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Related: About this forumCalifornia Desalination Financing Closes on $1 Billion Project
Project financing has closed on a Southern California desalination plant to construct the largest U.S. facility to make drinking water from the sea, capable of producing about 50 million gallons of potable water a day.
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Poseidon Resources Corp., based in Stamford, Connecticut, is the only company in the U.S. developing large-scale seawater desalination plants. With rising demand for fresh water sources, the plant will be a key component of San Diego County water supplies and pave the way for future desalination projects in California and beyond, Poseidon Chief Executive Officer Carlos Riva said in a statement.
The San Diego water agency says the average household bill may rise about $6 a month when the desalination plant near Agua Hedionda lagoon, which is energy-intensive making water filtered from the sea, is completed in 2016.
The plant is expected to supply enough water using reverse- osmosis technology for about 7 percent of the region.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-01/california-desalination-financing-closes-on-1-billion-project.html
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Poseidon Resources Corp., based in Stamford, Connecticut, is the only company in the U.S. developing large-scale seawater desalination plants. With rising demand for fresh water sources, the plant will be a key component of San Diego County water supplies and pave the way for future desalination projects in California and beyond, Poseidon Chief Executive Officer Carlos Riva said in a statement.
The San Diego water agency says the average household bill may rise about $6 a month when the desalination plant near Agua Hedionda lagoon, which is energy-intensive making water filtered from the sea, is completed in 2016.
The plant is expected to supply enough water using reverse- osmosis technology for about 7 percent of the region.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-01/california-desalination-financing-closes-on-1-billion-project.html
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California Desalination Financing Closes on $1 Billion Project (Original Post)
phantom power
Jan 2013
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think
(11,641 posts)1. Thank you for some positive news.
At least to me it is positive.......
madokie
(51,076 posts)2. Good news is always welcome
hunter
(38,309 posts)3. Using fossil fuels like natural gas or coal to make fresh water is a dumb ass idea.
It's worse than mining fossil aquifers.
Just one more reason to say, "Fuck it, this so-called civilization is toast."