미국 캘리포니아의 Orange County Water District(OCWD)는 캘리포니아의 헌팅튼 해변에 계획한 해수 담수화 프로젝트를 보호하기 위해 Poseidon Water와 정식 협상을 진행하는 것에 대한 투표를 마쳤다.

 

Water District 위원회는 9대1로 Orange County의 새로운 수자원 발굴을 위한 가장 큰 전락이 무엇인지에 대해 Poseidon과 협상을 시작하는 것에 찬성했다.

 

이 결정은 Orange County Water District의 18개월 동안의 면밀한 재정 처리가 끝난 뒤 이어졌다. 지구의 독립 재정 컨설턴트인 Clean Energy Capital는 계획된 헌팅턴 해변 프로젝트를 평가했으며 Poseidon의 프로젝트 비용 측정을 보증하고 재정과 플랜트 건설의 비용을 줄일 수 있는 민관 파트너십 시나리오를 구분하는 리포트를 발행했다.

 

 

 

Orange County Water District(OCWD) in California, USA has voted to enter into formal negotiations with Poseidon Water to secure a proposed seawater desalination project in Huntington Beach, California.

 

The Water District board voted 9-1 in favour of opening negotiations with Poseidon over what would be the single largest source of new water in Orange County.

 

The decision followed Orange County Water District's completion of an 18-month financial due diligence process. The district's independent financial consultant, Clean Energy Capital, evaluated the proposed Huntington Beach project and issued a report endorsing Poseidon's project cost estimates and identifying public-private partnership scenarios that could lower the cost of financing and constructing the plant.

 

The Huntingdon Beach plant is designed to produce 6.9 billion litres of fresh water annually. It is awaiting discretionary permit approval from the California Coastal Commission to proceed with construction. A hearing before the Coastal Commission is anticipated later this year and construction is expected to begin in 2016.

 

Poseidon's 250 Ml/d seawater desalination project in Carlsbad, California. is scheduled to begin operation in the coming autumn. Once completed, it will be the largest, seawater desalination project in the Western Hemisphere.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 1월 13일]