| 单词 | desalination |
| 例句 | “News says there’ll be desalination machines along the coast. They’ll have a few up and running down at Laguna Beach by this afternoon.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Instead they’re scouring the house for empty gallon jugs to bring to the desalination machines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, on the other side of Pacific Coast Highway, on the long strip of Huntington Beach, frustrated crowds waiting for desalination machines have begun to take notice of his truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “We’re doing fine. See those huts, the irrigation system, fishing lines, the rain-catching tarp, and desalination still? We built all of that.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Now I can see that at each ruined desalination machine stands a police officer in riot gear with an automatic rifle, warning people to keep away—as if there’s still something to protect. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Let me guess—the desalination plants failed and people rioted.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z With desalination units being set up along the coast, she figures there’ll be enough water for everyone soon enough, so why not be generous? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Well, Fabio, judges, I spent my day digging for grubs in the most disgusting mud you can possibly imagine. Then I helped build a desalination still. Oh, and my shoes are by Cheri of Paris.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z So rather than continuing west to the desalination center at the beach, she decides to crank her wheel right and follow the truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The desalination machines were smaller than I had expected. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Not far away a huge desalination plant was making the waters of the Red Sea drinkable for the city. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z Since fracking involves injecting chemicals into the ground, it should certainly raise some eyebrows if coupled with a widespread increase in desalination of groundwater. An independent California isn’t that wacky of an Idea 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z The projected island would hold vast infrastructure, including cargo and passenger ports, a marina, gas and electricity terminals, a desalination plant and space for an airport in the future. A new island in the Mediterranean...just off Gaza 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z One of the most popular methods currently being explored is desalination, but Alonga says that would only make a cost-effective impact on residential water use and not solve for challenges in the agriculture sector. An independent California isn’t that wacky of an Idea 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Spread over 14.5 square miles, the project would take such precautions as erecting a desalination plant and building away from sand dunes to limit interfering with nesting sea turtles. Update : In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp 2013-04-24T16:26:11Z They’ve forced temporary closures of power plants in countries including Sweden and Scotland, and desalination plants in countries such as Oman and Israel. How to handle the worldwide jellyfish threat (no, don’t treat stings with urine) 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z A fire last year at the country’s only desalination plant left it with almost no drinking water. A darker shade of blue 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z But we are acquiring solar technology, desalination, many things that will reduce the harm we do to the planet and therefore increase its capacity. ‘We will get regular body upgrades’: what will humans look like in 100 years? 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z This includes hospitals, water pumps, desalination plants, sewage treatment facilities and bakeries. Gaza faces communications blackout due to lack of fuel 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The central government is promising emergency work on drilling for new springs, the renovation of a desalination plant, and extending state distribution of bottled water to all residents and not just the most vulnerable. Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z It has developed floating desalination systems that turn seawater into fresh water. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Backup generators, which have been essential to keep hospitals, water desalination plants, food production facilities and other essential services operating “are one by one grinding to a halt as fuel supplies run out,” Hastings said. Average Gazan is living on 2 pieces of bread a day, in need of water, U.N. says 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The operation of water wells and desalination plants in the southern half of Gaza stopped almost completely on Nov. 2, after their fuel reserves all but ran out. What is the humanitarian situation in besieged Gaza? 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z The team suggest further applications in sustainable wastewater treatment or desalination. Efficient biohybrid batteries 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The desalination plant has already faced years of delays, missed deadlines and allegations of pocketed subsidies. Drought and mismanagement have left a French island parched. That holds lessons for the mainland 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z While large, shore-based desalination plants typically require vast amounts of energy to remove the salt, Oneka's small units are powered solely by the movement of the waves. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z So, when the team initially began exploring the process of solar evaporation for desalination, they first put particles of a black, light-absorbing material in a container of water to help convert the sunlight to heat. In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Aid groups say fuel is urgently needed to distribute aid and to power hospitals, bakeries and desalination plants. What is the humanitarian situation in besieged Gaza? 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Lindmeier called for fuel to be allowed into Gaza to allow a desalination plant to operate. WHO warns of 'imminent public health catastrophe' in Gaza 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z An initial report on the damage, seen by The Associated Press, said the hospital’s water desalination system was also destroyed. Live: Live updates | Israel deepens military assault in the northern Gaza Strip 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z "But the world has certainly reached a pivot point. We want to move away from fossil fuel powered desalination." The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Tu explains that in standard desalination processes, "it normally has two steps: First we evaporate the water into vapor, and then we need to condense the vapor to liquify it into fresh water." In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z She said that if desalination plants run out of fuel, raw sewage that is currently being pumped into the sea will begin to spill onto the streets. Live: Live updates | Israeli forces conduct another ground raid in Gaza ahead of expected invasion 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Hastings told the Security Council that no fuel "means no hospitals functioning, no desalination of water and no baking." Israel's military tells UN in Gaza: ask Hamas for fuel 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z The WHO stressed that fuel, which has so far not been allowed in, was essential for desalination plants, bakeries and hospitals. Gaza strikes: Hamas-run health ministry says 700 killed in 24 hours 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In thermal-based desalination, seawater is heated until it evaporates, leaving the salt behind. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z And it might play an important part in many industrial processes such as solar-powered desalination of water, perhaps enabling alternatives to the step of converting sunlight to heat first. In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The U.N. said no fuel would mean a water desalination plant could not function along with bakeries and hospitals. Third aid convoy enters Gaza, UN warns fuel about to run out 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Egyptian and Israeli officials were still negotiating about whether fuel — needed to run hospital generators and water desalination plants, among other things — would be allowed in, the Egyptian official said. ‘Drop in the ocean’: UN-backed aid could soon enter Gaza from Egypt, but only at a trickle for now 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z A UN report on Gaza said that fuel is a necessity, and a lack of fuel is contributing to the water crisis, as desalination plants and water pumps can no longer operate. Aid delivery waits to enter Gaza from Egypt at Rafah crossing 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z Oneka's floating desalination machines - buoys anchored to the seabed - use a membrane system that is solely powered by the movement of the waves. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z "This could potentially really lead to cheap desalination," he says. In a surprising finding, light can make water evaporate without heat 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z NUSAIRAT, Gaza Strip - Palestinians desperate for water lined up to fill bottles and large jugs Tuesday at a desalination plant in Gaza. Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Gaza normally gets its water supplies from a combination of sources, including a pipeline from Israel, desalination plants on the Mediterranean Sea and wells. Gaza’s limited water supply raises concerns for human health 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z Gaza's last functioning seawater desalination plant was also forced to shut down due to a lack of fuel on Monday, increasing concerns over dehydration and waterborne diseases. Displaced among dozens killed in Israeli strikes on southern Gaza 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z The buoys absorb energy from passing waves, and covert it into mechanical pumping forces that draw in seawater and push around a quarter of it through the desalination system. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The territory’s only aquifer is contaminated by sewage, chemicals and seawater and neighbourhood desalination facilities and their public taps are a lifesaver for some of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents. In Gaza, people resort to drinking salty water, garbage piles up 2023-10-16T04:00:00Z “There is no solar to operate the desalination plants. This means that you have to struggle to fill two gallons of water. This is suffering.” Live updates | Intense Israeli bombardments strike Gaza as the war rages on 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Its other water sources include desalination plants in the Mediterranean Sea and a subterranean aquifer, drained and damaged from years of overuse. Lack of water worsens misery in besieged Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z If salt water does penetrate inland, communities can manage water quality by constructing desalination plants and switching to salt-tolerant crops. Climate Change Is Making Saltwater Intrusion Worse in Coastal Areas 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "It's a much lower concentration of brine compared to traditional desalination methods." The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z "Of course, there is still a long way to go to create full scale technology based on the recent discovery, but it definitely looks promising and very innovative compared to existing pumping and desalination technologies." New method for purifying drinking water could be used in disaster zones 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z The company says that by combining desalination with off-shore energy technology, it can solve many of the challenges associated with traditional, land-based desalination, including high energy costs and salty byproducts that threaten marine life. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z When Israel severed electricity to Gaza, the desalination plants all shut down. Lack of water worsens misery in besieged Gaza as Israeli airstrikes continue 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z The funds will go mostly towards reusing water, building desalination plants and improving water infrastructure, she added. Spain's Andalusia region to buy land to expand endangered wetland 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z In the Netherlands, Dutch firm Desolenator has a different approach to using renewable energy to power desalination - it uses solar panels. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z It could even help combat climate change by reducing oil flares, and relieve some of the stress on Iraq’s dwindling waterways through a new desalination plant. Iraq’s $27B deal with TotalEnergies could ease its longstanding energy crisis, but challenges remain 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z As the water crisis worsens and technology improves, attitudes toward desalination are changing. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Despite years of promises from federal, state and city officials to diversify Tijuana’s water supply using ocean water desalination and treated wastewater, the city has little to show for it. Tijuana, reliant on the Colorado River, faces a water crisis 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The country requires vast amounts of energy to power the desalination plants that irrigate its desert golf courses, air conditioners that cool its sprawling malls, and heavy industries such as aluminum smelters. UAE announces plans to invest $54B in energy and triple renewable sources 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z This results in an uninterrupted energy supply, meaning that the desalination can continue through the night. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The desalination, which is energy-intensive, would account for a much larger percentage of the total cost than drilling or pumping the water along the pipeline. Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z “Our policy is that ocean desalination should always be the last resort,” said Charming Evelyn, chair of the Sierra Club’s water committee in Southern California. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Others have thrown their weight behind the idea of building a desalination plant in Mexico and piping treated water to the United States. Can Phoenix grow without groundwater? Only if the price is right 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The idea of building a desalination plant in Mexico has been discussed in Arizona for years. Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z "Brine has long been a headache in desalination," says Lauren Beck, the firm's head of projects. