Expert Articles Unraveling the Complex World of Permitting
Diving into the world of permits can feel like trying to untangle an intricate spider web with boxing gloves on. Whether you’re a professional in the field, a homeowner with ambitions, or just a curious cat, our collection of articles and blogs is here to light up the path.
In these pages, you’ll find a treasure trove of expert insights, tips, and real-world examples. From the basics of permitting to the nuanced strategies professionals use to breeze through red tape, we’ve got it all covered. So, bookmark this page, roll up your sleeves, and get ready to transform from a permitting novice to a well-versed enthusiast.
The Environmental Impact of Desalination: Intake, Brine, Energy and How Permits Address Each By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Desalination, making fresh water from salt water, has three environmental impacts that matter: what the intake does to the sea or the aquifer, what the brine does where it is discharged, and
Brackish Water Desalination: Turning Salty Groundwater Into Supply By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Brackish water desalination takes groundwater that is too high in salt to drink or to use in a process, usually 1,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved salts, and runs it through reverse osmosis membranes to
What a Desalination Plant Costs: Capital, Energy, Brine and the Numbers That Move Them By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus A desalination plant costs whatever your water, your site, and your regulator make it cost. Seawater desalination, brackish water desalination, municipal or industrial: the structure of the cost is the same
Industrial Water Reuse: How Plants Recover, Treat and Reuse Their Own Water By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Industrial water reuse means treating the wastewater a plant has already produced and putting it back to work, instead of drawing new water in and sending used water out. For most industrial sites,
Mechanical Vapor Recompression Evaporators: How They Work and What They Cost to Run By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Mechanical vapor recompression, usually shortened to MVR, is an evaporation system that reuses its own steam. The water boiled off the brine is compressed, which raises its temperature, and then used to
Minimal Liquid Discharge: When 95 Percent Recovery Is the Right Answer By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Minimal liquid discharge, usually shortened to MLD, means recovering most of the water from an industrial wastewater or desalination concentrate stream, typically 90 to 98 percent, and disposing of the small concentrate that remains
Brine Valorization: Turning Reject Brine Into Salt, Caustic Soda and Acid By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus Brine valorization means taking the concentrated reject stream from a desalination plant or an industrial process and turning it into products you can sell: water, salt, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, sodium hypochlorite, and in
Evaporation Ponds for Brine: How They Work, When They Are Permitted, and the Enclosed Alternative By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus An evaporation pond is the simplest way to get rid of brine. You pump it into a lined, shallow basin and let the sun and wind take the water away,
Brine Disposal Methods: Ocean Outfall, Injection Wells, Evaporation Ponds and Sewer Discharge Compared By Sean Alford, Permitting Plus There are five ways to dispose of brine: discharge it to the sea or a river, inject it into a deep well, evaporate it in a pond, send it to a sewer,
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