{"id":63,"date":"2021-08-16T17:49:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T17:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-tampa-bay-water.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=63"},"modified":"2024-08-06T16:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:45:24","slug":"seawater-desalination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/tampa-bay-seawater-desalination","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-30 has-dark-blue-color has-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-dark-blue-color\">Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-style-default container mb-30 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:71%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"349\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/desal-beach-hero.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/desal-beach-hero.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/desal-beach-hero-300x131.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/desal-beach-hero-768x335.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns px-15 py-15 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size has-custom-lineheight wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-size:20px\">The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant is a drought-proof, alternative water supply that provides up to 25 million gallons per day of drinking water to the region.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seawater coming into the plant goes through a rigorous pretreatment process then freshwater is separated from the seawater using reverse osmosis. The end product is high-quality drinking water that supplies up to 10 percent of the region\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant has provided billions of gallons of clean, safe drinking water\u00a0to the Tampa Bay region since the plant went online in 2007.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/System-Map-Desal-20220328.png\" alt=\"Map of Tampa Bay Water desalination system\" class=\"wp-image-7081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/System-Map-Desal-20220328.png 879w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/System-Map-Desal-20220328-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/System-Map-Desal-20220328-768x895.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-center\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/System-Map-Desal-20220328.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click to enlarge map<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/579485315?h=e7ff7b9abb&amp;color=0075c9&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabaywater.org\/newsroom\/videos\/tampa-bay-regional-surface-water-treatment-plant-audio-descriptions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">View Video with Audio Descriptions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-the-plant-works\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">How the Plant Works<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant uses a process called reverse osmosis (RO) to produce drinking water from seawater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The desalination plant is located next to Tampa Electric\u2019s (TECO) Big Bend Power Station, which already withdraws and discharges up to 1.4 billion gallons a day of seawater from Tampa Bay, using it as cooling water for the power plant. The Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant \u201ccatches\u201d up to 44 million gallons per day (mgd) of that warm seawater, separates it into drinking water and concentrated seawater and dilutes the twice-as-salty seawater before returning it to the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pretreatment\">Pretreatment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the RO process, seawater entering the desalination plant flows through screens that remove debris, then goes through a traditional treatment process called coagulation and flocculation. In this process, chemicals are added to the seawater to make algae, organic materials and particles clump together so they can be removed more easily in the sand filtration stage.<br><br>After sand filtration, the salty water goes through diatomaceous earth filters to remove silt and fine particles. Cartridge filters just before the RO membranes serve as a backstop, removing any particles that may be remaining after the diatomaceous earth filters.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reverse-osmosis\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-color\">Reverse Osmosis<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next is the RO process. High pressure forces the pretreated water through semi-permeable membranes to separate the freshwater, leaving twice-as-salty seawater and other minerals behind.<br><br>The size of each RO membrane pore is about .001 microns, which is about 1\/100,000th the diameter of a human hair.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"post-treatment-blending-and-delivery\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-color\">Post-treatment, Blending and Delivery<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the RO process, chemicals are added to stabilize the desalinated seawater. The high-quality water is delivered to Tampa Bay Water\u2019s regional facilities site where it is blended with treated drinking water from other supply sources before being delivered to Tampa Bay Water\u2019s members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"concentrate-return\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-color\">Concentrate Return<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At full capacity, the RO process leaves about 19 mgd of twice-as-salty seawater behind which is returned to Big Bend\u2019s cooling water stream and blended with up to 1.4 billion gallons of cooling water, achieving a blending ratio of up to 70-to-1. At this point before entering and mixing with any bay water, the salinity is already only 1.0 to 1.5 percent higher, on average, than water from Tampa Bay. This slight increase falls within Tampa Bay\u2019s normal, seasonal fluctuations in salinity.<br><br>The cooling water mixture moves through a discharge canal, blending with more seawater, diluting the discharge even further. By the time the discharged water reaches Tampa Bay, its salinity is nearly the same as the Bay\u2019s. And, the large volume of water that naturally flows in and out of Tampa Bay near Big Bend provides more dilution, preventing any long-term build-up of salinity in the bay.<br><br>Tampa Bay Water\u2019s comprehensive hydrobiological monitoring program collects thousands of samples including continuous salinity measurements every 15 minutes near the desalination facility. This and other water quality monitoring since 2003 shows no measurable salinity changes in Tampa Bay related to plant production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qd4dyT9Qxf8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Discovery Channel How it\u2019s Made: Desalinated Seawater<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iSJggIWlH9w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch \"How It's Made - How Stuff Works - Ocean Water\" from the Discovery Channel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"environmental-monitoring\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-blue-color\">Environmental Monitoring<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0 pt-0\" id=\"studies\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-color\">Studies<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several studies were conducted prior to building the desalination plant. These studies included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cumulative Impact Analysis for Master Water Plan projects (including desalination at 50 mgd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>U.S. Geological Survey of the Big Bend Power Station area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independent studies were conducted using a pilot plant by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mote Marine Laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Danish Hydraulic Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>University of South Florida (USF)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Savannah Laboratory\/STL Precision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marinco Laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hillsborough County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each study was approved by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) and conducted in accordance with FDEP methods by a FDEP-approved laboratory. Each study concluded that the desalination plant would produce high-quality drinking water without harm to Tampa Bay\u2019s water quality or marine life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"safeguards\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-teal-color\">Safeguards<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The desalination plant has monitoring and alarm systems to track the salinity of the source water, desalinated drinking water and concentrated seawater discharged back into Tampa Bay. Measurements are taken in several areas before, within and after the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Operators continuously monitor the blending ratio of the seawater being returned to the Bay to ensure compliance with environmental permits. The plant\u2019s alarm system will warn plant operators to check or adjust the system. 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