SUSTAINABLE, LOW-IMPACT SOLUTIONS FOR CALIFORNIA’S FRESHWATER NEEDS

OceanSpring LLC is a Ventura, California company leveraging in-house marine facilities design, California permitting, offshore construction, and marine facilities operational expertise to help California water utilities diversify their water portfolios.  Our business model is based on the use of purpose-built low-environmental impact nearshore floating, seafloor-based, or repurposed offshore energy marine facilities to deliver raw, non-mineralized seawater-fed reverse osmosis freshwater to rapidly respond to urgent California freshwater requirements.

The OceanSpring system involves the deployment of compact desalinization units that will be able to leverage environmental mitigation as well as available resources and existing infrastructure to rapidly provide Californians with sustainably sourced desalinized water that is able to be implemented promptly to meet the rapidly escalating need for water options.

Sustainable and Adaptable

OceanSpring’s “do no harm” approach involves intense planning and knowledgeable environmental mitigation to maximize long term sustainability for all stakeholders. Our team’s intimate relationship with California’s natural resources allows us a unique perspective on how to navigate the nuanced balance of ocean and coastal resources to provide an ecological sensitive water diversification plan for Californians using “pin-point” low-volume temporary nearshore marine facilities.

Our team is dedicated to understanding the unique needs, infrastructure constraints, and water distribution parameters of each California water supplier considering ocean desalination and to design, install and operate a seawater-fed reverse osmosis solution tailored to the client’s requirements.  Our strategy also involves investigating all options for the most efficient power solution with an eye on “green” power strategies.

Scalable and Rapid

OceanSpring’s compact offshore solutions involve the salt water intake, processing and favorable brine distribution via our Barge based system or Monopile based system. These options are designed to maximize efficiency to size, have minimum visual profile, and to potentially use existing pipeline, power and distribution infrastructure. The compact offshore solution will allow for multiple systems to be brought online in minimal time with minimal visible footprint and environmental impact to appropriately augment California’s fresh water supply.

Team

Providing desalinized water to help diversify California’s water supply efficiently will require the right team of Californians who are experts in all fundamental disciplines required to provide responsible and sustainable water supply. The OceanSpring team includes experts in environmental best practices to mitigate harm to the ocean environment related to water intake and brine allocation, ocean infrastructure development, construction and re-use, environmental planning and ocean permitting, reverse-osmosis, community relations and water storage and distribution.

Use of Existing Resources

California’s coastline has ample existing infrastructure that could be applicable for water and brine conveyance, power deployment and possibly even as a host source for desalinization in the case of freestanding oil and gas platforms. Our team has been successful in evaluating re-use options saving Californians tens of millions in civil infrastructure costs. Further, the re-use of existing infrastructure allows for a more rapid plan development and permitting scenario that will allow project development to keep pace with water demand.

We have expertise in operating and maintaining offshore and coastal facilities.
We have expertise in California Coastal Permitting
We permitted the first California marine project to be permitted under CEQA in 1992
We have expertise in coastal horizontal directional drilling, and seawater-fed reverse-osmosis water plant engineering and design.

The California Drought

California is amid the driest years on record and the drought has no signs of relief. Our water supply shortage is quickly escalating into a crisis. California’s State Water Project supply is at an all-time low having suffered severe reductions. Our state’s reservoirs are at a fraction of their historic levels, and lack of a sustainable and reliable water supply is threatening our precious agricultural resources. California shares its entire western border with the Pacific Ocean, yet water is still one of our most precious and most rapidly depleting resources.