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Bakken estimated that this process would be slightly cheaper than desalination of seawater, depending on how salty the “fresh water” is. Found: Giant Freshwater Deposits Hiding under the Sea 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z The traditional desalination process pumps seawater from coastal areas into facilities on land, where the water is pushed through fine membranes and filters to remove salt and other materials. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z It could also force the closure of desalination plants that supply water to millions of people. A Plan to Avert a Vast Oil Spill Off Yemen Finally Moves Ahead 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z IDE Technologies, the Israeli company behind the new desalination proposal, has seized on that legacy, calling its project “an infinite and unlimited reverse Colorado.” Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z While he welcomes developments in desalination systems powered solely by renewable energy, he says everyone should focus on using less water in the first place. The floating desalination machines powered by the waves 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The island of Lanzarote in Spain’s Canary Islands archipelago installed Europe’s first desalination plant back in 1964, and the industry has kept growing in the southern European country prone to long, dry summers. Drought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z But getting the desalination project past regulators will be a significant hurdle. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z That could include investments in water recycling and desalination, he said, and efforts to improve drainage, treat contaminated water and enhance the quality of aquifers. Colorado River deal offers reprieve, but long-term water crisis remains 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z IDE, one of the world’s largest desalination companies, declined to comment for this story. Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Authorities should invest in more desalination and purification plants to supplement aquifers and reservoirs, she said. Spain's swimming pools feel the heat as water supplies dwindle 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Spain has some 800 desalination plants that can produce 5 million cubic liters a day of water for drinking, agriculture, and industry. Drought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Army Corps. of Engineers are just some of the agencies that could be involved — as will the general public, which has historically been skeptical of desalination. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z He sees NT-Tao reactors providing electricity in places that might not have access to the grid, powering desalination plants, mines, or charging electric cars. The Israeli plan to fit a fusion reactor into a container 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z The company asked Arizona to sign a 100-year contract to buy water from the desalination project. Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Albemarle has said it needs new water sources to expand in Chile's Atacama salt flat, noting a desalination project was awaiting permits and construction. Chile's lithium takeover plan faces technical, political challenges 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Instead, Sánchez-Vila applauds the boost in Barcelona’s use of treated sewage water in a separate treatment plant sitting next to the Llobregat desalination facility. Drought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z The technology is intriguing, said Mark Donovan, chair of the CalDesal advocacy group, who is also the North American water treatment and desalination lead with GHD, an engineering and consulting firm. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Those efforts include expanding the state’s water storage capacity, improving its groundwater recharge capabilities and accelerating wastewater recycling and brackish desalination projects, among other items outlined in Newsom’s Strategy for a Hotter, Drier California. 'Nature gave us a lifeline:' Southern California refills largest reservoir after wet winter 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z In return, IDE says it would find private financing to cover the estimated $5 billion initial cost of building the desalination plant and pipeline. Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Virgin Islands, for instance, declared a state of emergency after high concentrations of sargassum in St. Croix clogged a desalination plant, a primary source of water for the island. Why huge masses of seaweed are floating to Florida and the Gulf 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The more pressing problem for the planet is the energy-intensive processes involved in desalination. Drought-struck Barcelona quenches thirst with costly desalination 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Donovan said he sees desalination playing a pivotal role in the state’s response to shrinking water supplies. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Some countries will be calling for more funds, especially in the form of grants for projects such as desalination of seawater or wastewater treatment. The World Faces a Water Crisis and 4 Powerful Charts Show How 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z “We live in a world with gravity,” said Meagan Mauter, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University and an expert on desalination. Arizona, Low on Water, Weighs Taking It From the Sea. In Mexico. 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z The membranes that screen out the salt resemble those in commercial desalination plants, which are already efficient enough to produce fresh water while adding only about $0.01 per kilogram to green hydrogen’s cost. Splitting seawater could provide an endless source of green hydrogen | Science | AAAS 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Now that most have returned home, he said, the group is focusing on permanent needs to sustain farming and daily life, such as water pumps and desalination kits. Pakistani villages recover slowly from epic floods 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z By comparison, the Carlsbad desalination plant in San Diego County produces 50 million gallons per day, or about 10% of the county’s supply of water. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z It has received financial support from Saudi Arabian Oil Co., which believes its large collection of water desalination plants can be used for CO2 removal. Scientists Are Trying to Pull Carbon Out of the Ocean to Combat Climate Change 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z There’s plenty of water off our coast, but we’ve only begun to dip our toe into desalination. Column: Column: Shrinking water supply will mean more fallow fields in the San Joaquin Valley 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z For starters, he says, desalination isn’t a ready option for countries that can’t afford large-scale capital projects. Splitting seawater could provide an endless source of green hydrogen | Science | AAAS 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z In water-parched Tijuana, a desalination plant was shelved because of its nearly half a billion dollar price tag, and the local government opted for private assistance to build a smaller desalination plant for $32 million. Water Shortages Threaten to Increase Violence and Disappearances in Mexico 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z The commission last year rejected plans for the proposed Poseidon desalination plant in Huntington Beach due to those and other concerns. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z A desalination project in Huntington Beach is the wrong idea in the wrong place at the wrong time. Column: The fight over the Colorado River is a 100-year-old interstate grudge match 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Cloud seeding can be relatively cheap compared with other water management strategies, like desalination, a chemical process that removes salts and other minerals from water to make it safe for drinking. Rainmaking Experiments Boom Amid Worsening Drought 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z However, Md Kibria, a materials chemist at the University of Calgary, says for now there’s a cheaper solution: feeding seawater into desalination setups that can remove the salt before the water flows to conventional electrolyzers. Splitting seawater could provide an endless source of green hydrogen | Science | AAAS 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z She showed me the spot where the Port of Corpus Christi has proposed to build a massive desalination plant to meet growing demand from industry for water. "A colossal giveaway": A tax break for big polluters is also starving public schools in Texas 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z And while he does not consider desalination a silver bullet for all of the state’s water woes, he said it could play a small part in California’s portfolio moving forward. Are seafloor desalination pods the answer to California's drought woes? 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z For cities, De la Parra said, that means initiatives such as recycling wastewater, capturing stormwater and probably investing in building a new desalination plant in Baja California. The river's end: Amid Colorado water cuts, Mexico seeks to restore its lost oasis 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z In the Emirates, some 90 percent of the drinking water is supplied through desalination, an expensive and energy-intensive process. Cooperation on Climate Is Emerging in the Middle East 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The government plans to compensate farmers by investing 8 billion euros to encourage the recycling of water and increase water desalination production that can be used instead. Spanish farmers protest against plans to curb water supply for irrigation 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Truly cheap energy, whether from solar or fusion, could be transformational: For example, it could run desalination plants to provide the fresh water that we’re running out of. Cheer up — the world is better off than you think 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Pipelines from the Great Lakes, desalination from the distant ocean, icebergs from the Arctic — anything but facing reality. Opinion | A water miracle must be found to solve the southwest’s drought crisis 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z He said one promising proposal would build one or more large desalination plants in Mexico to tap the Sea of Cortez, a project that officials from Arizona have been discussing with their Mexican counterparts. Federal officials say urgent action needed to protect shrinking Colorado River reservoirs 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z As in the Emirates, desalination is energy intensive, but importing desalinated water from Israel is far cheaper and less environmentally taxing for Jordan, a poorer nation that lacks large-scale desalination facilities. Cooperation on Climate Is Emerging in the Middle East 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z "They're looking to use solar energy for desalination. This can be solar panels, creating electricity, which then is used for reverse osmosis, or just using the heat of the sun directly to evaporate water." World Cup 2022: How did water-stressed Qatar find enough for pitches? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z The energy-intensive desalination process—necessary in Qatar because of the country’s negligible surface and groundwater supplies—only adds to the carbon footprint. The World Cup In Qatar Is a Climate Catastrophe 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z That led to the construction of a desalination plant near Barcelona that local authorities say is the largest in Europe with a capacity to produce 60 hm3 in a year. Catalonia limits water use as Spain prays for rain 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z So Cal Am tried again with the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project: a smaller desalination plant that would use a slanted well technique that does not draw water from the open sea. Monterey Bay desalination project is approved despite environmental injustice concerns 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z It’s a condition the wealthy Persian Gulf emirate has largely paid its way out of, thanks to expensive technology known as desalination that makes seawater drinkable. EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The process of desalination takes water from the sea, removes salt and other impurities, making it suitable for drinking and washing. World Cup 2022: How did water-stressed Qatar find enough for pitches? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z A large-scale desalination project in the port city of Aqaba on the Red Sea is in the works, but it will take years. Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z For water, it will mostly rely on energy-guzzling desalination plants that take ocean water and make it drinkable to satisfy the more than 1.2 million fans expected to touch down for the monthlong event. Qatar’s promise of ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup raises doubts 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z A global survey of desalination in 2019 found that plants produce about 5 billion cubic feet of salty brine every day — 50% more than previous estimates. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Here’s a look at the country’s water supply and the role of desalination. EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Solar power, as well as bringing newer, more energy efficient desalination plants online, is how Qatar hopes to quench the country's growing thirst which it also sees as a national security issue. World Cup 2022: How did water-stressed Qatar find enough for pitches? 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z There is one potential quick fix: buying more water from Israel, a pioneer in desalination techniques. Jordan Is Running Out of Water, a Grim Glimpse of the Future 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Desalination: California’s Coastal Commission approved a desalination plant in Dana Point that could turn up to five million gallons of seawater a day into drinkable water, The Associated Press reports. California’s Inland Empire Pushes Back on Booming Warehouse Construction 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z That’s caused some to worry about what what decades — or even centuries — of desalination could do to the ocean. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z There are other types of desalination but reverse osmosis is the most common. EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z But while some championed the project as an example of desalination “done right,” opponents said there are more efficient and economical methods that should be explored first. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z “Why is California even putting its straw into the Colorado River?” he added, arguing that the state should instead rely on desalination and the Pacific Ocean. Five Takeaways From the Arizona Senate Debate 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z This included building a large desalination plant at the Gulf of California, discharging the brine byproduct offshore and sending fresh water flowing 190 miles north through two steel pipelines. As the Salton Sea shrinks, a radical plan to save it with ocean water is rejected 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z That speaks to the other main driver of desalination in California: need. