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ENVIRONEWS Huge Desalination Plant Okayed California officials in August gave their final approval on plans for the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. Construction will begin in 2009 and is expected to be completed in 2011. The plant will be located north of San Diego. The system will draw from a lagoon of seawater located off Carlsbad. It is expected to produce 50 million gallons of drinking water each day, or enough to supply about 110,000 households, which is about 10 percent of the needs of San Diego County. The construction is anticipated to cost around $300 million. The plant should be twice the size of the current record holder located in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area. The costs have come down and are about 2.5 times lower now than 10 years ago. While desalination is not expected to be able to totally replace other water resources, additional sources are needed as drought has reduced mountain snowfall and water taken from the Colorado River has diminished, according to officials. Smog over Beijing in December 2007. Photo courtesy of the International Olympic Committee. ing techniques to naturally clean the air. According to reports from a number of international news sources on hand for the Games, their efforts were largely successful. However, several reporters speculated that the city was only putting on a show of clean air over its capital, and that as soon as the Olympics left town, Shanghai would be reoccupied by smog and soot. The government’s sweeping gesture seems aimed at directly addressing those concerns. Security Fence Causes Flooding Pollution Engineering editors voiced strong concerns when Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff decided that his organization could jump over the requirement of conducting an environmental assessment before installing a security fence along our Southern border. Turns out their fears were justified; due to poor environmental planning, the fence has begun causing flood conditions. After a series of storms LANG TOOL CO. Soil Mixing Contracting & Subcontracting 2520 Glidden Road Beaverton, MI 48612 DUAL AXIS IN-SITU REMEDIATION BLENDER NATIONWIDE SERVICE info@langtool.com (989) 435-9864 Vertical Axis Torque - 65,00 lb/ft Counter Rotating Horizontal Axis Drums Total Torque Output - 26,000 lb/ft Additive Delivery Directly to the Area of Highest Mixing Energy www.langtool.com Effective mixing to 15’ in hard soil conditions 10 PLE10074Lang.indd 1 Pollution Engineering OCTOBER2008 9/12/07 10:04:10 AM http://www.langtool.com http://www.langtool.com

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Pollution Engineering - October 2008 Contents The Editor’s Desk EnviroNews PE Events Legal Lookout Green Connections Clearing the Air Water for People There’s a New Show in Town Catching Wind for Clean Water Taking the Pressure off Blower Selection Pulsed Plasma Positive Redundancy Product Focus: Municipal Water Treatment Product Focus: Monitoring Equipment PE Products Classified Marketplace Advertisers Index State Rules

Pollution Engineering - October 2008

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