Monthly Email Updates

 

Email updates are distributed on the first Wednesday of the month to interested individuals who have requested to be informed on the status of the Desalination Program.  To sign up, please click here.

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2009 Monthly Updates

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August 2009
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May 2009
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March 2009
February 2009
January 2009

 

Monthly Project Update - January 2010

Happy New Year!

2009 proved to be an eventful year for the scwd² Desalination Program! Just a few of last year’s highlights included:

• Closed the SWRO Pilot Plant at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory in April 2009
• Hosted two informational meetings in April and September 2009
• Launched two studies to evaluate the intake for the proposed desalination facility:  Entrainment Study and the Offshore Geophysical Study
• Completed the Dilution Study for the proposed brine discharge
• Continued the water sampling program for the Watershed Sanitary Survey
• Launched the Energy Minimization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Study to calculate the energy required to operate the proposed plant and recommend potential offset projects.

Upcoming program components for 2010 include launching the CEQA environmental review process (EIR) and preliminary design for the proposed 2.5 million gallon per day facility.  To see the project schedule, click here.

Let it rain!

While rainfall in October and December may have gotten local residents a bit wet, so far Santa Cruz has only received approximately 9.5 inches of rain.  Normal rainfall for the season in Santa Cruz County is 30.67 inches and last year’s total was 22 inches.  The repeating pattern of below-average rainfall this year may trigger water restrictions this summer.  Click here to read a recent article published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on January 2, 2009 regarding the City of Santa Cruz Water Department’s concerns.   For now, no decision on future water restrictions have been made as we hope a rainy season is still up-ahead.

 

 Project Information

For more information, please visit our project website at www.scwd2desal.org or call 831.475.8501 x153. Please share these updates with others. If you would like to have Project Updates emailed directly to you, please email your request to melanies@soquelcreekwater.org.