Been looking into that question that came to me yesterday about the desalination plant at Tampa.
Fla has 130 of these plants.
What happens when Light La. Crude, and the Corexit 9500 reach the intake pipes ?
Down at the Keys :
The FKAA has existing desalination plants that convert seawater to drinking water on Stock Island and in Marathon. Together, those plants can produce up to three million gallons each day.
The Tampa Plant :
ACCIONA Agua uses seawater reverse osmosis membranes desalination technology, which removes salt and other impurities from seawater, making it suitable for human consumption. At the Tampa Bay plant, reverse osmosis desalination technology moves water from Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
The plant uses about 44 million gallons per day (mgd) of seawater from a nearby power plant’s cooling system, which is pretreated with sand filters and a diatomaceous earth filtration system to remove particles. Reverse osmosis filters then separate 25 mgd of freshwater from the seawater.
5 bucks sez Light La. Crude mixed with Corexit 9500 ain't in the design specs on these filters.
I got a hunch Light La. Crude & Corexit 9500 ain't very good for power plant cooling water either.
I haven't seen any reporting on this , if I missed it please add here. I am way out in West Texas we get our salty water from a spring in New Mexico. Makes the kiddos teeth hard as a glazed plate.