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z But most desalination plants send it back into the ocean. EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The project also includes several design elements intended to address potential harms to marine life — typically seen as one of the biggest downsides of the desalination process. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z He says the state needs to build more reservoirs and also focus on desalination. Republican Dahle is likable, level-headed and highly respected. But he won't win California governor 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z The concept also called for building a desalination plant at the Salton Sea to gradually reduce the salt content. As the Salton Sea shrinks, a radical plan to save it with ocean water is rejected 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The city of Antioch, for example, broke ground on a brackish water desalination plant last year. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The energy cost of desalination and Qatar’s heavy reliance on it add to questions about Qatar and FIFA’s promise that the World Cup will have almost no effect on the climate. EXPLAINER: World Cup host Qatar relies on desalination 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The other end of the process involves the discharge of hypersaline brine, or the salty water that is removed from seawater during desalination. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z To get around this, Livingston and his colleagues turned to an industrial approach for making ultrathin water desalination membranes called interfacial polymerization. New tech could provide cheaper, less-polluting way to refine crude oil 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z This approach would also include building a desalination plant that would take in water from the Salton Sea and put fresh water back. As the Salton Sea shrinks, a radical plan to save it with ocean water is rejected 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z For decades, environmentalists have decried ocean desalination as an ecological disaster, while cost-savvy water managers have thumbed their noses at desal’s lofty price tag. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z That includes investing in expensive desalination plants, which turn ocean and brackish water into fresh water. West looks to create water as drought tests limits of conservation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z Mike Levin and Michelle Steel, and agencies such as the Metropolitan Water District and the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board, which called it “the first ocean desalination facility that eliminates harm to fish.” California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z However, Livingston notes, while the membranes typically used for desalination are sturdy in a water-based environment, they quickly fall apart when subjected to hydrocarbons that include industrial solvents. New tech could provide cheaper, less-polluting way to refine crude oil 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Sephton, who runs a small demonstration desalination project at the Salton Sea, submitted one of the proposals that the panel considered. As the Salton Sea shrinks, a radical plan to save it with ocean water is rejected 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Although desalination requires significant energy, California’s current extended drought has revived interest in the technology. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Newsom’s updated water strategy calls for doubling the amount of water by 2040 produced by desalination, but the future of such plants recently took a hit. West looks to create water as drought tests limits of conservation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z “It’s too much of a commodity to be able to say ‘the future of water is desalination.’ California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Rep Mark Amodei, Nevada’s lone Republican congressman, supported the general idea of the funding and also pointed to desalination, the technology that removes salt from ocean water and turns it into drinking water. Drought in Western US heats up as a Senate campaign issue 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z San Diego built a robust desalination plant to turn seawater to drinking water, and yet some agricultural users are trying to get out of their contract since the water is so expensive. 100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Experts are already experimenting with new concepts such as mobile desalination units and floating buoys, and at least four major plants will soon be operational along the state’s coastline. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z For more than a decade, officials in Baja California talked about building a large, desalination plant in a beach town near Tijuana. In Mexico’s dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z On Catalina Island, desalination technology is helping humans cope with a dwindling water supply. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Some cities have contemplated costly steps such as building desalination plants, or injecting treated wastewater into aquifers to keep seawater out. Mississippi Crisis Highlights Climate Threat to Drinking Water Nationwide 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s cheaper than desalination and can be used in inland areas. Your Tuesday Briefing 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z And then there is the brine — the salty, sludgy byproduct of desalination that typically gets released back into the ocean at the end of the process. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z Mexico has other, small desalination plants elsewhere in the state and country. In Mexico’s dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z “We believe that the project before you today, although not perfect, provides a solid example that we can use in planning for future desalination.” California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Governments have also experimented with desalination, a filtration method that removes salt from seawater. Britons Must Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Recycled Sewage Water, Official Says 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z The Spanish government is now expanding desalination plants and building new ones, harnessing the ocean to ease the water shortage. Spain's olive oil producers devastated by worst ever drought 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Unlike the rejected Poseidon desalination plant, Doheny will tie into a municipal system and feature a better environmental design, officials said. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z He said a desalination plant would help Tijuana considerably. In Mexico’s dry north, Colorado River adds to uncertainty 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Doheny will join a growing list of desalination plants in California, including already operational plants in Santa Barbara and Carlsbad. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z But desalination is much more expensive than recycling wastewater and is not available to inland areas, according to the Pacific Institute, an organization dedicated to finding solutions to water shortage challenges. Britons Must Be ‘Less Squeamish’ About Recycled Sewage Water, Official Says 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Half of the water produced in the desalination plant is used to water the crops here. Spain's olive oil producers devastated by worst ever drought 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Experts are working to solve many of desalination’s challenges, however. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z He endorsed “long-term solutions that take an all-of-the-above approach, including desalination in California and Arizona.” In fast-warming Nevada, climate bill may not lift Democrats 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles, today receives about half of its water from a desalination facility on its shore. California Coastal Commission OKs desalination plant in Orange County 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Currently, that demand is being met by desalination plants. Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z We should aim to outdo Singapore on water recycling, outdo Israel on desalination and outdo China on water conservation. Opinion | The future of America’s water cannot be won without changing America’s farms 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z But desalination in California remains a lightning rod for controversy, and the Doheny plant raised significant opposition. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z This technique of reverse osmosis is used for large-scale desalination of seawater and on smaller scales to produce high-purity tap water for drinking. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Drinking water is only obtained by desalination treatments of salt water found on earth. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Many of these focus on desalination, smart irrigation, and pollution prevention. Analysis: As drought risks rise, investors eye thirsty companies, solutions 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Referring to onshore systems, Amy Childress, at the University of Southern California, says that smaller desalination systems could help reduce the environmental impact of the technology. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Beyond the environmental impacts, economics have also discouraged widespread use of desalination. They used to call California ocean desalination a disaster. But water crisis brings new look 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z He called for accelerating construction of water projects, including storage above and below ground, desalination of salty sea and brackish inland water, and lots more conservation and recycling. Newsom's Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta plan makes more sense. But it's still a 'water grab' 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a plan Thursday to increase the state’s water supply, calling for more storage, recycling and desalination plants to help the state adapt to a “hotter, drier future.” California Gov. Newsom unveils plan to increase water supply via storage, desalination, recycling 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Newsom was scheduled to speak about the plan Thursday morning in Antioch, where a desalination plant is being built to treat brackish water. With California set to lose 10% of its water in 20 years, Newsom outlines urgent action 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Another potential answer to water shortages is desalination - converting salt water to drinking water. Hosepipe bans: What are water companies doing to tackle leaks? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Planners and farmers are coming at the problem of saltwater intrusion with a desalination plant, an artificial rock barrier and groundwater pumps. In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z But desalination has helped keep them out of similarly severe water restrictions so far this year, according to Ronald Hite, senior manager of Catalina Island for Southern California Edison, the island’s water provider. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z To try to mitigate future shortages, the state is investing about $97 million to build a plant to treat wastewater and plans to buy water from a desalination plant under construction in a neighboring state. Mexico’s Cruel Drought: ‘Here You Have to Chase the Water’ 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Beyond stinging swimmers and costing the country some $10 million a year in lost tourism, the translucent invertebrates have also been clogging desalination plants and industrial fishing nets as their seasonal numbers grow, authorities say. Clear and present danger: Jellyfish swarm Israel's coast 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z East Ham MP Stephen Timms has claimed this is because desalination is energy-intensive and energy prices are currently high - but the company insists it is closed for planned maintenance. Hosepipe bans: What are water companies doing to tackle leaks? 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Meanwhile in Antioch, a city of 115,000 people, officials are investing in desalination. In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z And although he said it can be “hard to tell people paying $300 a night, ‘Don’t take a long shower,’ ” the new desalination plant has helped give everyone some breathing room. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Humans, of course, have developed technologies to increase water availability, such as digging wells to harvest groundwater, storing rainwater, and using desalination to obtain drinkable water from the ocean. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Ducey started off the year touting a massive new desalination plant that would augment the state’s water supply, but did not mention that in Wednesday’s formal remarks. Governor signs $1.2B water plan as Arizona faces cutbacks 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z Ducey called for a major new investment in water in his January state of the state address, implying some of that money would be used to build a desalination plant in Mexico. Police at Arizona Capitol fire tear gas, disperse protesters 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z The plant will be the state’s first inland desalination plant for brackish surface water, said John Samuelson, the city engineer and director of public works. In dry California, salty water creeps into key waterways 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Edison is currently seeking a grant for a new deepwater well that would allow it to bring an older desalination facility on the island, built in the 1990s, back online, he said. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z One method that can actually increase the amount of fresh water on Earth is desalination, which involves removing dissolved salt from seawater or saline groundwater. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z Mr Hopkins estimates that the technology could be, roughly, 30% more energy efficient than a traditional onshore desalination facility. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Nine years of permitting processes, 2003-2012, were required before the construction of a San Diego desalination plant. Opinion | Can America ‘do big things’ again? Ask the regulators and lawyers. 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z At the same time, the California Coastal Commission recently rejected plans for a desalination plant in Orange County. Did California learn anything from the last drought? 