SCH Number 2010112038

Project Info

Title

Regional Seawater Desalination Project

Description

Note: Review Extened The proposed project entails the construction and operation of a seawater desalination plant and related facilities with a capacity of 2.5 million gallons per day (mgd) and potential expandability to 4.5 mgd that would be shared by the City of Santa Cruz and the Soquel Creek Water District. The project includes: (1) a seawater intake and conveyance system consisting of an intake structure, intake pipeline, pump station, and transfer piping; (2) a seawater desalination plant that would provide for pre-treatment processing, desalination treatment, post-treatment processing and distribution, brine storage and disposal, residuals handling and disposal, chemical systems, and their associated support facilities; (3) a brine disposal and conveyance system consisting of brine storage at the desalination plant, a new pipeline to the City's Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) outfall, and outfall improvements; (4) potable water distribution system improvements; and (5) environmental design, construction, and operational features.

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