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The New Tularosa National
Desalination Research Facility:
What is it
and
What Will it do for the Region?
M. Karl Wood
New Mexico Water
Resources Research
Institute
Mike Hightower
Sandia National
Laboratory
Current Desalination Trends
• 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
• Nearly all use sea water for
constant supply of source
water and easy concentrate
disposal
Current Desalination Trends
Current 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:
Technologies to Address Inland Issues
US Saline Aquifers
• Inland desalination has
major concerns such as
saline water availability,
energy use,
process scale,
concentrate disposal
• Costs
• Needs and applications
are international in
scope including the
U.S.-Mexico border
Tularosa Basin National Desalination
Research Facility
Study Objectives
• 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”
• 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
Tularosa Basin National Desalination
Research Facility
Study Roles and Responsibilities
• 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
• Established an executive committee of regional and
national desalination and water resources experts
to guide in facility vision and conceptual design
Tularosa Basin National Desalination
Research Facility
Executive Committee
USBR/Denver
USBR/Yuma
USBR/El Paso
USBR/Alb
Sandia Labs
Livingston & Associates
City of Alamogordo
City of El Paso
City of Phoenix
City of Tucson
NM WRRI
NM State Engineer
USGS/NM
UTEP
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
short distances
• Many concentrate disposal
options
Tularosa Basin National Desalination
Research Facility
Mission
•
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 waters
B. varying water chemistries
C. varying water contaminants
D. 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
Feasibility Study Status
• 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
Design Highlights
• 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
Desalination facility:
Design Highlights
• 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
Evaporation
Ponds
Area for
Renewable
Energy
Applications
And
Research
Area for
Agriculture Research
Area for
Future
Expansion
&
Large Scale
Testing
Indoor Testing,
Laboratories,
And
Office Areas
Lab
Storage
Area
Offices, Conference Room,
Computer Complex, Display Area
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2
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Test Bays
4
5
6
Shop
Area
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
Facility
Groundbreaking
29 June 2004
Completion Timeline
• Exterior test areas
Water storage and distribution system
January 2005
• Building completion
April 2005
• Initial Operation
• Navy system on exterior pads
• Internal research bays operational
• Full operation
January 2005
June 2005
October 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 agencies
such as EPA, Sandia, Navy, etc.
• Industrial Research Groups (such as the NSF Water
Quality Center at the University of Arizona)