Dow RO Tech to Help California

The Dow Chemical Company announced that it will be supplying its advanced reverse osmosis (“RO”) membrane technology to the new Carlsbad Desalination Plant, located in the Encina Power Station in Carlsbad, CA, this will help California cope with its water requirements 

The California Department of Water Resources stated that 2014 was one of the driest seasons recorded and the first half of 2015 was no better than it. This resulted in scarcity of water in the state, where an average of 196 gallons of water per capita per day (excluding agriculture) is required.

In an effort to combat this situation, the San Diego County Water Authority came up with a long-term solution to diversify its water resources and improve the region’s water supply. The new Carlsbad Desalination Plant will be treating seawater with the help of Dow’s advanced RO membrane technology to ensure high-quality drinking water supply to the region’s inhabitants. Moreover, this water treatment will be an economically feasible option, meeting or surpassing all state and federal drinking water standards.

The plant will be one of the largest, most technologically advanced and efficient seawater desalination facilities in the Western Hemisphere, with the capacity to supply 50 million gallons of desalinated water per day to almost 112,000 households (over 300,000 people) in the area.

The advanced RO membrane technology from Dow Water & Process Solutions facilitates the creation of clean and safe drinking water after filtering salt and other impurities from water molecules. DOW FILMTEC is the RO membrane used in the process that extracts high salts and other impurities from saline water. The membrane is also durable and easy to clean, thus reducing the frequency of replacement.

Source: Zacks

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