about the project

Welcome to the Bay Area Regional Desalination Project website.

The Bay Area's largest water agencies are working together to develop a regional desalination project to serve the needs of over 5.6 million residents and businesses in the region. The Contra Costa Water District, the East Bay Municipal Utility District, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District have collaborated since 2003. The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District - Zone 7 joined the project in 2010. The Bay Area Regional Desalination Project (BARDP) would consist of one or more facilities, with an estimated capacity range of 10 to 50 million gallons per day (mgd).

Technical studies conducted in 2005 identified three locations in the Bay Area where a regional desalination facility could be located (Figure 1). A 6-month pilot test was completed in April 2009 at Contra Costa Water District's Mallard Slough Pump Station which confirmed the technical viability of the project. A Site-Specific analysis is planned for 2011-2013 and will include detailed hydraulic modeling, fisheries and water quality modeling, a storage optimization analysis, a greenhouse gas analysis and an energy efficiency evaluation.

whats new
 

2012

Public Workshop - 5/29/12
Come to a public workshop about the status, potential benefits and potential environmental drawbacks of the Bay Area Regional Desalination Project on May 29, 2012 in Redwood City, CA.

Sierra Club Workshop - 3/31/12
The Sierra Club Bay Chapter sponsored a free public workshop about the status, potential benefits and potential environmental drawbacks of the Bay Area Regional Desalination Project on March 31, 2012 in Oakland, CA.
Workshop Documents:
Session 1 Presentation
Session 3 Presentation
Fact Sheet

Presentation
Contra Costa Council Environmental/Manufacturing Task Force - Desalination in the San Francisco Bay Area

2011

Request For Proposal
BARDP Green House Gas Analysis - Dec 21, 2011

Report
Institutional Feasibility Analysis TM - Analysis of Feasible Scenarios (2011)

Agreement
Memorandum of Agreement (2011)

2010

Video
Pilot Plant Operation at Mallard Slough (2009)
video

Report
Pilot Plant Testing at Mallard Slough Engineering Report, 2010

Report
Entrainment and Source Water Study Report, By Tenera Environmental Inc., 2010

Report
Existing Facilities Evaluation by URS, 2010


 

 


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