In California, built the largest desalination plant in the country for solar energy

If you want to take a shower in West Porterville, California, probably instead you have to use a bucket. The fact that water is not supplied to the majority of homes over a year. But farmers are close to paying for something to get rid of excess water, and we are talking about millions of liters.

This paradox is due to the geological features of the region: the soil in the Central Valley of strongly mineralized. This causes problems whenever a farmer plans to irrigate a field - Stock saturated salts cause significant harm to the region's bio-system. That is why there are severe restrictions on water use. However, опреснение can solve all these problems.

And now, it is planned to build the country's largest desalination plant, which will receive the solar energy (heat). Desalinated water will be enough for 10,000 local households or irrigation fields with a total area of ​​810 hectares.



Most modern desalination plants are used to convert sea water into drinking water or ocean water. But the company WaterFX California plans to build a station for other purposes, which are discussed above.



"Our philosophy - from small to large. In order to obtain a significant change in the region, we will not build a multibillion-dollar station in San Diego. Instead, we will build thousands and thousands of small stations throughout the Central Valley, "- said a company representative. In this first station still get big enough - it is the largest desalination plant in the solar energy in the country.

Each small or medium farm, thus, be able to get its own desalination plant, desalination, which will be used for irrigation. At the beginning it will focus on the largest farms in the region that have a drainage system for the collection of water. Further, the company plans to work with telecommunications companies that use large volumes of water to cool the servers.

At some point the company will work with small farms, creating a fully automated desalination system. This station WaterFX only use solar energy without requiring energy input. Chemical compounds that will get in the desalination, also scheduled to start up in business.



Now the company is building the country's largest desalination plants on solar power, the test has been tried in the work. It is interesting that anyone can invest in this company, and later to each depositor will be paid "dividends", as the sale of desalinated water.

If the system will prove to be good, then the company will start to work in other countries, not just in the United States.

Source: geektimes.ru/post/263702/