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Santa Barbara study of desal plant determines $20 million and 16 months to get it up and running

Posted by: Maven on May 21, 2009 at 7:55 am

From the Santa Barbara Independent:

The City of Santa Barbara’s desalination plant, built in 1992, could only become operational at an expense of $20 million and 16 months, according to a study commissioned by City Hall and released in March.

While the desal plant would be reliable, it would also be expensive, with water costing $1,400 an acre-foot to produce. That’s roughly the same amount the city pays to import water from Northern California through the State Water Project.

The desal plant, built in response to the intense drought of the late ’80s and early ’90s, has the capacity to process 3,125 acre-feet of potable water out of sea water.

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May 21, 2009 · Filed Under Desalination

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