'Gambling' with water continues 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Cohen said recent studies from Australia, Israel, Singapore, Saudi Arabia and other places using desalination have also shown that discharge “should not have an adverse impact” if it is done properly. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Whether it’s more reservoirs or expensive desalination, one thing is for certain — it’s going to be a summer of brown grass and hard choices. The death of the American lawn? 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z However, floating desalination has both advantages and disadvantages, she says. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The plan would expand the Diablo Canyon to include a plant making climate-friendly hydrogen fuel and a desalination operation pumping fresh water into the parched state. Climate worries galvanize a new pro-nuclear movement in the U.S. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Thanks to selling less water, San Diego County has raised rates - by an average of 4% for each of the past five years - to cover fixed costs including the San Vicente Dam and desalination plant. How San Diego secured its water supply, at a cost 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z But although desalination can be a helpful tool — especially for areas near the coast — it shouldn’t be the only source of supplies, he said. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Water officials in San Diego County say higher water costs are coming for other parts of California and the West, even if desalination is less popular today than it once was. How San Diego secured its water supply, at a cost 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z Amy Childress, at the University of Southern California, says that smaller, floating desalination systems could help reduce the environmental impact of the technology. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z After hours of intense debate Thursday, coastal regulators have rejected Poseidon Water’s proposal to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach. Amid severe drought, former Interior secretary calls for revamping Colorado River pact 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Environmental advocates said desalination should be seen as a last resort and more can be done to conserve and recycle water. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Porej said he hoped to see island officials come together to develop a more comprehensive groundwater management plan, but he also credited the desalination plant with improving some of Catalina’s conditions. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Thanks to selling less water, San Diego County has raised rates — by an average of 4% for each of the past five years — to cover fixed costs including the San Vicente Dam and desalination plant. How San Diego secured its water supply, at a cost 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z One radical solution could be using floating vessels equipped with desalination systems. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z After hearing hours of heated debate, the California Coastal Commission voted against a controversial plan by the company Poseidon Water to build a huge desalination plant in Huntington Beach. California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Susan Jordan, executive director of the California Coastal Protection Network and member of the Stop Poseidon coalition, said she feels the unanimous vote is significant for those pushing for desalination on California’s coast. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z But although some of the island’s wildlife is struggling for survival, conditions for humans are a little different today than in droughts past, due largely to a desalination plant that opened in Avalon in 2016. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The idea of desalination has been debated for decades in Huntington Beach, a coastal community southeast of Los Angeles known as “Surf City USA” that relies on its sands and waves for tourism. Amid drought, California desalination project at crossroads 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z "You could have them moving around on an intermittent basis, filling up tanks," says Mikal Bøe, chief executive of Core Power, which has come up with design for this type of desalination plant. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The governor had said California needs the desalination plant to cope with extreme drought, and recently warned that a vote against the project would be a “big mistake.” California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “If people want to try to develop desalination plants, they need to really step back and propose them in a manner that is sustainable for the environment and complies with the law.” California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z The desalination process, which typically includes the discharge of hypersaline brine back into the ocean, has been criticized for negatively affecting marine life near facilities, as well as high energy consumption. Saltwater toilets, desperate wildlife: Water-starved Catalina Island battles against drought 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The country’s largest seawater desalination plant is already operating in nearby San Diego County, and there are also coastal plants in Florida. Amid drought, California desalination project at crossroads 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z There are already around 20,000 desalination plants worldwide, almost all of which are onshore. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “I wish that I didn’t have to take this vote. I’m not opposed to desalination,” Harmon said. California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Newsom has declared desalination, which takes ocean water and removes salt and other elements to make it drinkable, a key tool to addressing drought. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z He supports the massive Huntington Beach desalination plant that comes up for a vote Thursday before the Coastal Commission. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z More than two decades ago, Poseidon proposed building two desalination plants — the one in San Diego County, and one in Huntington Beach. Amid drought, California desalination project at crossroads 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z But some engineers say it could be cheaper to position this desalination technology offshore, where the seawater can be more easily pumped aboard. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In testimony leading up to the vote, Poseidon and its supporters argued that building the desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z The state already has other seawater desalination projects approved, including the country’s largest facility in nearby San Diego County, which was built by Poseidon. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z That’s not to say that desalination isn’t part of our future on this scorched planet. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z “It might work in Abu Dhabi or Israel, but we’re not them,” he said of desalination. Amid drought, California desalination project at crossroads 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z For decades, engineers have dreamed of building floating, nuclear powered desalination systems. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “Seawater desalination should be the option of last resort,” said Tracy Quinn, president and CEO of the environmental group Heal the Bay. California Coastal Commission rejects plan for Poseidon desalination plant 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Newsom didn’t comment on the panel’s reasoning but said seawater desalination, as well as brackish desalination, remain part of the state’s water strategies. California nixes plant, but says open to desalination 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z It’s in use all over the world, and California has 12 desalination plants in areas of the state where the water is needed. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The environmental impact of a spill would be severe with desalination plants closed, cutting off a water source for millions of people, the U.N. said. U.N. seeks $144 million to offload decaying Yemen oil tanker 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Core Power want to use a vessel very much like a small container ship, but stack containers on board filled with desalination technology. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Today, water recycling, desalination and drip irrigation, among other tools, have all helped turn the semidesert country into one with a water surplus. What Israel, Las Vegas and other places can teach SoCal about using a lot less water 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Antofagasta's mine also has a desalination plant coming online in the second half of the year and is targeting 90% of the mine's water coming from the ocean or recirculation by 2025. Chile's parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z But desalination is expensive — which makes the water more costly than conventionally treated water, and that gets passed on to customers. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z To achieve this goal, it aims to build desalination plants in coastal areas, capitalise on existing resources and boost groundwater levels, which the government said in 2019 had fallen 61% in the decade since 2007. Heat adds to despair of Indian women after decades of daily treks for water 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The firm's floating nuclear desalination vessels could have varying levels of power output, from five megawatts, up to around 70, Mr Bøe adds. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z And in Israel, long-term investments in wastewater recycling, desalination and other technologies have helped the water-scarce country secure ample supplies for cities and farms. What Israel, Las Vegas and other places can teach SoCal about using a lot less water 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Antofagasta has said that the continuity of its Zaldivar mine depends on the extension of continental water rights since its size would not justify the cost of a desalination plant. Chile's parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z We’ll find out a lot about them when they vote on desalination Thursday at 9 a.m. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z After more than a decade of controversy, plans to build a desalination plant in Huntington Beach face a critical vote. With water running out, California sees no relief from drought thanks to La Niña 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z To take the salt out of saltwater, desalination technology pushes treated seawater across a semi-permeable membrane at pressure. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z And though Israel once relied heavily on freshwater from the Sea of Galilee, it now gets more than 80% of its household drinking water through six major desalination plants near the Mediterranean and Red seas. What Israel, Las Vegas and other places can teach SoCal about using a lot less water 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z But a good place would be the plan to build a desalination plant on the Pacific coast at Huntington Beach. Column: It's time to kill this useless and costly desalination project 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Surely, California can find something else other than a Canadian company asking for a handout to build a desalination plant. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Poseidon Water has been running a similar desalination plant in nearby Carlsbad, in San Diego County, since 2015. Report urges California panel to deny desalination plant 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia, however, has just taken delivery of the first of three desalination barges, the largest ever built. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z The debate has reached a critical stage in Huntington Beach, where Poseidon Water has been trying for more than two decades to build one of the country’s largest desalination plants. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z As it happens, the experience at Poseidon’s desalination plant in Carlsbad, which began operating in 2015, suggests that mitigation projects are illusory. Column: It's time to kill this useless and costly desalination project 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “The effects of climate change make seawater desalination a must in California,” Poseidon executive Scott Maloni told me. Column: Five things Gov. Newsom got wrong in supporting Huntington Beach desalination plant 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z The study did not examine the relative costs of infrastructure projects such as dams or desalination plants. California could shrink water use in cities by 30% or more, study finds 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z There are still challenges in terms of pumping the desalinated water ashore and in finding a workforce with both offshore experience and desalination expertise. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Sixty miles to the south in Carlsbad, the nation’s largest desalination plant has been churning out drinking water since 2015. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The firm paints rejection in apocalyptic terms: “If this recommendation stands, it will effectively be the death knell for desalination in California.” Column: It's time to kill this useless and costly desalination project 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Lilac has said it could use a desalination plant to filter brackish water to avoid using potable water. Ford inks Argentina lithium supply deal with Lake Resources 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z As for desalination, Gleick said, the team didn’t consider it in the study because although it has the potential to supply large quantities of water, “it’s incredibly expensive, it’s energy intensive, it has environmental liabilities.” California could shrink water use in cities by 30% or more, study finds 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z The highly salty water left after desalination is toxic to marine life and today's desalination facilities produce huge quantities of it - more brine, in fact, than freshwater. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z She and other supporters point to countries such as Israel and Australia, where desalination plants have been running for years. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This factors in the impact of a drought at its flagship Los Pelambres mine, which the company plans to offset with a desalination plant in the second half of the year. CRU CESCO Antofagasta expects high copper prices for next 12 months, CEO says 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z It accounts for over a quarter of all of Saudi Arabia’s supplies and also supplies fuel crucial to running a regional desalination plant. Satellite photos show Yemen rebels hit Saudi oil site again 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In addition, they aimed at a desalination plant at al-Shaqeeq on the Red Sea. World Digest: March 20, 2022 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z "If floating desalination can address that, I'm all for that." Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Countries across the Arabian Peninsula, from Oman to Qatar to Kuwait, depend heavily on government-subsidized desalination plants powered by fossil fuels. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The storms transported an estimated 29.5 billion gallons of fresh water into Long Beach Harbor — 62% more water than the nation’s largest desalination plant in San Diego produces in an entire year. Red tape ensnares L.A.'s plan to capture more storm water, despite $556 million raised 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Even as irrigation infrastructure boomed along with industrial farming, the country’s ubiquitous dams and desalination plants are up against a looming water crisis scientists have been warning about for decades. UN: Droughts, less water in Europe as warming wrecks crops 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "The desalination process is really expensive," he added. Road salt runoff is making freshwater lakes inhospitable 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z But should this still not suffice, desalination, no matter the expense, begins to look inevitable in some parts of the world, he adds. Could nuclear desalination plants beat water scarcity? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z In California, Santa Barbara has an operating desalination plant. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z For example, understanding flows through carbon nanotubes could improve water desalination processes, says Jeffrey Sokoloff, a physicist at Northeastern University who was not part of the study. Quantum Friction Explains Water’s Freaky Flow 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Defenders of Neom say it's necessary to start afresh and build a smart, sustainable city powered by wind and solar, with water provided by carbon-free desalination plants. Neom: What's the green truth behind a planned eco-city in the Saudi desert? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Peru is investing in desalination to make up for declining freshwater. World’s glaciers contain less ice than thought - report 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z The plant also will include a desalination plant to provide the water needed to green its desert dunes. Dubai says planned coal-fired power plant to instead use gas 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The company and its supporters argue that building the $1.4-billion desalination plant would buttress local water supplies and make the area more resilient. Drought boon or boondoggle? Critics blast Poseidon desalination plan as crucial vote looms 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Despite its large natural gas fields, the UAE also imports natural gas due to its extensive domestic use in operating power plants and desalination plants. Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC announce a new offshore gas find 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Saudi Arabia is an arid country and about half of its water is produced through desalination plants - an industrial facility that takes away salt from water - powered by fossil fuels. Neom: What's the green truth behind a planned eco-city in the Saudi desert? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z With restoration of the drinking water supply a major priority, the ship brings a desalination plant. Australia navy ship with infected crew offloads aid to Tonga 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z The first two flights from New Zealand and Australia landed on Thursday, bearing pallets of drinking water, desalination tools, hygiene, shelter and medical kits as well as telecommunications equipment. Tonga: International aid efforts ramp up for tsunami-hit nation 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Two New Zealand Navy vessels were set to arrive on Friday with relief supplies and up to 250,000 liters of fresh water, as well as a desalination plant. Tonga’s Airport Is Finally Cleared, but Ash Still Poses a Range of Threats 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Many people, particularly foes of the desalination plant, also pressed the committee for the same, citing the state’s deepening homelessness and housing affordability crises. California gives non-housing projects a shot at cheap financing 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z Neom's desalination process will be fuelled by renewable energy and the brine, rather than dumped back into the sea, will be used as an industrial raw material. Neom: What's the green truth behind a planned eco-city in the Saudi desert? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z The ship can also produce tens of thousands of liters of fresh water each day using a desalination plant. First aid flight leaves for Tonga after big volcano eruption 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z “That’s a massively different economic proposition,” Ms. Drew said, adding that investors were looking at small nuclear plants as a potential power source for factories, desalination facilities or even cryptocurrency miners. Europe Plans to Say Nuclear Power and Natural Gas Are Green Investments 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z But Ms. Rokovucago, who is based in Fiji, said that cleaning up the country’s drinking water supply could be a long-term effort that requires desalination projects and distribution of water-purification tablets. Tonga’s Airport Is Finally Cleared, but Ash Still Poses a Range of Threats 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Poseidon Water, which already operates a desalination plant in Carlsbad, is working on another facility to produce 50 million gallons of water daily. California gives non-housing projects a shot at cheap financing 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z There's only one hitch - using renewable energies with desalination plants has never been successful. Neom: What's the green truth behind a planned eco-city in the Saudi desert? 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Doing this through desalination, as Namibia plans to, can be expensive - as are the electrolysis processes used later in the hydrogen-making process. The African nation aiming to be a hydrogen superpower 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z But not all desalination plants are created equally, nor do all of them maximize environmental protection. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z But there are solutions, including water conservation, infrastructure investments, desalination and, crucially, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the researchers said. A 'no snow' California could come sooner than you think 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The measure could wreak permanent damage to the state budget and force taxpayers to pay for ecologically destructive and grossly uneconomical dams, reservoirs and desalination plants. Column: This proposed ballot measure would make you pay for the ag industry’s water wastefulness 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The base treats its own water in a desalination plant and generates its own energy from fossil fuels, solar panels and wind energy. Guantánamo Bay: Beyond the Prison 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z Invest in water facilities, including desalination, and clean up aquifers. California is projected to have another big budget surplus. Here's how Newsom should use it 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Water board debates how and when Poseidon should offset the environmental harm of its proposed Huntington Beach seawater desalination plant. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Its goal is to replace current options such as shipped bottled water, desalination using reverse osmosis and fog-catching structures—each of which comes with its own problems. ‘Portable Oasis’ Extracts Water from Dry Desert Air 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Siting a desalination plant next to Diablo Canyon could produce loads of fresh water in the parched state at half the cost of other California desalination plants, helping to address a critical water shortage. Opinion | Closing California’s last nuclear power plant would be a mistake 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z The arrangement is possible because of Israel’s development of desalination plants, which now supply 80 percent its drinking water. Israeli climate-tech firms team up with former foes to face threat of rapid warming 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z More funding in the bill will help upgrade aging dams and canals and perhaps underwrite desalination projects. This Is Where the States Want Billions in Infrastructure Funding Spent 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z It might be a stretch to file a desalination plant under one of those headings, but another obscure state entity — the Pollution Control Financing Authority — recommended approval of Poseidon’s $1.1-billion request in December 2019. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Officials say the government lacks funding for additional desalination plants to convert salt water into fresh water. Bangladesh’s villages bear the brutal cost of climate change 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z This makes sure the water is ready for the signature, high-tech reverse osmosis desalination process, which takes place in thousands of tubes stacked high in a cavernous building. How San Diego gets drinking water from the ocean 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The town spent $335,000 on a desalination plant, a small machine of tubes and pumps that officials christened earlier this month. In this California county, one town has no water. Another has enough to share. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The military, which under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been used to spearhead infrastructure development, has already built 27 desalination plants and private firms have installed some in resorts along Egypt’s arid sea coasts. Water-poor Egypt eyes quadrupling desalination capacity in 5 years 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “The realities of climate change make seawater desalination a must in California,” he said. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Israel is widely considered a world leader in areas such as solar energy storage, sustainable protein alternatives, agriculture technology and desalination. Israeli minister sees opportunity at UN climate conference 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Some are exploring seawater desalination plants of their own, while others are considering removing salt from brackish water in rivers. How San Diego gets drinking water from the ocean 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The desalination plant is unlikely to alter that fundamentally anytime soon, as town officials try to assess what the winter will bring and what will be needed next year. In this California county, one town has no water. Another has enough to share. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Private resorts along Egypt’s Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, even golf courses, have been using expensive fossil fuel energy for desalination. Water-poor Egypt eyes quadrupling desalination capacity in 5 years 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z And you may recall that when thoughtful questions about the need for the desalination project were raised by a member of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, Newsom tossed the skeptic overboard. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Then there was the long, fraught gestation of a seawater desalination plant, the largest in the United States and now the envy of desperate communities up the coast, in spite of environmental concerns. Despite a Punishing Drought, San Diego Has Water. It Wasn’t Easy. 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Advocates say the change would significantly ease the pressure on the city’s water sources further north in California and the Colorado River — all without the need to lean more heavily on desalination. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z And if that energy comes from dirty sources, desalination can lead to a paradoxical outcome: It can unleash greenhouse gases, worsening global warming, increasing droughts and therefore the need for more desalination. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z One of the earlier winners, a Canadian company called Oneka Technologies Inc., spent six years designing different-sized modular buoys that do the desalination. Contest Challenges Inventors to Harness Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z There are more than 16,000 desalination plants in the world, and the technology is improving all the time, helping to bring down air pollution and mitigate harmful impacts on marine habitats. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z We also need to utilize desalination, much as Israel has done. Vaccines, unemployment, housing, drought: Where top recall candidates stand on the issues 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Water expert and former government official Dreid Mahaseneh believes only huge desalination projects such as a long-proposed canal from the Red Sea to the Dead Sea can meet the growing population's future needs. Jordan's water crisis deepens as climate changes, population grows 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z The most modern desalination plants use significantly less energy than their predecessors. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Another Irish contestant, Sea Power Ltd., uses the movement between two wave-driven floating pontoons to develop electricity that does the desalination. Contest Challenges Inventors to Harness Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Much of which could be avoided if the intake was beneath the ocean floor, as it is with some desalination projects. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z This may include desalination plants or an interstate pipeline to the Mississippi, which would take just 11 power plants and would double the flow of water to the Colorado River. Vaccines, unemployment, housing, drought: Where top recall candidates stand on the issues 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z In the long term, residents say, the town needs to consider desalination or building pipeline networks that connect with other towns on the sparsely populated coast, projects that would cost millions of dollars. Small Towns Grow Desperate for Water in California 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z Advocates say the change would significantly ease the pressure on the city’s water sources farther— all without the need to lean more heavily on desalination. