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MBC’s knowledge of the marine environment has grown since its founding in 1969. We maintain a team of scientific divers that adhere to the standards of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS). Our studies of the ocean include multiple habitats, from the sea surface to the seafloor. MBC has been involved in the analysis of potential environmental impacts from seawater desalination since 2000 when new technologies revitalized interest in large-scale coastal facilities in southern California. MBC has evaluated marine resources for desalination plants located in Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Dana Point, Oceanside, Carlsbad, San Diego and Baja California, Mexico. MBC also provided technical evaluation of environmental documents for a proposed seawater desalination plant in Monterey Bay, California.
The South Coast Water District proposed the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project to produce approximately 5 to 15 million gallons per day (mgd) of potable drinking water. The project would consist of a subsurface slant well intake system, raw (sea) water conveyance to the desalination facility site, a seawater desalination plant, brine disposal through an existing wastewater ocean outfall, solids handling facilities, and potable water delivery to adjacent distribution infrastructure.
Read moreThe Port of Long Beach contracted MBC to characterize the sediments at three different sites prior to implementing Phase II of their Maintenance Dredge Program.
Read moreYear-long IM&E studies were conducted at seven coastal power plants. These included weekly impingement surveys and biweekly entrainment and source water surveys.
Read moreAES Alamitos
AES Huntington Beach
AES Redondo Beach
AMEC
Cabrillo Power
El Segundo Power
ERM
ICF
Intracoastal Dredging
Long Beach Generation
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power
Michael Baker International
MWH
NRG Mandalay
NRG Ormond Beach
Port of Long Beach
Port of Los Angeles
Poseidon Water
Psomas
RBF
RECON Environmental
SCE
TechComm International
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Weston
MBC’s knowledge of the marine environment has grown since its founding in 1969. We maintain a team of scientific divers that adhere to the standards of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences (AAUS). Our studies of the ocean include multiple habitats, from the sea surface to the seafloor. MBC has been involved in the analysis of potential environmental impacts from seawater desalination since 2000 when new technologies revitalized interest in large-scale coastal facilities in southern California. MBC has evaluated marine resources for desalination plants located in Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Dana Point, Oceanside, Carlsbad, San Diego and Baja California, Mexico. MBC also provided technical evaluation of environmental documents for a proposed seawater desalination plant in Monterey Bay, California.