Sustainable Water Use and Infrastructure for the 21st Century Green California Summit 2010 G.G. Pique, President and CEO 17 March 2010 Sustainable Water Use and Infrastructure for the 21st Century Green California Summit 2010 G.G. Pique, President and CEO 17 March 2010
This presentation was originally given by G.G. Pique, president and CEO of Energy Recovery Inc, at the Green California Summit on March 17, 2010. It discusses increasing global and domestic water scarcity as one of the most significant issues facing mandkind today. It also offers desalination as a viable, long-term solution thanks to technology innovations such as the Energy Recovery PX device that dramatically reduces the energy consumption and cost of desalination.
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1 CONFIDENTIAL
Sustainable Water Use and Infrastructure for the 21st Century
Green California Summit 2010
G.G. Pique, President and CEO
17 March 2010
Sustainable Water Use and Infrastructure for the 21st Century
Green California Summit 2010
G.G. Pique, President and CEO
17 March 2010
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Agenda
Energy Savings Around the World
Water Scarcity
Desalination as a Solution
Energy Recovery Technologies
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The severely dammed Ziz River, Algeria
Lake Tiberius, Israel (Sea of Galilee, Jordan)
Access to Sustainable, Fresh Water is Increasingly Scarce
• Climate change is causing widespread drought, compounded by population growth and pollution
• One child dies every 15 seconds due to water sanitation issues
Colorado River Basin
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TheWorldwide
Thirst for
Water is
Unquenchable
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• Water consumption outgrowing world population (9 billion people by 2050)
• Fast growing agricultural demand (crops, livestock and biofuels)
• 1 in 5 people lack access to safe drinking water –1.1 billion people
Worldwide Thirst for Water is Unquenchable
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1905 1925 1955 1975 1995 2015
Inde
x: 1
905
= 10
0
PopulationWater Withdrawals
Source: GWI, IDA
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Approximately 1 billion people worldwide, lack access to safe water supplies…
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Most of these people are in the developing world, where 98% of water-related deaths occur…
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Are We Safe in California?
The rains are coming with this next El Niño.
Right?
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Local Water Trends – Northern CA Sierra Precipitation
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Long Term AverageLong Term Average
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er 19
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Long Term AverageLong Term Average
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er 19
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of C
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Source: CA Dept of Water Resources(as of 3/15/2010)
2010 El Nino
2010 El Nino
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20+ Million Population Increase (1980-2010) Draining Colorado Basin Dry
4.7 million tons of CO2 savings4.7 million tons of CO2 savingsNew Boston, MI
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Market Opportunities for Energy Recovery Devices
• SWRO and Brackish Desalination− Growth in these established markets growing on a global scale− US Capacity – More than 3 million m3/day ~ 30% global market
• Osmotic Power− Nascent market using ERDs in renewable energy generation− First pilot plant in Tofte, Norway, run by Statkraft− Energy Recovery devices ensure the net-positive production of
electricity “Osmotic power is clean, renewable energy, with a global potential of 1600 to 1700 TWh – equal to China’s total electricity consumption in 2002.”
- Statkraft CEO, Bård Mikkelsen
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Big Water Factories
Barcelona, AlgeriaSWRO Desalination Plant –
200,000 m3/day (each)
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Barcelona (Spain) 200,000 m3/day (53 MGD)
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Al Hamma (Algeria) 200,000 m3/day (53 MGD)
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Large and Medium Desal Project Builders
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Other Opportunities
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Modular, Portable Solutions for Smaller Communities