Desalination in Southern California

2001-05-15 Thread Tim Bousquet
An interesting discussion of the economics behind desalination plants in Southern California follows. Remember that water sells for $75/ acre-foot in northern california, but that residential uses in So. Cal. pay about $520/ acre-foot. WATER SUPPLY DEVELOPMENT Metropolitan board to look

Re: Desalination in Southern California

2001-05-15 Thread Ken Hanly
What is done with all the salt?. I assume it is a mixture of salts. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: Tim Bousquet [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PEN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 3:05 PM Subject: [PEN-L:11549] Desalination in Southern California An interesting

Re: Re: Desalination in Southern California

2001-05-15 Thread Michael Perelman
There used to be a lot of literature about using nukes for desalization. Maybe would could make an artificial salt bed to store the wastes. On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 03:38:16PM -0500, Ken Hanly wrote: What is done with all the salt?. I assume it is a mixture of salts. Cheers, Ken Hanly --

Re: Re: Re: Desalination in Southern California

2001-05-15 Thread Jim Devine
At 01:48 PM 5/15/01 -0700, you wrote: There used to be a lot of literature about using nukes for desalization. Maybe would could make an artificial salt bed to store the wastes. why not in Texas, near Bush's alternative White House (in Crawford?) Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Re: Re: Desalination in Southern California

2001-05-15 Thread Tim Bousquet
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGAQH0W1WKC.html has a discussion of some of some of the environmental issues connected with the Tampa bay plant. Tim --- Michael Perelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There used to be a lot of literature about using nukes for desalization. Maybe would could make an