach? I grew up in Irvine with an awareness of how fortunate we are to live near the ocean. As a child, my parents and babysitters took me and my brother to Corona Del Mar and Newport Beach frequently during the summer. I have many happy memories of enjoying the waves at “our beaches” while bodysurfing, building sandcastles, and seeing fish, anemones, sandcrabs, dolphins and jellyfish! We also took school field trips to Crystal Cove to learn about the […] Maestas: Poseidon Desalination Would Worsen Environmental Injustice in Orange County – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-03-06T11:05:51+01:00
EPA admin addresses plan to protect clean water in US – United States The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has outlined its plan to protect America’s clean water supply, but clean water advocates are warning of the dangers of said plans. EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says he’s looking overseas for inspiration on how to protect the country’s clean water. “They recycle between 88% and 94% of their water. Here in the U.S., we only recycle 6%. We can learn a lot from them,” Wheeler said of Israel. (LINK). EPA admin addresses plan to protect clean water in US – United StatesDME GmbH2020-02-21T14:17:33+01:00
Possible Water Board hearing on desalination plant is nearing – California Those supporting Poseidon Water’s plans to build a saltwater-to-freshwater conversion factory on the Huntington Beach coast certainly hoped the desalination project would be moving forward in earnest by now. A December 2019 vote on the desalination plant was put off, however, and Poseidon would have to wait a few more months before knowing whether it would be allowed to go forward with its ambitious $1 billion project. Members of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board are expected to make […] Possible Water Board hearing on desalination plant is nearing – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-02-20T17:12:21+01:00
New solar-powered system makes desalination ecofriendly – America A completely passive solar-powered desalination system developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and in China could provide more than 1.5 gallons of fresh drinking water per hour for every square metre of solar collecting area. Such systems could potentially serve off-grid arid coastal areas to provide an efficient, low-cost water source, said MIT doctoral students in a paper appearing in the journal ‘Energy and Environmental Science’. The key to the system’s efficiency lies in the way it uses each […] New solar-powered system makes desalination ecofriendly – AmericaDME GmbH2020-02-13T16:38:53+01:00
Why desalination can help quench California’s water needs – California If you’ve ever created a personal budget, you know that assigning your money to different investment strategies is a crucial component to meet your financial goals. When you stop dipping into your savings account each month, savings can begin to build. Understanding why desalination is so critical to California’s water future is a lot like building a personal budget. With a changing climate, growing population and booming economy, we need to include desalination in the water supply equation to help make […] Why desalination can help quench California’s water needs – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-01-29T23:17:55+01:00
Desalination Plant Can Transform Monterey Peninsula And Help Avert Water Crisis – California Nobody likes to look out to the Pacific Ocean and see oil derricks on the horizon. That’s why California wisely banned new offshore oil drilling 50 years ago. But in Monterey County, coastal views are limited by a relic of a bygone era: a giant, industrial sand plant right on the dunes between Highway One and the ocean. In 2017, the California Coastal Commission reached an agreement with the sand plant for operations to shut down by 2020 and for all buildings and […] Desalination Plant Can Transform Monterey Peninsula And Help Avert Water Crisis – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-01-11T15:47:50+01:00
Composites‘ role in seawater reverse osmosis desalination – California In an effort to solve water shortage issues in the U.S. state of California, Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered key state agencies to develop a blueprint for meeting California’s 21st century water needs, to ensure safe and resilient water supplies, flood protection and healthy waterways for the state’s communities, economy and environment. Two solutions in which composites play a significant role are wastewater purification (which was featured in CW’s January 2020 feature “Composites help take the waste out of wastewater”) and, the focus of this report, […] Composites‘ role in seawater reverse osmosis desalination – CaliforniaDME GmbH2020-01-01T14:18:48+01:00
As Groundwater Basins ‘Rest,’ Santa Barbara Looks to Reservoirs for Future Water Supplies – California This winter has started out as a wet one, but even if the rain tapers off, Santa Barbara can meet the water demands of its customers through 2022 with existing supplies, according to city staff. It’s been more than eight years since Lake Cachuma filled up and spilled, and groundwater basins all over Santa Barbara County are at historically low levels after being heavily pumped during the long drought. Groundwater well pumps are off to help basins “rest,” and it will take an estimated […] As Groundwater Basins ‘Rest,’ Santa Barbara Looks to Reservoirs for Future Water Supplies – CaliforniaDME GmbH2019-12-28T14:54:48+01:00
Water Authority Offers to Settle Long-Running Rate Dispute with MWD – California The San Diego County Water Authority’s board offered Thursday to settle a long-running dispute over rates with the giant Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The offer, made following a special board meeting, asks MWD to make $140 million in payments to San Diego County water customers to cover claims from 2011 through 2020 and, in the future, follow new, transparent procedures in setting water rates. “The Water Authority’s proposal would benefit residents across San Diego County, enhance understanding of how MWD’s rates are […] Water Authority Offers to Settle Long-Running Rate Dispute with MWD – CaliforniaDME GmbH2019-12-20T06:19:09+01:00