The largest desalination plant on solar energy in California

If you want to take a shower in West Porterville, California, probably instead have to use a bucket. The fact that the water here does not come in most houses for more than a year. But the farmers nearby pay to get rid of excess water, and we are talking about millions of gallons.

This paradox is caused by the geological features of the region: the soil in the Central Valley is strongly mineralized. This creates problems every time when the farmer is planning to irrigate the field — Stoke, rich in salts, will cause significant harm to the biological system of the region. That is why there are serious limitations on the use of water. However, desalination can solve all these problems.

And now here they plan to build the country's largest desalination plant, which will get the Sun's energy (heat). Desalinated water 10,000 local households or irrigation fields with a total area of 810 hectares.



Most modern desalination stations are used to convert sea water or ocean drinking water. But the company WaterFX of California plans to build a station for other purposes, which have already been mentioned above.



"Our philosophy — from small to large. In order to obtain significant changes in the region, we are not going to build a multi-billion station in San Diego. Instead, we are going to build thousands and thousands of small stations across the Central Valley," — said the representative of the company. While the first station still obtained big enough is the largest desalination plant by solar energy in the country.

Every small or average farm, therefore, will be able to own desalination plant to desalinate the water to be used for irrigation. In the beginning the main attention will be paid to the largest farms in the region that have a system of collecting drainage water. Further, the company plans to partner with telecommunications companies that use huge volumes of water for cooling servers.

At some stage the company will start working with small farmers, creating a fully automated desalination systems. This station WaterFX uses only the Sun's energy without requiring energy supply. Mineral compounds that will get at freshening also is planned to start up in business.



Now the company is building the country's largest water desalination station with solar energy, a prototype has already been tested in the work. Interestingly, anyone can invest in this enterprise, and each depositor will be paid dividends, as sales of desalinated water.

If the system will prove to be a success, the company will begin to work in other countries, not just in the United States.published

 

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Source: geektimes.ru/post/263702/

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