The South Coast Water District Board of Directors voted unanimously to take the next step with the proposed Doheny Ocean Desalination Project by accepting the water cost analysis. For a partnered 5 million GPD the amount per average residence is estimated at $2.38 per month. Previously the Municipal Water District of Orange County conducted a multi-phase feasibility study evaluating artificially filter packed slant wells to obtain desalination feed water supply. The slant well began pumping in 2006 at approximately 3 million GPD, and was the first successfully constructed artificially filter packed slant well completed below the ocean floor. Groundwater modeling work determined the potential yield of a slant well intake system, predicted water quality variations with time, and simulated effects on groundwater levels in the onshore groundwater basin. Data from this long term test is being used to design the full scale system. Contact is SCWD General Manager Rick Shintaku.
Source: South Coast Water District website for meeting conducted Jul 21, 2021. Geoscience website.
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