캘리포니아 산타바바라 시의회가 시의 예비 담수화 플랜트를 재시작하는 비용을 충당하기 위해 계획된 수도요금 인상을 추가할 필요가 있다는 의견이 제기됐다. 물 고문인 Josh Haggmark은 공장을 재가동 하는 비용의 견적이 25%까지 치솟은 이후 경고를 나타냈다.

이러한 증가로 공장의 연간 운영비용 5백만 달러를 추가해야 한다. 시의회는 내년 여름 운영에 들어가기 위해 내년 4월 공장 재가동 계약에 서명할 준비를 마쳤다.

Charles E Meyer 역삼투 담수화 시설은 1990년대 중반 이래로 상태를 유지해 왔으며, 재 운영을 위해선 업그레이드 비용으로 4천만 달러가 소요된다.

 

 

 

The city council of Santa Barbara in California may need to add to its planned water rates increase to cover the cost of a restart to the city's mothballed desalination plant according to acting water advisor, Josh Haggmark. He issued his warning after upping his US$ 32 million September estimate of the cost of re-booting the plant by about 25%.

 

 The increase would add to the plant's U$ 5 million a year operating cost. The council is poised to sign a contract to restart the plant next April to have it in operation for next summer.

 

The Charles E Meyer reverse osmosis desalination facility has been on standby status since the mid-1990s, and US$ 40 million is needed to pay for upgrades before it's operational again.  Without its reinstatement the city faces a 60% drop in water supply.

 

Santa Barbara has declared a Stage II drought, which includes water-use restrictions and drought water rates for utility customers.

 

The city's drought plan includes desalination. It has calculated that without it, the council has estimated that Santa Barbara will have inadequate resources from 2016. The city has said its supplies for he year from October 1, 2014 will hold out only if customers cut their use by 20%.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 11월 20일]