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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>One more point. eight to ten tons of salts per
acre-foot of drainwater. Multiply that times 314,000. After
this company gets all the sodium sulfate then want, where are they going to put
the remaining mountain of millions of tons of salt. We can name it Mt.
Kesterson.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial> Lloyd</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=srosekrans@edf.org href="mailto:srosekrans@edf.org">Spreck
Rosekrans</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=bwl3@comcast.net
href="mailto:bwl3@comcast.net">Byron Leydecker</A> ; <A
title=fotr@mailman.dcn.org href="mailto:fotr@mailman.dcn.org">FOTR List</A> ;
<A title=env-trinity@mailman.dcn.org
href="mailto:env-trinity@mailman.dcn.org">Trinity List</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 05, 2010 10:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [FOTR] [env-trinity] Fresno
Bee 4 3 10</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy">I
cannot possibly imagine what Byron is thinking.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy">I
am skeptical of the economics, however. $2500 per af is about the cost of
desalting seawater. They have boron etc. to worry about as well.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy">But
if there is a solid concept, maybe spending $M 3.2 on a pilot project is
worthwhile. It will need to be watched closely.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: navy"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <A
href="mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us">env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us</A>
[mailto:env-trinity-bounces@velocipede.dcn.davis.ca.us] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Byron Leydecker<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 05, 2010 10:37
AM<BR><B>To:</B> FOTR List; Trinity List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [env-trinity]
Fresno Bee 4 3 10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I will keep my
thoughts to myself.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Byron<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Water-cleaning
project may aid Valley farms <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Fresno
Bee-4/3/10<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">By Mark Grossi
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> A
surprising marriage of molecular chemistry and business might soon end the
slow poisoning of lucrative farmland in the nation's largest irrigation
district.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The science
will be blended with business later this year in a $3.2 million project to
pump trapped farm drainage from beneath crop fields in Westlands Water
District, purify the bad water and harvest contaminants as valuable
products.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">One big plus
for taxpayers: It might eliminate most of the $2.7 billion price tag federal
officials have estimated to clean up the salty water beneath 200,000 acres.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">As bonuses,
the project would remove the global-warming gas carbon dioxide from the air
and eventually run on a renewable fuel, such as biogas from manure or
cogeneration with crop wastes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It's possibly
a high-tech Holy Grail for the west San Joaquin Valley, where billions of
gallons of used irrigation water are perched on shallow layers of clay beneath
crops. The briny water slowly rises as irrigation takes place. It already has
made thousands of acres unusable, putting some farmers out of
business.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The
contamination has lingered for decades, mostly because no one knows how to
economically filter the bad water beneath this big swath of land -- which has
a footprint two-thirds the size of Los Angeles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The pilot
project, spearheaded by westside farmer John Diener and a joint-venture
company, is supposed to clean up about 200 gallons per minute through
desalination, a well-known filtering process used on ships to provide drinking
water right out of the ocean. Officials with the company say they can clean
out such troublesome contaminants as boron, selenium and
others.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The newest
part of the approach will be the removal and chemical alteration of several
tons of salt from each acre-foot of water. The salt will be converted to
marketable chemicals commonly used in plastics, glass and building
materials.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Officials said
the cost to clean up the water this way might be as high as $2,500 per
acre-foot -- an acre-foot is equal to 326,000 gallons or a year's supply for
an average family of four. But by selling products created in the process, the
resulting clean water might cost farmers about $300 per
acre-foot.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"I can't say
if it's the whole answer to our problem," said Diener, a former Westlands
board member. "But I think we're quite a bit further down the road
now."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">For decades,
the cleanup has been Diener's passion. He has worked on committees and
invested in attempts to recycle the dirty water on his own
land.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">He says the
pilot project will clean up dirty water beneath a 640-acre field of his and
produce enough water to irrigate the field. The next hurdle would be expanding
the process to clean up more of the billions of gallons of tainted
water.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It was Diener
who connected with water-treatment specialist Ron Smith, based in San
Francisco, to talk about Westlands' drainage water. Realizing the problem was
more than water treatment, Smith found Deane Little, a molecular biophysicist
who runs New Sky Energy in Colorado.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">New Sky uses
carbon dioxide in converting salt to products that are well-established
manufacturing staples, such as polymers and carbonates. Other products include
baking soda, lime or carbon fibers for manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Smith and
Little started a joint-venture company called Ag Water-New Sky to work on the
Westlands problem. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Little said
the concept worked for his company because he needed a big supply of sodium
sulfate or salt -- which is abundant in the trapped water beneath
Westlands.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"We weren't
really thinking of the Central Valley and its salt problems," Little said. "We
were wondering where we would get all our sodium
sulfate."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">There are
other challenges in which Little's expertise helps. The brew of chemicals in
the farm drain water includes calcium and magnesium, which have clogged
expensive desalination filters in the past.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Little said
one of the products his company makes from salt and carbon dioxide is sodium
carbonate, a chemical water softener. When mixed with the raw water before
desalination, it converts the calcium and magnesium into useful chemicals and
prevents their fouling the desalination membranes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Converting the
salt to a marketable product is basic chemistry common all over the world.
Little's twist on the process is trapping carbon dioxide from the air and
combining it with the salt. But the process uses a lot of electricity to get
the needed chemical reactions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"The cost for
electricity is about $400 daily and represents about five months usage for an
average residence," Little said. "However, that is small demand for an
industrial manufacturer."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Water-treatment
expert Smith said the new company will try to create electricity using
biomass, such as manure, crops or even human waste solids from
cities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">This melding
of science and business differs from the federal government's
multibillion-dollar plan, which involves buying and retiring a lot of farmland
on the west side.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In the past
several years, a federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
and taxpayers are on the hook for the cleanup.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Westlands
officials say the federal government has agreed to pay for the pilot project,
though Bureau of Reclamation officials could not confirm it because the
drainage-water case is still in court.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Smith said he
hopes the pilot project will jump start a broad cleanup and save a big part of
west-side agriculture.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"There's a lot
of work that still needs to go into this," he said. "But this could be a very
efficient project that makes good business sense and is good for the
environment."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Byron
Leydecker, JcT</SPAN></I><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><I><SPAN style="COLOR: gray; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Chair,
Friends of Trinity River</SPAN></I><SPAN
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