Study to evaluate SW desal in the City of Santa Cruz, CA. Study to determine best options for pretreatment and concentrate. Plant proposed to help drought proof the region's water supply....

For seawater desalting to produce potable water, brine disposal may be a paramount challenge. Some communities have a potentially valuable future opportunity because they have a wastewater effluent outfall with available capacity. Effluent discharges are already regulated through national pollutant discharge elimination system (NPDES) permits, typi...