This presentation discusses the needs to seawater desalination in California and the recent changes in the technology that makes it a viable alternative. The author then shifts to discuss the various agencies engaged in desalination planning and list the projects in planning with an overview of each. Also covered are project funding alternatives, n...

Presentation summarizes the seawater/ocean desalination project being implemented in San Diego County, California with desalination projected to provide 89,600 af/y (10%) of their water by 2020 via a 50 mgd regional project at the Encina Power Station in Carlsbad. Presentation includes 2012 to 202 costs of about $1000 - $1200/ac-ft (not including ...

This paper provides an overview of a dozen seawater RO projects in California. The projects are at various stages of development and vary in size from medium-scale facilities (<1 mgd) serving smaller communities to large-scale facilities (10 mgd+). The author predicts at least 10 projects online and producing water by 2020. The paper also addre...

The San Diego County Water Authority has performed a feasiblity analysis for locating a 50 to 150 MGD desalination facility at Camp Pendleton. Two sites were evaluated for intake design, environmental impacts, permitting requirements, transmission route alignment and cost. The desalination facility is under consideration so that the Agency can re...

This paper presents a firsthand account of how water quality and operational challenges have been addressed to improve plant reliability. The overall methodology to address each challenge, including treatability and monitored data, will be presented. ZLD facilities present unique challenges since any constituents that enter the facility in the untr...

The information presented in this paper provides a great value for agencies and consultants who are considering use of seawater desalination as a means to supplement current water supplies and plan to introduce desalinated seawater into their existing distribution system. Testing methodology and outcomes of the study are provided....

This PowerPoint reviews the efforts to construct the Carlsbad Seawater Desalination plant with a detailed discussion of permitting and construction along with public approval....