뉴욕 사업규제당국이 Suez사의 자회사인 United Water의 뉴욕시 북부의 허드슨 강 첫 담수화 플랜트 제안서를 거부했다.

뉴욕 공공서비스 위원회(PSC)인 규제당국은 주 중심가인 Albany에서 가진 최근 미팅에서 담수화 플랜트에 대한 대체방안의 연구를 명령했다.

성명서에서 PSC는 “형편이 바뀌었기 때문에 더 이상 새로운 물 공급 소스에 대한 즉각적인 요구가 없어졌다”고 말했다. 2007년 처음 제안된 이 프로젝트는 ‘과다측정된’ 현재의 물 사용이라는 이전 해의 연구에 기본을 두고 있다.

 

 

 

The New York State utility regulator has rejected a proposal by a Suez Environnement subsidiary, United Water, for the first desalination plant on the Hudson River north of New York City.

 

 Regulator - the New York Public Service Commission (PSC) - ordered a study of alternatives to the desalination plant at a recent meeting in the state capital, Albany. Suez, Europe's second-largest publicly traded water company, argued that a plant sited at Haverstraw - where the Hudson turns brackidhkish could meet a forecast surge in potable water demand for 1 cent a gallon (3.8 cents a liter).

 

In a statement, the PSC said: "Due to changed circumstances, there was no longer an immediate need for a new water-supply source." The project, first proposed in 2007, was based on a study the previous year that "overestimated" current water use, the commission reported in May. It said, however, that a water shortage may occur as by 2020. Costs for the 37.5 Ml/d plant, pumping station and water intakes were estimated at some US$ 140 million to US$ 190 million.

 

"Desalination is an effort of last resort in a water-rich state," said plant opponent, Roger Downs of the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. He claimed in a filing with the commission, United Water could supply its 73,000 customers and more by patching leaks and drawing more water from a nearby reservoir. State lawmakers opposed to the desalination plant estimated customer bills may rise as much as US$ 500 a year for the water works.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 11월 15일]