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<br />. <br /> <br />N <br />W <br />...... <br />..,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A 54-inch reinforced concrete pipe with a capacity of 65 ft3/s <br /> <br />would be used to convey product water from the desalting plant to <br />the reservoir. Pipeline length would be about 28,500 feet with a 15-foot <br /> <br />right-of-way width. Topography contours indicate a static head of <br />500 feet, while Scobey's equation gives a velocity head of 23.7 feet. <br /> <br />The proposed alinement is shown on Plate No.2. <br /> <br />Uncertainties <br /> <br />The site for the desalting plant and the alinement of the product <br />pipeline were picked from a 7-1/2 minute quad sheet. A field check <br /> <br />and contact with the City and Harbor Authority would be necessary <br />to verify the availability and acceptability of the site. In addition, <br /> <br />no contact with the Metropolitan Water District has been made to <br /> <br />determine the compatibility between the desalting plant and its <br /> <br />facilities, particularly Palos Verdes Reservoir. <br /> <br />Costs <br /> <br />Membrane desalting of ocean water is not yet technically feasible <br /> <br />at the size required, so a multistage flash process was assumed. A <br />, <br /> <br />computer program was used for calculating costs. Design parameters <br /> <br />required for cost calculations and itemization of the costs are as <br /> <br />follows. <br /> <br />Plant capacity <br />Plant factor <br />Interest rate <br />Electric power rate <br />land cost <br />Insurance and taxes <br /> <br />13,685 <br />90 <br />6 <br />20 <br />$125,000 <br />o <br /> <br />Mgal/yr <br />percent <br />percent <br />mills/kWh <br />/acre <br />percent <br /> <br />16 <br />