텍사스주는 텍사스만 연안에 위치한 해수담수화 플랜트를 포함한 수·전력 프로젝트에 대한 현장 및 운송 옵션을 연구하기 위해 과달루페 블랑코강 유역청(GBRA, Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority)에 200만 달러의 차관을 빌려주는 것에 동의했다고 밝혔다. 프로젝트는 추가적인 물공급을 제공하고 지역 수자원에 다양성을 더해줄 것으로 기대된다.

텍사스 수자원개발국(TWDB, Texas Water Development Board)은 텍사스주 수자원실행기금(State Water Implementation Fund for Texas) 프로그램을 통해 GBRA의 해수담수화 프로젝트에 대한 타당성조사 기금을 위한 차관을 받았다.

 

 

 

Texas has agreed a US$ 2 million loan for the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) to fund a study into site and transport options for a power and water project including a seawater desalination plant on the Texas Gulf coast. The project will provide additional water supplies and add diversity to the region's water sources.

 

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) closed the loan through the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) programme  to finance GBRA's feasibility study on a seawater desalination project. GBRA could save some US$ 563,000 over the life of the loan.

 

The loan will enable GBRA to identify site, transmission and delivery options for an integrated water and power project on the Texas Gulf Coast. GBRA will examine the feasibility of diverting and treating seawater from the Gulf of Mexico to convey it to central and Gulf coastal regions of South Texas. 

 

The SWIFT programme, last week, opened its application period for its 2016 funding cycle. interested parties have until 5 February 2016 to submit a two-page preliminary application.

 

GBRA serves DeWitt, Victoria, Calhoun, Refugio, Gonzales, Caldwell, Hays, Comal, Guadalupe, and Kendall counties.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 12월 8일]