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Today is Monday December 01, 2008

Desal Water Cost per Household?

Analysis & Commentary: "Affordable Desalination"

(to calculate: click curser on, then off, yellow input cell)

acre feet per year per household
		water use per day per person (gallons)
		persons per household
		gallons per acre foot
		acre feet per year per household

cost per acre foot per year to finance desalination plant
		cost: desal complex, 1.0 km3 / year output (US$ billions)
		cost: permits, lawsuits, lobbying, mitigation payments
		lifetime of desal plant (years)
		bond interest rate - amount=cost, duration=plant lifetime
		yearly payment - total capital cost (fully amortizing)
		acre feet per cubic kilometer
		desal plant financing payment per acre foot
		desal plant financing payment per household per year

cost per acre foot for electricity for desalination
		kilowatt-hour per cubic meter
		cubic meters per acre foot
		kilowatt-hours per acre foot
		cost per kilowatt-hour (cents)
		electricity cost per acre-foot
		electricity cost per household per year

operations cost for desalination plant
		operations & maint. as % of energy cost

total cost per acre foot for desalinated water
		total cost per acre-foot for desal water
		total cost per household for desal water per year
		monthly water bill - household purchasing desal water

How to use this calculator:

(1) It is sometimes necessary to click on one of the yellow input cells, then click somewhere else on the screen in order to prompt the interactive spreadsheet to calculate and display results.

(2) Yellow cells are input cells - you may enter your own assumptions in these cells.

(3) When you refresh the screen, the original default assumptions will reappear in the yellow input cells.

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