M. Karl Wood Mike Hightower New Mexico Water Sandia National Resources Research Laboratory Institute The New Tularosa National Desalination Research Facility:
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M. Karl Wood Mike Hightower New Mexico Water Sandia National Resources Research Laboratory Institute
The New Tularosa National Desalination Research
Facility:
What is it and
What Will it do for the Region?
Current Desalination TrendsCurrent Desalination Trends
• Nearly all use sea water for constant supply of source water and easy concentrate
disposal
• About 12,500 desalination plants in the world
• Supply 5.5 billion gallons per day or 1% of world’s drinking water
• Reverse osmosis and distillation are most common systems
Current Desalination TrendsCurrent Desalination Trends
• $10 billion investment expected in next 5 years to increase desalination by 1.5 billion gallons per day
• $70 billion investment expected in next 20 years to increase desalination by 10 billion gallons
per day (1% increase in drinking water)
Major Desalination Need:Major Desalination Need:Technologies to Address Inland IssuesTechnologies to Address Inland Issues
US Saline Aquifers • Inland desalination has major concerns such as saline water availability,energy use, process scale,concentrate disposal
• Needs and applications
are international in scope including the U.S.-Mexico border
• Costs
• The BOR and Sandia received congressional funding in 2002 to:
• Identify desalination research opportunities for a Tularosa Basin facility
• Identify a regional, national, and international role that would complement other “national water research centers”
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Study Objectives
• Develop a preliminary facility design plus operation and management plans
• Complete draft study by 2003
• Develop facility design/build plan for 2004 start of construction
• Sandia and Bureau of Reclamation in Denver managed the study and coordinated all technical support
– Consultant – Livingston and Associates, Alamogordo
– WRRI – meeting coordination, web access of all public information, public outreach, etc.
– USGS – resource availability support
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Study Roles and Responsibilities
• Established an executive committee of regional and national desalination and water resources expertsto guide in facility vision and conceptual design
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
NM WRRINM State EngineerUSGS/NMUTEP
City of AlamogordoCity of El PasoCity of PhoenixCity of Tucson
USBR/DenverUSBR/YumaUSBR/El PasoUSBR/Alb
Sandia LabsLivingston & Associates
Executive Committee
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Location Benefits
• Access to municipal, wind, solar, and geothermal energy sources
• Access to large quantities of high permeability, shallow saline
groundwater
• Wide range of water chemistries, over
shortdistances• Many concentrate disposal options
• Focus on inland brackish ground water desalination research
• Evaluate technologies that address environmental issues of concentrate disposal or eliminate concentrate
• Evaluate pretreatment technologies needed for process efficiencies for:A. inland watersB. varying water chemistries C. varying water contaminantsD. produced water
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Mission
• Develop cost-effective uses for
smallscale applications
• Develop applications of renewable energy to desalination and concentrate reuse processes
•This focus complements other national water
treatment research centers
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Mission
•Executive committee met since
January 2002 , toured Tularosa
Basin sites and pilot desal operations
•Consultant toured BOR Yuma Facility
for background information and
research facility design lessons
•Feasibility study information,
background and concepts,
meeting minutes,
and presentations are available
on WRRI web site @ wrri.nmsu.edu
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Feasibility Study Status
•Report with facility design, location,
site plans, and organizational and
management structures is available
on the WRRI web site
•Environmental and cultural investigations completed, well permitting obtained, design/build
planning completed, groundbreaking June 2004
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Feasibility Study Status
•Site located for:
easy access
good visibility
water availability
•20 acre site with areas for:
concentrate use research
renewable energy desalination research
~12,000 square foot desalination
research facility
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Design Highlights
Desalination facility:
•6 test bays for pilot system
testing at 30 gpm
•control room
•water lab
• research offices
• resource/education room
•conference room
•operations viewing and tour areas
•passive solar building
• Shop and chemical storage areas and exterior pads for large scale and renewable energy applications
Tularosa Basin National Desalination Research Facility
Design Highlights
EvaporationPonds
Area forRenewable
EnergyApplications
AndResearch
Area forFuture
Expansion&
Large Scale Testing
Indoor Testing,Laboratories,
AndOffice Areas
Area for Agriculture Research
Contract Award
Design/build contract with Laguna Construction, Inc.
of Albuquerque on July 30, 2003
Subcontract to Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. to provide:
• Architectural and engineering design services
• Construction administration during actual construction
Contract Award
Well drilling started in October 2003
Presently: 5 productions wells
120 gpm – 1200 TDS
80 gpm – 3000 TDS
160 gpm – 5000 TDS
Summary Schedule
8/18/03 – Project Kickoff
9/9/03 – Presentation to Alamogordo City Council
11/25/03 – 35 % Design Review by Executive Committee
2/12/04 – 60 % Design Review by Executive Committee
4/13/04 – 90 % Design Review by Executive Committee
Completion Timeline
• Exterior test areas Water storage and distribution systemJanuary 2005
• Building completion April 2005
• Initial Operation
• Navy system on exterior pads
• Internal research bays operational• Full operation
January 2005
June 2005October 2005
Research Opportunities
• Cooperative Research with government match
(University opportunities)• Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) (Government and Industry on Fast Track)
• Partnerships with other government agenciessuch as EPA, Sandia, Navy, etc.
• Industrial Research Groups (such as the NSF Water
Quality Center at the University of Arizona)
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