siting considerations in evaluating coastal desalination facilities thursday august 15, 2013 leila...
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Siting Considerations in Evaluating Coastal Desalination Facilities
Thursday August 15, 2013Leila Monroe, Senior Attorney Oceans Program, NRDCPresentation prepared on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council, California Coastkeeper Alliance, and the California Coastal Protection Network
Photos thanks to Francesca Koe & Clinton Bauder
Coastal Desalination will add stress to CA’s Busy Coast & Ocean
North Central California Marine Protected Areas
& Proposed
Coastal Desalination Facilities
Southern California Protected Areas & Proposed Coastal Desalination Facilities
Sunset Beach in Orange County often floods during King Tides
Poseidon/Huntington Beach site at AES Huntington Beach Power Station
Sea Level Rise & Coastal Erosion Map with Poseidon/Huntington Beach project
GHG Emissions & Energy Constraints: Where NOT to site Coastal Desalination Facilities
Important geographic data to consider in siting of coastal desalination facilities:
• MPAs and ASBS’s within or adjacent to Intake Source Zone
• Overlay of MPA Map with Existing OTC Intakes.
• Map of Brine Disposal – Discharge Pipe vs. Brine Disposal
• Hazard Zones:o Sea Level Rise – Sequential Maps over Discrete Time Periodso Seismic Overlayo Tsunami Run-up zone
• Site-specific geotechnical studies to evaluate alternatives, and where BAT, e.g. sub-seafloor intakes, can be utilized
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Constrained local energy capacity areas
Thank You.
Leila MonroeSenior Attorney, Oceans Initiative Natural Resources Defense Council111 Sutter Street, 20th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94104Phone: [email protected]
Photo, Clinton Bauder