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Increasing levels of salt water intrusion into the region’s well water has resulted in the construction of four desalination plants that are powered by the electric grid. Contest Challenges Inventors to Harness Wave Power to Desalinate Seawater 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Developers of, let’s say, a desalination plant could ignore a permit denial and go straight to the governor’s secretary of natural resources to request an overrule. Column: Desalination plant company not shy about asking for government handouts 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Chile must build more reservoirs and desalination plants, which are increasingly relied on by its critical mining sector, he added. Chile's record-breaking drought makes climate change 'very easy' to see 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z National Guard or the Army Corps of Engineers to set up a mobile desalination treatment unit, and even capturing fog. Drought-stricken California town to tourists: 'Please conserve' 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z San Diego inaugurated a vast new desalination plant about six years ago and is on the verge of approving another. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z A large majority of these older plants are located in the Middle East, where 55% of desalination brine is pumped back into the oceans. Finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Western coastal cities must ramp up investment in desalination plants to significantly increase the usable water they draw from the Pacific. Opinion | The thirsty West’s dreaded water crisis is here 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z Jenner suggested building desalination plants to produce more water for the drought-ridden state but provided no specifics about when or where such plants could be built. Caitlyn Jenner’s 1st news conference short on substance 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z A desalination plant would face similar permitting and environmental hurdles. Drought-stricken California town to tourists: 'Please conserve' 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z “At the same time, though, we have to address potentially severe downsides of desalination — the harm of brine and chemical pollution to the marine environment and human health.” Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Another major criticism of desalination is that it takes a tremendous amount of energy to process seawater, usually driven by highly polluting fossil fuels. Finding answers to the world's drinking water crisis 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z In Gaza, Israeli strikes damaged thousands of homes and dozens of clinics, hospitals and schools, as well as power lines, sewage works and three major desalination plants, the United Nations said. Israel and Hamas Scale Down the Conflict, Avoiding Another War 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z California has 12 seawater desalination plants, and six more have been proposed. Opinion | The Southwest’s water problems are about to get much worse 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Hagekhalil avoided taking a firm position on desalination but said he supports the tunnel — as long as the MWD is also “doubling down” on local water supplies. After a bitter fight, Southern California's water kingpin has a new leader 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z At its best, desalination is an attractive technology: It takes a relatively abundant but unusable resource, seawater, and turns it into something useful for freshwater-starved regions. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It would ensure that state agencies incorporate sea level rise estimates in the development of roads, ports, airports, water-treatment, desalination and power plants. Op-Ed: California law needs to catch up to sea level rise 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, it's looking at Taiwan's surrounding waters for solutions, planning to build more seawater desalination plants. Drought-hit Taiwan rations water to protect tech 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Jordan said the state is ignoring its own carefully crafted desalination standards and allowing Poseidon to “supersize” the plant and maximize profits. Column: This desalination plan stinks all the way from Orange County to Gov. Newsom's office 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Poseidon Water hopes to help quench Orange County’s thirst, but first the company’s proposed desalination project must slake a thirst of its own. Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant over local and environmental opposition 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Opponents of desalination have long said that the technique isn’t a panacea because it hurts the environment even as it cleans up water for human consumption. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z These stringent restrictions, combined with new dam projects and desalination schemes, are keeping Cape Town sated if not exactly splashing through the summer—its dams are currently at around 70 percent capacity. Day Zero: Where next? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z Today's large desalination plants, though, cost millions of dollars to build. Sunlight Powers Portable, Inexpensive Systems to Produce Drinking Water 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z In this century, however, nine years were consumed just with permitting for a San Diego desalination plant. Opinion | The covid-19 pandemic has taught us some brutal lessons about governance 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z An April email exchange between two state water board scientists who were working on the desalination project also mentions a “poseidon meeting at the Governor’s office.” Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant over local and environmental opposition 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Pulling saltwater into desalination plants can hurt fish and other marine life if it isn’t done carefully. Desalination can make saltwater drinkable — but it won’t solve the U.S. water crisis 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z “The business people heard from them about the unique needs of the region and discussed with them cooperation, particularly in the fields of agronomy and water desalination,” it said. Israeli settler delegation visits Dubai following UAE accord 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Or a desalination plant to irrigate a desert? Climate change: You've got cheap data, how about cheap power too? 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z The membranes it produces are electrically charged to help pull pollutants out of industrial wastewater or create fresh water through desalination. Seattle company says its spray treatment could make cloth masks more effective against COVID-19 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z For opponents of a planned $1-billion desalination plant along the Orange County coast, however, the optics were menacing. Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant over local and environmental opposition 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Backers have pitched ocean desalination as an inexhaustible, local supply for a region that imports much of its water from increasingly unreliable, distant sources. Poseidon's Huntington Beach desalination plant still in choppy waters 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Business groups said axing the restrictions would allow the United States to compete and help developing countries power electricity grids, desalination plants and other uses. U.S. development agency proposes financing of nuclear power exports 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Fresh water is not a problem thanks to solar-powered desalination equipment on the vessel. In the middle of the Pacific with nowhere to land 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The desalination plant will be located just south of Tel Aviv and near the Soreq Nuclear Research Center and the Palmachim military air base. Israel rejects $1.5B Chinese water plant after Pompeo said it could affect working relationship with US 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z The unmasked Newsom was celebrating the birthday of a lobbyist for Poseidon Water, which is close to obtaining final government approval for one of the country’s biggest seawater desalination plants. Newsom pushes private seawater desalting plant over local and environmental opposition 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Need is one of the aspects that regional water boards are required under state law to consider when reviewing plans to construct desalination facilities on the California coast. Poseidon's Huntington Beach desalination plant still in choppy waters 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z He did not specifically reference the desalination plant. Israel taps local desalination firm IDE over Hong Kong rival 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Thus, he said, Harbor Island is the wrong place to build a crude terminal project and a desalination plant and to do deep dredging. Port Aransas battles Big Oil to preserve its coastal vibe 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z They will be furnished with washers and dryers to do their own laundry, and the desalination plant’s kitchen and cafeteria are available to them. Carlsbad desalination plant locked down to protect water supply amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z That will also help facilitate resupply and other planned construction like a desalination plant, solar arrays and improved housing. Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z Eventually, industrial desalination technology arrived in the area, with mining companies setting up their own facilities, and pumping effluent back into the sea. 'The salt they pump back in kills everything': is the cost of Chile's fresh water too high? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Citing a provision in the new ocean rules, board staff concluded that subsurface intakes wouldn’t work for such a large-volume desalination operation. Huntington Beach desalination plant appears headed for a key approval 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Among her talking points is that allowing more districts to prepay their federal loans will “bring in additional revenue within the next 10 years” for the construction of new water storage, recycling and desalination projects. Column: Interior Secretary Bernhardt's previous job raises questions about a deal for his ex-client 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z IDE Americas also operates a desalination plant on the California coast at Santa Barbara. Carlsbad desalination plant locked down to protect water supply amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-03-21T04:00:00Z Drought will require pumped irrigation for agriculture and desalination for clean water. Five Myths about Energy Poverty 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z However, concerns remain as to the long-term viability of relying so heavily on desalination. 'The salt they pump back in kills everything': is the cost of Chile's fresh water too high? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z June 19 - The Houthis launched a projectile targeting a power transformer station near a desalination plant in Shuqaiq in southern Saudi Arabia. Factbox: Attacks, incidents heightening Gulf tensions since May 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Business leaders say it’s more development — building the new port, expanding the desalination plant, reinforcing the infrastructure. This Brazilian island wants to show the way to a green future. Businesses, backed by Bolsonaro, see the next Cozumel. 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z A transformer station near a desalination plant in Shuqaiq in the south was struck in June. Costly Saudi defenses prove no match for drones, cruise missiles 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s hard to predict how oil traders would react to, say, a U.S. strike on Iranian oil refineries that provoked Tehran, or one of its regional surrogates, to attack a Saudi desalination plant. Trump’s Awful Middle East Policies Are Coming Back to Haunt Him 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “There is no specific legislation for desalination in Chile, and that’s our greatest problem.” 'The salt they pump back in kills everything': is the cost of Chile's fresh water too high? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z “They’re producing the most cutting-edge technology for desalination, especially at scale,” she said. Oil built Saudi Arabia – will a lack of water destroy it? 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z It is also planning a third desalination plant. India’s Chennai rapid growth threatened by water shortages 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z The Polar Star spent six days in port before embarking again on Dec. 10, its port propeller and desalination machinery working. Meet the neglected 43-year-old stepchild of the U.S. military industrial complex 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z McGinnis canvassed the chemistry faculty to see whether anyone would let him use lab space in the evenings to pursue desalination. This former playwright aims to turn solar and wind power into gasoline 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z The desalination process also requires huge quantities of energy. 'The salt they pump back in kills everything': is the cost of Chile's fresh water too high? 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z The states have available options for confronting water shortages: conservation, reuse of municipal water, desalination of ocean water, pricing water appropriately and employing market forces to reallocate water. John Wesley Powell, Great Explorer of the American West 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z It says the four were civilian engineers working at a desalination plant in Libya. South Korean, 3 Filipinos freed after captivity in Libya 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z But the next day, the desalination unit quit again, forcing the crew to skip laundry and limit showers to two minutes. Meet the neglected 43-year-old stepchild of the U.S. military industrial complex 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z In his spare time, he built his own desalination machine. The quest to make gasoline out of thin air 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Rain and desalination systems would provide fresh water. As seas rise, the U.N. explores a bold plan: Floating cities 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Israel is a world leader in desalination, with five plants built along the Mediterranean coast. Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Local officials aren’t talking about building a new dam or lining the coast with desalination plants or towing icebergs from the Arctic. L.A.'s ambitious goal: Recycle all of the city's sewage into drinkable water 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “We would need innovation to really bring down the energy demand and cost of desalination,” he acknowledges. Bold Plan? Replace the Border Wall with an Energy–Water Corridor 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z Eventually, his desalination hobby turned into a desalination company. The quest to make gasoline out of thin air 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z An environmental assessment of the nation's largest desalination plant finds mixed results. Desalination Could Cause Ecological Sea Change 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z That continues today, a deal that cannot be broken without diplomatic fallout, making the desalination project ever more critical. Where Jesus once preached, the holy waters are draining away 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z So he and his colleagues calculated that figure and found it is 50 percent greater than the desalination industry’s previous rough estimate. Slaking the World's Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z There's been a major expansion of desalination plants around the world over the past few years, with almost 16,000 now operating in 177 countries. Toxic brine worry from desalination plants 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z About 55 percent of the brine is produced in desalination plants processing seawater in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, according to the study by the U.N. Too much salt: water desalination plants harm environment - UN 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z The Giuliani team pitched Bahrain on a plan to train the country’s forces to prevent terrorist attacks and to protect its desalination plants. While Working for Trump, Giuliani Courts Business Abroad 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z One such example: desalination plants in the drought-plagued western United States. Solar Industry's Future Lies in Lightweight Technology 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Different desalination technologies, however, produce varied levels of chemical pollution in their brine. Slaking the World's Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Researchers involved in the study say the problem often originates in the age of the desalination plant. Toxic brine worry from desalination plants 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Israel sees a solution in desalination, in which it is a world leader. Israel sees desalination as Sea of Galilee's savior 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z “The investments include storm and flood protection along the coast, desalination plants in drought-prone regions, new approaches to agriculture, and even land far from the ocean for when rising seas shift the real estate market.” Analysis | The Energy 202: Murkowski is taking heat for her Kavanaugh vote. But her support for Arctic drilling could help her. 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z “Nobody expected five years of drought in a row, so despite our desalination capacity, it’s still a very, very grave situation,” said Yuval Steinitz, Israel’s minister of energy. 5-year drought raises questions over Israel’s water strategy 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z And even the desalination industry agrees concentrated salt is a problem. Slaking the World's Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In Australia, as in Cape Town, environmental opposition to dams and desalination increased cities’ vulnerabilities to a multi-year drought. Cape Town’s drought: don’t blame climate change 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Reverse osmosis is one type of desalination technology but other exist including various methods of distillation of salt water. Wells and even springs face brackish future 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Because of the prevailing current, most of that sewage flows northward to the Israeli beach town of Ashkelon, the site of Israel’s second-biggest desalination plant. Hamas, Netanyahu and Mother Nature 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z When the drought was in its infancy, Israel greeted it with a shrug, pointing to its massive investment in desalination. 5-year drought raises questions over Israel’s water strategy 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Used at a desalination plant in Santa Barbara, Calif., it mixes brine waste with cleaned wastewater effluent to dilute it. Slaking the World's Thirst with Seawater Dumps Toxic Brine in Oceans 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z In simple terms, it’s important to ask if we’re better off using a bunch of extra energy to switch power plants over to dry cooling, or redirecting that energy to desalination. Making Electricity Consumes a Lot of Water. What's the Best Way to Fix That? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z For example, he was scheduled to meet with ministers of environmental protection and energy, visit a wastewater facility in Jerusalem and stop at one of the world’s largest desalination plants. Influential outsiders have played a key role in Scott Pruitt’s foreign travel 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z West positioned himself as a rounded aesthete, obsessed with form and how art impacts society – his Twitter feed has recently featured everything from tech solutions for water desalination to artists Joseph Beuys and David Hammons. ‘I miss the old Kanye’: what has happened to rap’s most complex star? 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z There are other reasons not to bank on desalination. 5-year drought raises questions over Israel’s water strategy 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Cape Town avoided the mistake made during Australia's Millennium Drought, when cities spent billions on massive desalination plants that had to be mothballed at enormous expense when rains finally came. How Cape Town found water savings California never dreamed of 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z For example, desalination plants are expensive and require proximity to salty groundwater or seawater. Making Electricity Consumes a Lot of Water. What's the Best Way to Fix That? 2018-05-20T04:00:00Z Massive blooms of a marine organism called Noctiluca scintillans are currently threatening fisheries, tourism and desalination plants in the Arabian Sea. Ocean scientists work to forecast huge plankton blooms in Arabian Sea 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The bones are undergoing a slow drying and desalination process at the Forensics Studies Lab run by anthropologist Heather Walsh-Haney at Florida Gulf Coast University. 7,000-Year-Old Native American Burial Site Found Underwater 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Israelis helped create desalination, drip irrigation and the specialized reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture. Cape Town May Dry Up Because of an Aversion to Israel 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Cape Town is building three small temporary desalination plants but its main focus is drilling hundreds of bore holes. How Cape Town found water savings California never dreamed of 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z The national government would need to drill wells or build desalination plants. Why Cape Town is running out of water 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Or the new desalination plant in Carlsbad, Calif. Trump’s Big Public Works Dig 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Opponents of the brewery express suspicions over a series of infrastructure projects in the state such as a massive desalination plant in Rosarito, being built through a private-public partnership. Mexico protesters fear US-owned brewery will drain their land dry 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z “It takes a lot of time to build desalination modules, three to five years, and at considerable cost,” Mr. Winter said. Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Recycled water, including purified effluent, offers a cheaper source than desalination, but many governments are reluctant to embrace this. How Cape Town found water savings California never dreamed of 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Pakistani officials are urging Gwadar residents to be patient, vowing to urgently build desalination plants and power stations. Hoping to extend maritime reach, China lavishes aid on Pakistan town 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Banks recently submitted bids to advise on the privatization of Saline Water Conversion Corporation’s $7.2 billion Ras Al Khair desalination and power plant. Sale of the century? $300-billion Saudi state sell-off moves slowly 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Almost $US 10 billion was invested in four big desalination plants in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Brisbane. Massive Infrastructure Projects Are Failing at Unprecedented Rates 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z As water levels in the dams supplying the city continue to drop, the city is scrambling to finish desalination plants and increase groundwater production. Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The Moroccan government is already working to build dams, wastewater treatment plants and desalination plants. Water shortages parch Moroccan towns, prompt protests 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Pakistani officials are urging Gwadar residents to be patient, vowing to urgently build desalination plants and power stations. Hoping to extend maritime reach, China lavishes aid on Pakistan town 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z Banks recently submitted bids to advise on the privatization of Saline Water Conversion Corporation’s $7.2 billion Ras Al Khair desalination and power plant. Sale of the century? $300-billion Saudi state sell-off moves slowly 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Australia’s four big desalination plants were built but never used. Massive Infrastructure Projects Are Failing at Unprecedented Rates 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z As far back as 2007, South Africa’s Department of Water Affairs warned that the city needed to consider increasing its supply with groundwater, desalination and other sources, citing the potential impact of climate change. Dangerously Low on Water, Cape Town Now Faces ‘Day Zero’ 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The commercial sector invested another 7 billion shekels into the construction of five desalination plants. Israel's water worries return after four years of drought 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The project's focus has shifted from building a libertarian oasis to hosting experiments in governance styles and showcasing a smorgasbord of sustainable technologies for, among other things, desalination, renewable energy and floating food-production. Why fake islands might be a real boon for science 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The desalination system had stopped working, judging from crates of water bottles officials would find strewn around the crew compartments. A North Korean ship was seized off Egypt with a huge cache of weapons destined for a surprising buyer 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z The Melbourne plant alone cost $US 4 billion, making it the most expensive reverse-osmosis desalination facility in the world. Massive Infrastructure Projects Are Failing at Unprecedented Rates 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z A small desalination station is irrigated by solar energy. Dry Jordan launches project to grow crops from seawater 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z The commercial sector invested another 7 billion shekels into the construction of five desalination plants. Israel's water worries return after four years of drought 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z The staff used that number to estimate the per-acre-foot cost of the tunnel water, concluding it would be far cheaper than new supplies from recycling projects or seawater desalination. A nearly $17-billion water project is being planned for California. What will it cost the Southland? 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z That may not seem like a lot, “But when you think about major, large-scale desalination for millions of people, it’s a lot of energy,” Elimelech said. Yale scientists developing method to distill sea water 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Following a cruel 12-year drought in Australia that ended in 2010, national authorities launched an aggressive program of desalination development in big coastal cities. Massive Infrastructure Projects Are Failing at Unprecedented Rates 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z He called the desalination and pipeline venture the “biggest, most ambitious project ever initiated in our area.” With a push from Trump’s envoy, Israel and the Palestinians make a water deal 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Our firm secured a contract worth $6bn for a desalination plant in Jeddah and a licence to operate a bank in the kingdom. How to Trump-proof your company 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Limberg told Reuters the city expects a new pilot desalination plant, capable of producing 2 million liters per day, to be operational by December before "accelerated full-scale" implementation of the technology. Storms in South Africa's Cape fail to stem water shortages 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Elimelech said that his goal is for the solar-powered desalination to be used in remote, rural areas of undeveloped countries or for a single household. Yale scientists developing method to distill sea water 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z She also announced plans to use a mobile desalination plant and tap the natural aquifer under Cape Town's Table Mountain. South Africa's Western Cape declares drought disaster - BBC News 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z It is also helping desalination plants to continue running, but at just 15% of their capacity. Gaza residents left in the dark amid Palestinian power struggle - BBC News 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z The application was resubmitted in 2015, and then withdrawn yet again in September 2016, because the commission wanted proof the plans complied with new, 2015-passed rules from the State Water Board on desalination plants. Delays dog 'shovel ready' projects in Trump's infrastructure plan 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z One of the lab’s grant winners, mechanical engineer Amos Winter of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, installed a solar-powered desalination unit in southern India in January. US foreign aid saves money as well as lives 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z The two countries also will cooperate in promoting renewable energy as well as seawater desalination by Japanese companies. Saudi king visits Japan, seeks help in diversifying economy 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z On Catalina Island, just off the Southern California coast, water scarcity is so severe that residents still rely almost entirely on a pair of desalination plants. California Today: On Catalina, the Drought Is Far From Over 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z But in regions where there is truly not enough freshwater to meet demand, a cheaper and less energy-intensive desalination method is certainly a good thing. Could these five innovations help solve the global water crisis? 