EcoWorld - The Global Environmental Community - Nature and Technology in Harmony

2008 program
AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2008
2007 archives
AlwaysOn GoingGreen 2007
Programs by EcoWorld

E-Cards

Send an
Electronic
Postcard

Recent Comments

Unionizing Silicon Val...

by Ed Ring on 09/07/08

LeGrandOiseau: You make a
good point about Europe -
but in Europe every work...

Unionizing Silicon Val...

by LeGrandOiseau on 09/07/08

Most European countries have
high levels of union
membership, and some of th...

Debate vs. Demonization

by accuracy in... on 09/06/08

[...] framed as a moral
issue, and debate?is no
longer politically correct...

Lucky Lucky America

by BACK to BALA... on 09/06/08

[...] Sofia-Albertina kan
hon möjligen heta, eller
är det möjligen...

Debate vs. Demonization

by sfs on 09/06/08

pls ask ed ring to contact
me re desmogblog

California Proposition 7

by Kate on 09/06/08

Thank you for this writeup.
I've written about this "On
the Ballot Propostion 7" a...

Turnkey Crop-to-Fuel

by mak on 09/06/08

As we know that ethanole
making plant is very
costly,if EFUEL CORP laun...

EcoWorld Commentary

Ed Ring,
Editor-in-Chief
Daniela Muhawi,
Editor-at-Large
Contributing Editors
(comments are welcome)

EcoWorld Magazine

Earth Projects

California Water Facts
Photovoltaic Desalination
Next Generation Dams

India's Rishi Valley

Mesoamerican Biocorridor
Clean the Ganges
Refill the Aral Sea
Deforesting to Reforesting

more projects...

Maps & Information

Countries
Watersheds
Ecoregions

Knowledge is Power!
Support EcoWorld
Buy Books Here
(Amazon Affiliate)

The Hydrogen Economy:
The Creation of the
Worldwide Energy Web
and the Redistribution
of Power on Earth

Blue Gold:
The Fight to Stop
the Corporate Theft
of the World's Water

Today is Monday September 08, 2008

Desal Water Cost per Household?

Analysis & Commentary: "Affordable Desalination"

(to calculate: click curser on, then off, yellow input cell)

acre feet per year per household
		water use per day per person (gallons)
		persons per household
		gallons per acre foot
		acre feet per year per household

cost per acre foot per year to finance desalination plant
		cost: desal complex, 1.0 km3 / year output (US$ billions)
		cost: permits, lawsuits, lobbying, mitigation payments
		lifetime of desal plant (years)
		bond interest rate - amount=cost, duration=plant lifetime
		yearly payment - total capital cost (fully amortizing)
		acre feet per cubic kilometer
		desal plant financing payment per acre foot
		desal plant financing payment per household per year

cost per acre foot for electricity for desalination
		kilowatt-hour per cubic meter
		cubic meters per acre foot
		kilowatt-hours per acre foot
		cost per kilowatt-hour (cents)
		electricity cost per acre-foot
		electricity cost per household per year

operations cost for desalination plant
		operations & maint. as % of energy cost

total cost per acre foot for desalinated water
		total cost per acre-foot for desal water
		total cost per household for desal water per year
		monthly water bill - household purchasing desal water

How to use this calculator:

(1) It is sometimes necessary to click on one of the yellow input cells, then click somewhere else on the screen in order to prompt the interactive spreadsheet to calculate and display results.

(2) Yellow cells are input cells - you may enter your own assumptions in these cells.

(3) When you refresh the screen, the original default assumptions will reappear in the yellow input cells.

EcoWorld Calculators

Autos, Forests, & CO2
Suburban Sprawl & CO2
Gigawatts per E-Commuters
Desal Cost per Household
PV Roof per Elec. Car
Biofuel Land per City
Macro Energy Conversions
California's Deficit

Editor's Posts

Debate vs. Demonization

At the risk, yet again, at incurring the wrath of the true believers, it is time to continue the debate regarding the cause o...

Unionizing Silicon Valley?

Does that get your attention? It should, because when that happens, the Silicon Valley will become the sister city of Detro...

California Proposition 7

There is nothing wrong with encouraging clean, renewable, domestically produced energy. But California's proposition 7 "wou...

The XXIX Olympiad

Today the Olympic Games began in burgeoning, triumphant China. And today the Russians rumbled again, questioning the notion...

Algae Fuel Start-ups

A few days ago we got an email from a proponent of Algae farming to produce biodiesel. He referenced a study from 1998 spon...

Editor-at-Large Posts

Cow Belching Problematic

Cows are notorious for lazily standing around, nonchalantly chewing their cud while staring into space. Ambitious cows may al...

Bedminster - Digesting Waste

All organisms have the amazing ability to process all kinds of substances that enter their bodies-separating food into smalle...

Cancer Scares Devils Too

There is one animal on the island state of Tasmania with the traits of a monster. It is aptly named the 'Tasmanian Devil' (or...

Greener Gasification

Industrial chemical manufacturers will be happy to know that a major venture is underway to produce cheap natural gas alterna...

Streets for Solar

Steam rises from the never-ending stretch of road ahead. What looks like water rolling over the street, is just heat escaping...

Guest Editor Posts

Green Car Components

There are dozens of credible companies rolling out next generation cars. From the GM Volt, now barely two years away, to the ...

Renewable Stock Indices

We are pleased to announce a new feature on EcoWorld's Investment page, the proprietary stock indices compiled by Mark Henwoo...

Watch for the Wrecking Ball,

Do you get the impression Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has reached a level of flippant frustration in his efforts to "fix Kalee...

Biofuel in Colombia

When economic interests have precedence over common sense: Since April 2006 our lawyer, Dr. Jose Pablo Duran Gomez, sued the ...

Scare du Jour Redux

Back in June, I wrote a blog entitled "The Scare-du-Jour" discussing the latest big food scare in the U.S., i.e., an FDA (Foo...

Energy

Climate

Buildings

Biofuel