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Westlands pilot project targets San Joaquin Valley salt water pollution

Posted by: Maven on March 19, 2010 at 7:05 am

From the Central Valley Business Times:

“A pilot project that hopes to find a way to desalinate agricultural water runoff in the San Joaquin Valley in a cost-effective manner is being funded by the Westlands Water District.

The project will design and build a demonstration water treatment facility that converts high salinity drainage water into fresh water for irrigation and financially valuable CO2 negative products derived from the waste salts.

New Sky LLC, of Boulder, Colo., has developed the salt conversion technology.

The first phase of the project is projected to break ground in the Central Valley in the second half of 2010. When fully deployed, the $3.2 million project will desalinate approximately 240,000 gallons of drainage water per day and convert approximately five tons of waste brine salts into carbon neutral and carbon negative chemicals such as acid, caustic soda and solid carbonates like limestone and soda ash. In addition, the project will trap approximately 2.8 tons of CO2 daily. … “

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March 19, 2010 · Filed Under Water Agency News

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