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Top Ten Desalination Disasters
"The point I am trying to make is that the biggest risk in the desal business is not technology or operations – it is on the demand side. Hong Kong, Carboneras, Santa Barbara and Palm Jumeirah have all entailed significant wastage of money because the demand for water never came in as expected, and as a result tens of millions of dollars were wasted" -- Christopher Gasson
Christopher Gasson's Top Ten Desalination Disasters
1) Wonthaggi, Australia – $1 billion additional EPC costs
2) Hong Kong MSF – big stand-alone MSF which never ran
3) Carboneras, Spain – farmers failed to pay for the water
4) Tampa Bay, Florida – foul-up on EPC contract
5) Carlsbad, California – nearly a decade in permitting
6) Ad Dur RO, Bahrain – pretreatment failure for CTA membranes
7) Point Lisas, Trinidad – EPC costs spiral and parties dispute
8) Santa Barbara, California – rained off
9) Jeddah 1 MSF, Saudi Arabia – acid attack
10) Palm Jumeirah, UAE – demand miscalculation left one of two plants redundant
From:
Risk management lessons from desalination disasters
http://www.globalwaterintel.com/insight/risk-management-lessons-desalination-disasters.html
1) Wonthaggi, Australia – $1 billion additional EPC costs
2) Hong Kong MSF – big stand-alone MSF which never ran
3) Carboneras, Spain – farmers failed to pay for the water
4) Tampa Bay, Florida – foul-up on EPC contract
5) Carlsbad, California – nearly a decade in permitting
6) Ad Dur RO, Bahrain – pretreatment failure for CTA membranes
7) Point Lisas, Trinidad – EPC costs spiral and parties dispute
8) Santa Barbara, California – rained off
9) Jeddah 1 MSF, Saudi Arabia – acid attack
10) Palm Jumeirah, UAE – demand miscalculation left one of two plants redundant
From:
Risk management lessons from desalination disasters
http://www.globalwaterintel.com/insight/risk-management-lessons-desalination-disasters.html
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