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...