Technical Resources

• California Council for Environmental & Economics: Once Through Cooling Systems
• California Desalination Planning Handbook (CA DWR)
• California Desalination Laws (CA DWR)
• CA Statewide Water Quality Control Policy on the Use of Coastal and Estuarine Waters for Power Plant Cooling 
• Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap (Sandia National Labs;  Bureau of Reclamation)
• Desalination in Texas (TX WDB)
• Desalting Handbook for Planners (Bureau of Reclamation)
• El Paso Triple Bottom Line:Desalination and Reuse Water (Stratus Consulting)
• Entrainment and Impingement Estimates Updated for Delta Plants (Steinbeck, January 2010)
• Filtrex Filter System Taunton River Field Test  Program
• Water Treatment Engineering Research (Bureau of Reclamation)

Also, see Government Links

Desalination Committee White Papers

• Desalination Plant Intakes—Impingement and Entrainment Impacts and Solutions
• Overview of Desalination Plant Intake Alternatives
• Seawater Concentrate Management
• Seawater Desalination Costs
• Seawater Desalination Power Consumption

Desalination Projects

• Carlsbad Desalination Project (CA)
• El Paso/Ft. Bliss Inland Desalination Plant (TX) 
• Long Beach Seawater Desalination Center (CA)
• Melbourne Water (Australia)
• Perth Seawater Desalination Plant (Australia)
• Rio Grande Regional Seawater Desalination Project (TX)
• Seawater Greenhouse
• Sydney Water Desalination Project (Australia)
• Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant (FL)
• West Basin MWD Pilot Plant (CA)