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<br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />~ Salinity Upd <br /> <br />Reclamation Awards Contract for <br />Yuma Desalting Plant <br />Secretary a/the Interior Donald Hodel <br />announced Marctl8, 1965, that the Bureau of <br />Aeclam8tlOl'l haS awarded the laSt of three <br />mapr contracts lor the constructIOn of the <br />Yuma Desalting Plant at Yuma, AnzOl'la <br />Hodel said the $35,419.195 contract was <br />awardee! to Bn~ CorporatiOn of Irvine. <br />CallfofT'na. to oomplete the desalting plant <br />pretreatment tacihte and to construct <br />equipment and offiCe buildings <br />Located on a tD-acre tract fIVe miles west <br />of Yuma. the plant ......111 be the 'M:lrlcfs largest <br />revElfSe osmosis membrane desalting plant It <br />isthemaJOrlaalureoltheTnle 1 portlQnofthe <br />Colorado Aivel' Basin Sahnlty Control <br />Project. autnonzed by Congress In 1974 to <br />rBduce the sallMy 01 the Colorado River <br />The Yuma Desalting Plant will sa~ the <br />United States about OO.CXXl acre-feet 01 <br />Irrigation retum fl(:)ws, pel" year from <br />farmlands east of Yuma. The draInage water <br />presentty flows Into the Santa Clara SlOugh <br />above the GuH 01 Ca!lforma. AeclamallOll will <br />satvage the waler, desalt It, and pump It Into <br />the Colorado River to become part 01 U,S <br />lreaty-rtlqUlred water delivenes to MexICO <br />Primary work reqUired ~ the <br />"pretreatment completIOn and desalting <br />bujldlng~ contract Includes constructIOn of <br />the desalting building and InstallatIOn of <br />desalting eqUipment The desalting building <br />will be a twO-s1ory structure measunng <br />approximately l)3 by 443 feet. consISting 01 <br />adminIStratiVE!, servICe, and process areas. <br />The contract r1:lqUIre$ landscaping 01 the <br />plant grounds and constructIOn of seMce <br />yarcls, servICe roads, and a parking lOt. <br />Other r1:lqUlremeots 01 thecontrac1 Include <br />constructIOn 01 a "Chlorine" bl..JIldlng and <br />fumlstllng and Installing the clOnne system: <br />constructIOn 01 a "sulfuric acid" bUlkMg and <br />fumlshlng and Installlng acId and <br />compressed air systEmS. constructlOl1 01 a <br />dry chemical stOfagE' building and fumlshlng <br />and installing d'lem1Ca1 storage silOSand feed <br />equipll"lel1l constructlOl1 of a 5OO.(O.)-ga11ori <br />service water storage tank and fumlShlng <br />and installing seMCe and potable water <br />systems: constructlOl1 of a sewage dl$pOSal <br />system; and conStructlOl1 01 a sulfur dIOxide <br />"'" sys1em <br />In adc!111Qn. the contract calls 101' <br />completing tile :learwe!1 structures and <br /> <br />- <br />~ <br />"- <br />-ft' <br />" ,~ <br />~..~, <br />.~~-/~f~. '. <br />!17~!~~ L.~;yq. -~ <br />~~-ilJ'''-~ 'X / ___' -...... <br />B!!!!ii.~:;." ~....,~, ,-",,"" <br />.:""..,Y:"".' :-r."~~~G <br />-',~~~~1~;~~~ ~~ <br /> <br />'"- <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />.6~~ <br /> <br />u.s, Department of the Interior <br />Bweau 01 Reclamatlon <br /> <br />A Quarterly Report on the <br />CoIO<ado RNer Waler Quality <br />ImproYemenI Ptognm <br /> <br />July 1985 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />. <br />... <br /> <br />-.;. <br /> <br /> <br />Pretre.lment .re. ollhe Yum. deNllllng pl.nl ,howlng cl.rlll.n under con,tl'\lcllon. <br /> <br />Installing pumps. motors, and pelton turbtne <br />P<J'M.'r generating unrts fumished by others, <br />fumlShlng and Installing pumps, piping. <br />valVes, tanks, and manllolds: furnIShing and <br />Il'lSlollhng twO 9:X)..<<.llowatt. engIl1e-96'1eratOl' <br />sets: fum1stllng and Installing the ensite <br />POWer distribution system, completing the <br />lest fraln. Including constructing a test tnlm <br />bUIlding. furnishIng and installing chemical <br />feed systems. pipes. pumps. tanks. and <br />va~, and Instalhng deSalting test Units and <br />eqUipment lumlSheCl by others <br />8nnclerson CorporatIOn will have about 3- <br />1.'2 years to complete the WOI1l., Pretreatment <br />star1-up IS planned for mid-19137. and !he <br />oesaltJng plant constructlQnlS SCheduled /of <br />completlOl1 in lale 1989 or 1900 <br /> <br />Saline Waler PowerpIanl Cooling <br />System Verification Program <br />The objectrves 01 !l1IS program are 10venfy <br />ttlat off-the-shell harCtware can t:e used 101' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />sahne water- powerplant cooling, to establish <br />!he incremental COSIS of available technology <br />INhen compared to using fresh water, and 10 <br />provide sufficient information to industry 10 <br />allOw them to 6"laluate saline water as an <br />alternatrve water supply. <br />A Letter- of Agreement lor oost-sharing the <br />Etrwanda PowerpIant VenflC8tion Program <br />has been signed by AeclamatlOl1, EPA, State <br />of California Sepnton Water- Technolog'Y, <br />PacifIC Gas & Electric, and Southern <br />Callfoml8 Edison. <br />The equipment deslQn and an operatl()l"l8l <br />plan for the verificatIOn program are <br />complete The installatIOn 01 the venficatlOn <br />facllrties IS scheduled to begIn thIS summer. <br />The EtJwanda PowerpIant Venfication <br />study is a held investigabonproo;;jratll toverify <br />the techlllca.l and economic viability of <br />99lected hardware and processes to use <br />saline water In pclWe(plant cooling Program <br />cost-shanng IS 47 percent non-FedefaI, 9 <br />percent AectamallQn, with the balance by <br />EPA. <br />