Dive summary:
- The owners of a planned desalinization plant in Carlsbad, Calif., have selected IDE Technologies Ltd. of Israel to plan, equip operate and maintain the $922 million facility.
- IDE Americas Inc. will handle the work for the plant that is to turn 50 million gallons per day of seawater into drinking water for the Dan Diego County Water Authority.
- A joint venture between Kiewit Corp. and J.F. Shea Construction, Kiewit Shea Desalinization, will handle engineering, procurement and construction of the plant and a 10-mile pipeline to bring salt water from the Pacific.
From the article:
"California, Texas and Florida will have no choice but to opt for desalination in the years to come," [IDE's Avshalom] Felber predicts.
