#drought-insurance-procurement
Issues, solutions, and case studies for drought-insurance-procurement
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#00196Large-scale desalination sized as drought insurance
Seawater reverse osmosis gives cities a rainfall-independent supply. It works when sized against permanent aridification and framed honestly as insurance with flexible operating triggers; it fails financially through drought-panic procurement and rigid take-or-pay contracts.
Case studies 3
Carlsbad, California, USA
PartialPoseidon Water with San Diego County Water Authority · since 2015 · Region
The Carlsbad plant (December 2015) is the largest SWRO facility in the Western Hemisphere at 50 MGD, built for about $1 billion under a 30-year take-or-pay purchase agreement with San Diego County Water Authority. It de…
$1B · Private finance repaid through a 30-year take-or-pay purchase agreement
Victorian Government with AquaSure PPP consortium · since 2012 · Region
The Victorian Desalination Plant was procured at the height of the Millennium Drought via a PPP with AquaSure consortium. Capital cost blew out to ~A$4bn; on completion in 2012 it went straight into standby and delivere…
A$4B · Public-private partnership with fixed availability payments of ~A$608M/yr over 27 years
Israel (coastal plain)
SuccessIsrael Water Authority with private BOT concessionaires · since 2005 · National
Israel built five-plus mega SWRO plants from 2005 onward, now supplying roughly 80–90% of municipal freshwater. Competitive BOT tenders with private concessionaires drove world-record low prices (Sorek B at ~$0.41/m³).…
Competitive build-operate-transfer tenders with private finance