샌 루이스 오비스포 카운티(San Luis Obispo County) 위원회는 디아블로 캐니언(Diablo Canyon)의 원자력 발전소에 90만 달러를 투자해 남부 지역 주민들에게 물을 공급하는 역삼투 담수화 플랜트의 제한사항을 확장시킬 계획이다.

 

지역 자체 보고서에 따르면 이 프로젝트는 최소 3천640만 달러의 사업비와 2년의 사업 기간이 소요될 것으로 예상된다. 공급되는 물은 아빌라 비치(Avila Beach)를 포함한 5개 지역에서 활용되며, 지역 신문 보도에 의하면 수도관 구축비용은 주민들의 고지서에서 지불될 예정이다.

 

 

 

The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors has committed US$ 900,000 to planning and permitting for a proposal to expand Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant's reverse osmosis desalination plant to supply South County residents.

 

The project is expected to take at least two years to complete and cost up to US$ 36.4 million according to a county staff report. The water would be used in the Five Cities and Avila Beach areas. The cost of building and operating the pipeline would be paid from customers' bills according reports in local newspapers.

 

Diablo Canyon is licensed to produce about 4.5 Ml/d but only produces about 40% of that. Pacific Gas & Electric, which owns Diablo Canyon Power Plant, supports the proposal to sell its excess water to South County service providers.

 

The water from the desalination plant would be used by the cities of Pismo Beach, Arroyo Grande and Grover Beach and the Oceano and Avila Beach community services districts. All of them have indicated interest in the project but are yet to make a formal commitment.

 

The South County is facing an impending water crisis. The area's main water source is Lopez Lake, which is only 30% full while its groundwater basin is dropping and is in danger of saltwater intrusion. And the drought Deliveries from the State Water Project have been unreliable in recent years because of the drought.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 3월 28일]