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z For these reasons, countries around the world are turning to desalination, which usually involves reversing the process of osmosis. Sea change: As desalination technology advances, oceans may hold the answer to the world’s water crisis 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Santa Barbara hastily built the state’s first large municipal desalination plant during the drought of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Should L.A. County have a huge desalination plant? A battle looms in the South Bay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z San Diego County built the largest desalination plant in the nation, pulling salt water from the ocean. California officials say a new plan will make water conservation ‘a way of life’ 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z But increasingly the island relies on desalination plants. Why houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z The water will be pumped from the ocean through pipes and filtration systems for desalination before hitting the faucets in homes. California Today: A Water Crisis on the Central Coast 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Worldwide, there are more than 18,000 desalination plants in operation, the largest being in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel. Sea change: As desalination technology advances, oceans may hold the answer to the world’s water crisis 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z More than a dozen desalination projects — including West Basin’s proposal — are under consideration along the California coast. Should L.A. County have a huge desalination plant? A battle looms in the South Bay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z Santa Barbara is following suit, seeking to restart a mothballed desalination plant as a reservoir that serves the county, Lake Cachuma, goes almost dry. California officials say a new plan will make water conservation ‘a way of life’ 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z But elsewhere not far away in the Caribbean there are islands that rely almost entirely on desalination. Why houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs - BBC News 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Seawater, but not marine organisms, would seep through the sand, supplying a main pipe connected to the desalination complex. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z In the U.S., the fourth largest market for desalination, the industry is growing. Sea change: As desalination technology advances, oceans may hold the answer to the world’s water crisis 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Poseidon Water, which built that facility, is pursuing permits for a similarly sized desalination plant in Orange County. Should L.A. County have a huge desalination plant? A battle looms in the South Bay 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z It also opens the door to new dams, desalination and other water projects. Flint water crisis: Senate passes bill funding removal of lead-tainted pipes 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Another major Saudi research project is the construction of the world's first large-scale, solar-powered desalination facility. The Middle East: An end to oil dependency : Nature : Nature Research 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z With more than a dozen seawater desalination operations proposed along the coast, allowing Huntington Beach to use the old power plant pipe “would just throw open the doors to open-ocean intakes,” Geever argued. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Miles south, at Huntington Beach, a proposed desalination plant seems to be more of a money-making scheme than a well-conceived response to drought. After five weeks and 1,100 miles, a deeper love of the California coast, a greater desire to watch over it 2016-08-27T04:00:00Z Privately held IDE also builds and operates some of the biggest desalination plants in about 40 other countries, including Mexico, Chile and China. These 10 Companies Are Changing the World 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z To design better desalination membranes, researchers will need to be able to predict how factors such as the distribution of charged chemical groups in a polymer affects its permeability to ions. The plastics revolution: how chemists are pushing polymers to new limits 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z One is the gargantuan Newport Banning Ranch development, and the other is the proposed Poseidon desalination plant in Huntington Beach. She's fighting for the California coast from a tiny office in her kitchen nook 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z In essence, opponents say, Poseidon wants California to let the budding desalination industry do what the state is forcing the energy industry — at a cost of billions of dollars — to stop doing. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z There are two 50-kilowatt generators on board and a desalination machine. All Aboard a Vintage Yacht for $55,000 a Week 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Still, the study suggests that desalinating this water would actually be cheaper than withdrawing larger amounts of salt from seawater, as a new California desalination plant in the San Diego area has begun to do. California may have a huge groundwater reserve that nobody knew about 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Still, Texas, Florida, Australia, and even China are already treating brackish groundwater in desalination plants, and California may soon follow, Jackson says. First study of California’s deep groundwater sparks debate 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z Upcoming decisions on Newport Banning Ranch and the Huntington Beach desalination plant “will be bellwethers” on how this commission thinks and where it’s headed, Jordan said. She's fighting for the California coast from a tiny office in her kitchen nook 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Poseidon Water hopes to help quench Orange County’s thirst, but first the company’s proposed desalination project must slake a thirst of its own. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z By chance in 1997 they met a development officer representing Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and learned about the school’s work in desalination and desert farming, among other areas. After Fleeing the Nazis, a Legacy That Won’t Run Dry 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z “We would create electricity, desalination plants. This island will be an island of initiatives of all kinds.” Israel wants someone to build a $5 billion island off Gaza — for a seaport, hotels, airport 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z But he generally looked at water from a mechanical point of view — particularly the desalination process. Moss is a master of mechanical engineering 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The findings come as environmental groups and water managers have sometimes differed on how much conservation is needed, especially as new supply sources — including desalination plants, expanded reservoirs and water recycling programs — come online. Water conservation has saved energy, cut greenhouse gas emissions, study finds 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Records from the California secretary of state’s office show that since 2000, the company has spent roughly $1.3 million lobbying the State Water Resources Control Board and the state Legislature on desalination matters. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z They all can take pride in their country’s accomplishments, as when Israel faced a water crisis a decade ago and launched a desalination project that is now the envy of the world. The Improbable Happiness of Israelis 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z It also recognizes that some communities have increased their supplies for dry years by building desalination plants, reservoirs and underground storage facilities. California to lift severe mandatory water conservation rules 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z However, desalination plants currently require massive inputs of energy, usually from fossil fuels. New water purification system could help slake the world’s thirst 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z For example, they successfully emphasized that the Poseidon desalination facility in Carlsbad should significantly offset the need to curtail water use under current drought conditions. Water conservation has saved energy, cut greenhouse gas emissions, study finds 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Instead, the board directed desalination plants to install wells — offshore or on the beach — or another type of subsurface intake that the state says would naturally filter out marine organisms. A $1-billion desalination plant might be coming to Huntington Beach, but it will test California's environmental rules 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Large-scale desalination is an obvious answer for the coastal enclave, but almost impossible given Gaza’s chronic shortage of electricity. How to Solve Gaza’s Water Crisis 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Water districts in the drier southern part of the state also asked for relief, saying investments in underground storage and desalination plants had increased their supplies. California communities beg for relief from drought restrictions 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Harvesting water like a desert beetle DeepWater Desal’s desalination highlights another major global problem: a scarcity of water that threatens an estimated 4 billion people. The greenhouse that acts like a beetle and other inventions inspired by nature 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z Gwadar planners said they would build more dams and a desalination plant. Big Chinese-Pakistani Project Tries to Overcome Jihadists, Droughts and Doubts 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z It also needs more storage, underground and above ground, including the long-planned Sites Reservoir in Colusa and Glenn counties, additional recycling and probably more desalination plants. California Editorial Roundup 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Large-scale desalination requires large-scale electric infrastructure, necessitating a high voltage electricity line and a gas pipeline to power the Gaza power station. How to Solve Gaza’s Water Crisis 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Places that have implemented desalination or developed efficient ways to recycle water also received consideration on their conservation mandate. In the strongest indication yet that the California drought could be easing, officials said strict water conservation orders could be dramatically scaled back or even ended if El Nino storms keep pummeling the state into spring 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The new regulation gives breaks to communities in especially hot and dry areas or those that have invested in desalination and water recycling. The Latest: California to extend water conservation 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Areas such as those getting water from a new seawater desalination plant in Carlsbad could benefit from the credits given for developing new local water supplies. Water regulators propose further relaxation of conservation requirements 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z This year, the San Diego region completed a $1 billion seawater desalination plant, the largest in the Americas. California considers easing some water conservation mandates 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z In December it presented an ambitious, if far from fully developed, $30 billion plan to build a number of desalination plants on the Mediterranean shore of Israel and the Gaza Strip. Sun and sea 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The drought has slashed water consumption across the state and renewed interest in developing new water sources such as recycling and seawater desalination. Yes, California got rain, but much of it was funneled into the ocean 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z But the remaining options, which would fallow less land and build desalination plants to purify the runoff, would cost billions — more than Westlands or the Bureau of Reclamation could afford or were willing to pay. Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open California’s Taps 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z This year, the San Diego region completed a $1-billion seawater desalination plant, the largest in the Americas. California regulators to propose water conservation changes 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z So may communities with fast population growth, and communities that have developed desalination plants, wastewater-recycling plants or other sources of new water also might get a break. California considers easing some water conservation mandates 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Israel's IDE Technologies, which opened this week a billion-dollar desalination plant in California, is helping to plan 10 new facilities throughout the United States, the company's chief executive said on Wednesday. IDE plans more U.S. desalination plants after California success 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Belhoul, the chief of Masdar, which is leading the United Arab Emirates’ energy-diversification efforts, recently showed a visiting reporter one of his company’s showcase experiments: a desalination project on the Persian Gulf. Despite Climate Concerns, OPEC Plans to Keep Pumping Oil While It Can 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Coastal power plants in California are also ending or sharply reducing use of ocean water under new regulations to protect marine life, preventing desalination plants from piggybacking on their infrastructure, as Carlsbad will initially. New plant tests US appetite for seawater desalination 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z But according to the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Environment and Water, some areas nearest desalination plants now measure 50,000ppm. Can making seawater drinkable quench the world's thirst? - BBC News 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Bhargava says potable water could be piped from offshore barges with this machine, now being tested at a desalination research facility in New Mexico. Creator of 5-hour Energy Wants to Power the World's Homes—With Bikes 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z Other IDE projects include the biggest desalination plants in India, China and Israel. IDE plans more U.S. desalination plants after California success 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z His desalination project, he told an Oracle conference last year, “is supposed to be a model for the next generation.” Why Tom Steyer's latest fight against climate change involves raising his own cattle 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z “It’s hard being a pioneer,” said Ken Weinberg, who helped lead the San Diego agency’s desalination drive until retiring this year. New plant tests US appetite for seawater desalination 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z |
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