Water Management in California

Abstract

California's water supply is becoming insufficient to sustain the agricultural, industrial, and population growth. The solution is to supplement the current water infrastructure through desalination of sea or brackish water. California's existing sea water desalination plants primarily use reverse osmosis and produces only fifty percent freshwater from the sea water intake. Incorporating zero liquid discharge into existing and future desalination plants will increase freshwater production and reduce brine waste from returning to the ecosystem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2021
Accession Number
AD1178013

Entities

People

  • Sam Kalapala

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Brackish Water
  • California
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Droughts
  • Ecology
  • Energy Consumption
  • Energy Management
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Governments
  • Materials
  • National Governments
  • Public Policy
  • Renewable Energy
  • United States
  • Water Purification
  • Water Quality
  • Water Resources
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Environmental Engineering
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