Water. Desalination + reuse
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PROJECTS wavE EnERgy fOR PERTh dESalinaTiOn PlanT? Australian wave-energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Ltd (CWE) announced on 5 July 2012 that it had been advised by West Australia's Water Corporation that it wished to move forward on discussions for up to 2 MW of renewable energy supply for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant on an exclusive basis. The arrangement could be long-term or short-term depending on a satisfactory commercial deal for Water Corporation. The seawater reverse-osmosis plant is already committed to purchasing renewable energy from the Greenough River Solar Farm and the Mumbida wind farm. A provision in these agreements accommodates supply by CWE. Carnegie has previously announced alternative power off-take options for its Perth Wave Energy Project including the Australian Department of Defence. A decision on the final power supply arrangements for Carnegie's Perth Wave Energy Project is expected shortly. nOvEmbER ballOT fOR SanTa CRuz dESalinaTiOn Barely two weeks after the City of Santa Cruz in California had accepted the preliminary design report by CDM Smith for its proposed 2.5 MGD (9,500 m3/d) seawater desalination plant, the city clerk's office confirmed that proponents of a charter amendment for a vote on the desalination project had narrowly collected enough signatures to place it on the November 2012 ballot. The city council had previously adopted an ordinance in March 2012 that allowed residents to vote on the desalination project in June or November 2014, following completion of its environmental impact report (EIR). The preliminary design report includes technical design considerations for three configurations located at three potential sites and will serve as a basis for evaluation of the proposed project in the EIR. uS$ 10.6 milliOn gRanT fOR waTER-REuSE SChEmES The US Bureau of Reclamation has selected seven projects in the Mid-Pacific Region to receive more than US$ 10.6 million in WaterSMART Title XVI water recycling and reuse funding. in bRiEf ____ For more details, visit www.desalination.biz __ Of the seven cost-sharing projects, three are for construction and four are for feasibility studies, which will explore potential water recycling projects. Reclamation is providing up to 25% of the funding for the construction projects and up to 50% of the funding for the feasibility studies. The construction projects are: l North Bay Water Reuse Program, Sonoma County Water Agency: US$ 3.8 million l Jose Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Program, City of San San Jose: US$ 2.5 million l Watsonville Area Water Recycling Project, Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency: US$ 4 million. The feasibility studies are: l Groundwater Replenishment Project, Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency: US$ 149,791 l of Sacramento Recycled Water Project, Sacramento Regional City County Sanitation District/Sacramento Power Authority: US$ 75,000 l Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District/South Sacramento County Agriculture & Habitat Lands Recycled Water Project, Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District: US$ 75,000 l Water Reuse Expansion, Rancho Murieta Community Services District: US$ 43,209. A complete description of the Title XVI program and all selected Title XVI projects and feasibility studies is available at: www.usbr.gov/WaterSMART/title. miTSubiShi and SingaPORE COllabORaTE On waSTEwaTER REuSE Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) is to collaborate with Singapore's national water agency, PUB, on the development of advanced technologies for water treatment and reuse. As a first step, MHI and PUB will launch a project to demonstrate advanced water treatment and reuse technologies for untreated industrial wastewater at one of PUB's water reclamation plants. Through the project and related activities, MHI aims to contribute to environmental protection in Singapore, and also looks to achieve commercialization of a water infrastructure system for smart communities. The demonstration project will be carried out at the Water Reclamation Plant, located at the Jurong Industrial Estate in western Singapore. SydnEy dESalinaTiOn may nOT bE RESTaRTEd fOR 3 yEaRS Sydney's 250,000 m3/d desalination plant is to be switched off on 1 July 2012 and may not be restarted for three years. The finance minister of the Australian state of New South Wales, Greg Pearce, confirming the mothballing, rejected suggestions that the Aus$ 2 billion (US$ 2 billion) plant was a waste of money. final dRafT Of San diEgO waTER-REuSE SChEmE PubliShEd The City of San Diego, California, has published the final draft of its Recycled Water Study - the culmination of a two-year process to develop a new vision for water reuse in the San Diego region. The project team consisted of City staff and a consulting team from Brown & Caldwell, Black & Veatch and CDM. | 28 | Desalination & Water Reuse | August-September 2012 Eib aSSiSTS gaza dESalinaTiOn PROgRESS The desalination project for Gaza backed by the Union for the Mediterranean took a small step forward at a meeting in Barcelona on 4 May 2012. The European Investment Bank provided the preliminary results of a technical assistance consultancy in the form of a Project Information Memorandum for potential financiers. SOREk dESalinaTiOn PlannEd TO bE ahEad Of SChEdulE IDE Technologies told D&WR on 20 June 2012 that it planning to be ahead of schedule in its construction of the Sorek desalination plant in Israel (see page 16) in joint venture with Hutchison Water. Phase 1 of the 150 million m3/year seawater reverse-osmosis plant is scheduled for completion in August 2013, with Phase 2 to be completed in December 2013.