RO Systems and Other Ways to Fight the Water Crisis in California

The state of California has been struggling with water shortages for the last three years. And it's been distressing, especially for the farmers. The need of the hour is to increase the water supply. One way of doing that is by making optimal use of reverse osmosis (RO). Desalination is not a new concept. Currently, over 17,000 desalination plants are operating in 150 countries worldwide.

Canoga Park, CA - May 25, 2015 - (Newswire.com)

Water shortage has become a reality in many parts of the world today. It is scary to know that today, one in six people do not have access to safe drinking water, according to the World Water Council. The 2015 World Economic Report on Global Risks mentions water crises as the number one global threat based on likelihood and impact, right above the spread of infectious disease, unemployment or terrorist attacks.

The most recent example of water shortage is the one that California is currently facing. It’s been over three years and the struggle has been distressing, with no end in sight. Experts say that this is not the worst drought experienced by the state of California, since it has experienced dry spells in the past that lasted anywhere between 10 to 20 years. Still, that doesn’t provide solace to the current situation being faced by those in California, especially the farmers.

Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. called this drought a State of Emergency and asked all the state officials to take all the necessary actions to help the hardest hit communities, and requested all Californians to help out by reducing their water usage by 20 percent. He even reported about the measures the state is taking to help fight this water shortage by putting up more legislation against wasting water in the state. He has also been having discussions with experts about ways to conserve water.

But conservation is not the answer. The need of the hour is to increase the water supply. One way of doing that is by making optimal use of seawater desalination reverse osmosis watermakers (SWRO). SWRO is used to desalinate seawater, by applying pressure on seawater and pushing it through a fine membrane that allows water molecules to pass, but not larger particles, chloride or contaminants. In some cases, instead of using pressure to drive the water through the membrane, electricity is used. Even though reverse osmosis may appear to be a complex system at first, it is really a simple and straightforward water filtration process.

Even recycling sewage water is being proposed as a viable solution to soothe the current situation in California. It is done by putting waste water through the usual sewage treatment plant. Then, this water goes through a Ultra Filtration (UF) then reverse osmosis (RO) system and is treated for the second time. The water that finally comes out is absolutely safe to drink. Believe it or not, it actually tastes even better than the normal supply in Southern California. This water even contains a significantly lower level of salt.

Seawater Desalination is not a novel concept. In fact, it is one of mankind’s earliest forms of water treatment, and it still continues to be a popular treatment solution throughout the world. Today, seawater desalination plants are used to convert sea water to drinking water on ships and in many arid regions of the world, and to treat water in other areas that is contaminated by natural and unnatural contaminants.

Over 17,000 desalination plants are now operating in 150 countries worldwide, a capacity that could nearly double by 2020, according to the United Nations World Water Development Report 2014. Seawater Desalination produces 21 billion gallons of water a day, as per the International Desalination Association, providing a crucial water source in dry places such as the Middle East and Australia.

According to the Texas Water Development Board, almost 60 percent of the world’s 12,500 seawater desalination plants are in the Middle East, where they generate 70 percent of the region’s water. Water treatment plants and systems are now using reverse osmosis to meet their fresh water needs. In Perth, Australia (notably dry and arid, yet surrounded by sea), nearly 17 percent of the area’s drinking water is desalinated sea water that comes from a reverse osmosis plant [source: The Economist].

There are some large desalination plants under construction in the US too. When the Carlsbad Desalination Project is done being built this fall, it will be the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. This largest seawater desalination plant, a $1 billion state-of-the-art reverse osmosis, is set to begin producing 54 million gallons every single day. As a result, it will supply water to 300,000 residents, starting from early 2016.

There are various organizations that design and manufacture reverse osmosis systems. Among them is Ampac USA and their extensive line of reverse osmosis systems for commercial, SWRO, ROWPU and whole house water purification requirements range from 100 GPD (gallons per day) to 100,000 GPD. These systems are used for numerous applications such as homes on well water, hydroponics, drinking water stores, restaurants, coffee shops, breweries, wineries, and industrial projects such as boilers, humidifiers, seafood processing, dairy products, metal preparation and washing for automotive and aerospace, dialysis systems, as well on marine applications such as PSV’s, MPSV’s and AHTS globally.



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