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Tagged desalination

Innovative Technologies to Expand California’s Water Supply

Maven
October 10, 2018
1167
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley Labs discuss their work on groundwater recharge, brackish desalination, and seawater desalinization As droughts intensify and the snowpacks diminish, California will need creat... Read More...

DR. DAVID SEDLAK: Whither the Fourth Water Revolution?

Maven
September 13, 2017
1278
Water 4.0: Developing a water supply portfolio for the future At the 10th annual OC Water Summit held in June, the keynote speaker was Dr. David Sedlak, Co-director of Berkeley Water Center and Director of Ins... Read More...

This just in … State Water Board Adopts Desalination Amendment to Address Environmental Concerns In Desalination Facility Standards

Maven
May 6, 2015
632
From the State Water Resources Control Board: The State Water Resources Control Board today approved an amendment to the state’s Water Quality Control Plan for the Ocean Waters of California (Ocean Plan) to ad... Read More...

State Water Board to consider adoption of amendment to Ocean Plan addressing desalination facilities

Maven
March 26, 2015
546
The amendment, set to be considered for adoption on May 5, will address intakes, brine discharges, mitigation and other issues for desalination facilities As water supplies have tightened throughout the state,... Read More...

State Water Board releases proposed amendment to address desalination facilities

Maven
July 9, 2014
458
The State Water Resources Control Board has released a proposed amendment for a 45-day public comment period that would amend the Water Quality Control Plan for Ocean Waters (Ocean Plan) to address desalination... Read More...

State Water Board update: Addressing the impacts of desalination facilities

Maven
August 8, 2013
1357
With at least seventeen seawater desalination facilities currently proposed along California's coast in such locales as Huntington Beach, Monterey Bay, and the Bay Area, desalination is being increasingly seen ... Read More...

Blog round-up: Bloggers on the BDCP, fish screens, climate change and native fishes, restructuring the SWP and more!

Maven
June 4, 2013
178
The BDCP faces a geographic fight, says John Wildermuth over at Fox & Hounds, although they say the politics of geography has nothing to do with it:  " ...  Brown’s people say independent studies show the w... Read More...
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Metropolitan's Water Planning and Stewardship Committee discusses desalination in Southern California

Maven
September 10, 2012
166
The Metropolitan Water District’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee received an update on desalination facilities currently being planned or considered for the Southern California area at their meeting o... Read More...
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State Water Board to hold public workshop on the impacts of desalination facilities

Maven
August 7, 2012
26
The State Water Resources Control Board will be holding a public workshop on Wednesday, August 22nd, to examine impacts of desalination facilities on the ocean environment as part of its process to develop an a... Read More...

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