What types of technology will the Huntington Beach desalination plant use?
Nikolay Voutchkov: The plant will use a reverse osmosis (RO) membrane-based seawater desalination system to separate the salts. The membranes are capable of rejecting over 99.75 percent of salts and producing fresh potable water with a salt content lower than 400 milligrams per liter (mg/L). The salt content of ocean water is 33,500 mg/L, and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act standard is 500 mg/L. Approximately 18,000 membrane elements are needed to produce 50 million gallons per day (mgd) of fresh water. WT: Poseidon specializes in seawater desalination have you seen an increase in the number of proposals for desalination plants in US coastal cities? NV: With dwindling resources and longer drought cycles, it is likely that desalinated seawater will become a measurable portion of the water supply portfolio of coastal communities in the US. Over 75 percent of the population is located within 50 miles of an ocean coast and could be supplied with desalinated seawater. Currently less tha
