June 2003

 

OMI presents alternative desalination based on revolutionary OMI WavePump technology to California Desalination Task Force.

 

Dwight Houser, President of Ocean Motion International was provided the opportunity to present the OMI Combined Energy System (OMI CES) at the second public meeting hosted by the California Desalination Task Force at Carlsbad, California in June 2003.  He briefly described the revolutionary OMI WavePump to the Task Force and public attendees and received several technical questions related to the systems ability to produce filtered water without using any fuel or electricity.  Dwight also presented a short (about 4 minute) video clip that described the WavePump and Combined Energy System with animated graphic multimedia.  The 50 MB video can be mailed on a mini-CD  if  requested.

 

Key points that Dwight made included:

The OMI WavePump:

·        is driven by ocean waves under an off-shore platform on/or under a pier

·        is of simple design with few moving parts

·        operates with low maintenance (doesn’t require close tolerances)

·        high durability in harsh ocean environment

·        high volume / high pressure outputs to drive the Combined Energy System

 

The Combined Energy System:

·        produces osmosis filtered drinking water without using fuel or electricity

·        actually produces electricity as another product

·        is designed to produce hydrogen, California’s "Fuel of the Future”

·        releases no harmful emissions or pollutants

 

Several members of the Task Force were interested in the revolutionary OMI WavePump and Combined Energy System and had follow up questions which Dwight discussed after the presentation.

 

The Desal Task Force has produced its final report in October 2003, California Department of Water Resources report, Water Desalination - Findings and Recommendations.  Noted in the report are two Major Recommendations #15 and #28 which support the OMI alternative technology for desalination.

 

Energy and Environment - #15 - “Study the potential for developing renewable energy systems in California, in conjunction with desalination implementation strategies.”  OMI intends to follow up in California with the renewable energy available in coastal waves to produce water, electricity and hydrogen. 

 

Funding - #23 - “Provide funding for research and development projects (e.g., feed water pretreatment, the value and limitations of beach wells for feed water intake, other technologies to reduce entrainment and impingement impacts, strategies for brine/concentrate management opportunities for energy efficiencies and application of alternative energy sources and combined energy and desalination technologies).”  OMI intends to follow up in California with funding support to establish energy efficiencies by using the alternative energy source available in coastal waves to produce drinking water.