Energy-Efficient
Process for Using Membrane Technology to Treat and Recycle Agricultural
Drainage Water
Ronald J.
Enzweiler
01-23
EISG Project
Title: Energy-Efficient Process for
Using Membrane Technology to Treat and Recycle Agricultural Drainage Water
EISG Grant Number: 01-23
PIER Area: Industrial/Agricultural/Water End-Use
Principal Investigator: Ronald J. Enzweiler
Contact Information: Phone:
(925) 283-4918, email: ron@h2o-tech.com
Organization: Water Tech Partners
Grant Amount: $74,788
Grant Term: 12 Months
Project Description:
Purposes to demonstrate the feasibility of using a more energy efficient two-stage membrane process for desalinating and recycling agricultural drainage water.
Proposed Outcomes:
§ A two-stage device will be assembled and tested with drainage water in the project.
Anticipated Benefits:
§ Potential to produce 80,000 AF/year of “new water” from agricultural drainage water in California using the two-stage membrane process.
§ Potential to restore 250,000 acres of drainage impaired farmland in the Western San Juaquin Valley.
§ Potential to reduce the cost of desalination by 25% over the most cost effective methods currently available.
§ Potential to improve the water quality flowing into the San Francisco Bay Delta.