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What Texas Learn From Other Desal Successes

What Texas Learn From Other Desal Successes. Tom Pankratz, pankratztm@gmail.com. Seawater desal is growing rapidly. ✔. Seawater desal initiatives (2008). ✔. Australia +310 MGD Spain +265 MGD Libya +265 MGD China +265 MGD US +132 MGD Saudi Arabia +1,500 MGD.

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What Texas Learn From Other Desal Successes

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  1. What Texas Learn FromOther Desal Successes Tom Pankratz, pankratztm@gmail.com

  2. Seawater desal is growing rapidly ✔

  3. Seawater desal initiatives (2008) ✔ • Australia +310 MGD • Spain +265 MGD • Libya +265 MGD • China +265 MGD • US +132 MGD • Saudi Arabia +1,500 MGD

  4. Australian Seawater Desal Installations: <2007 ›

  5. Current Australian SWRO Plants Gold Coast Perth 1 Perth 2 Sydney Adelaide Melbourne

  6. Carlsbad, California – 50 MGD Carlsbad, California Carlsbad considers desal Poseidon begins development Permitting process starts Ceremonial ground- breaking CDP application CDP issued First water? 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

  7. Carlsbad versus Tampa Bay Carlsbad, California Carlsbad considers desal Poseidon begins development Permitting process starts Ceremonial ground- breaking CDP application CDP issued First water? 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 Desal first considered BOOT contract awarded Project first commissioned Passes first performance test Rehab contract awarded Fully operational Tampa Bay, Florida

  8. Carlsbad versus Perth Carlsbad, California Carlsbad considers desal Poseidon begins development Permitting process starts Ceremonial ground- breaking CDP application CDP issued First water? 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 EIS process starts; ROI’s called Project re-starts; EIR approved; Tenders called First water Fully operational Contract award; Construction begins Perth, Australia

  9. Carlsbad versus Sydney Carlsbad, California Carlsbad considers desal Poseidon begins development Permitting process starts Ceremonial ground- breaking CDP application CDP issued First water? 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 SWC determined no water by 2011 Feasibility, Planning study Fully operational First water Contract award; Construction begins Sydney, Australia

  10. Carlsbad versus Israel Carlsbad, California Carlsbad considers desal Poseidon begins development Permitting process starts Ceremonial ground- breaking CDP application CDP issued First water? 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 First project tendered 82 MGD Ashkelon starts 82 MGD Hadera starts 132 MGD Soreq awarded 40 MGD Palmachim starts Israel

  11. What does it take to move desal forward? ✔ • It must really be needed

  12. Australian Dam Levels – March 2007 Gold Coast 21% Perth 22% Sydney 38% Adelaide 55% Melbourne 32%

  13. What does it take to move desal forward? ✔ • It must really be needed • Address all environmental issues

  14. Environmental Issues • Impingement & entrainment • GHG • Growth inducement • No well-defined permitting process

  15. What does it take to move desal forward? ✔ • It must really be needed • Address all environmental issues • Economics must make sense

  16. Seawater RO Water Cost ✔ ✔ 3,690 3,075 2,460 $ per acre-foot 1,845 1,290 615 0

  17. Seawater RO Water Cost ✔ 3,690 3,075 2,460 $ per acre-foot 1,845 1,290 615 0

  18. What does it take to move desal forward? ✔ • It must really be needed • Address all environmental issues • Economics must make sense • It must be a transparent process

  19. What does it take to move desal forward? ✔ • It must really be need • Consider all environmental issues • Economics must make sense • It must be a transparent process • There are no shortcuts

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