텍사스의 무기질 우물이 감소함에 따라 Palo Pinto 자치군은 만일의 가뭄에 대비하는 것의 일환으로 브라조(Brazos)강으로부터 수처리를 위한 610만 달러의 역삼투(reverse osmosis) 담수화 공장을 건설하는 것에 승인했다.

Palo Pinto 수자원 이사회는 담수화 공장이 가뭄이 계속되면서 Palo Pinto이 마르는 것에 따라 물을 공급하는 비용 효과적인 방법이라고 결정했다. HDR의 컨설턴트 켄 코펠(Ken Choffel)에 따르면 공사는 1월 초에 시작하고, 컨설팅을 담당하는 HDR 엔지니어링은 이 프로젝트를 빠르면 4월 중순에 끝내도록 계약자들을 압박해왔다.

이사회 담당 컨설턴트인 HDR의 켄 코펠은 “7개월 동안 사용할 수 있는 물이 남아있다. 최악의 상황을 대비해야 하고 최고를 추구하길 원한다. 공사는 늦어도 6월까지 끝날 수 있을 것”이라고 말했다.

 

 

 

With water supplies for the Texas city of Mineral Wells dwindling, Palo Pinto county has approved, as part of its drought contingency plan, the construction of a US$ 6.1 million reverse osmosis desalination plant to treat water from the Brazos river.

 

A Palo Pinto water board decided the desalination plant was the most cost-effective way to meet water supply as drought continued to drain Lake Palo Pinto. Construction will start in early January and advisor, HDR, Engineering has been urged to push contractors to complete the project as early as mid April, according to HDR consultant, Ken Choffel.

 

Advisor to the board, HDR consultant, Ken Choffel said: "We have seven months of water left. We have to plan for the worst and hope for the best."

 

The reverse osmosis plant, was one of three options HDR presented to the district, Choffel said.

 

He said an option to build a new pipeline from Lake Mineral Wells would have cost about US$7.1 million and would have extended the city's current seven months of water by four months.

 

A third option, a pipeline from Weatherford, was discarded in October.

 

Construction of the reverse osmosis plant will begin in early January and HDR, at the urging of the board, will make a push for contractors to complete the project as soon as possible, potentially as early as mid April, Choffel said. At the very latest, the project would be completed by June, he said.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 12월 16일]