Chemical Plant History

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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby deathvalleyjake » Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:41 pm

Where to Find SoCal's Most Fascinating Mining Destinations
Five sites are listed and one of them is Searles Lake and Trona.
The dry lake is full of minerals – mostly salt and boron – that can be processed into industrial and consumer products, such as compounds like borates (boric acid and borax) and sodium carbonate (soda ash) and sulfate – major ingredients in detergents and other cleaning products. In fact, Searles Lake contains one of the world’s richest deposits of naturally occurring minerals.

https://www.kcet.org/shows/socal-wanderer/where-to-find-socals-most-fascinating-mining-destinations
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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby recluse » Mon Aug 19, 2019 8:22 pm

Ghost Towns & Mines: Trona CA 2019
This video includes a shot of the broken chimney at the plant and lots of other earthquake damage.
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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby ergot » Wed Aug 19, 2020 9:16 pm

Save Searles Campaign: SVM faces ‘extinction’ if proposed groundwater replacement fee passes
According to this article the chemical plant could be history if this fee hike is imposed. It sounds a little far-fetched to think that such a drastic increase would be imposed, but it looks like some kind of price increase will take place and that will cut into company profits without a doubt.
Searles was paying $30 per acre-foot of water prior to the extraction fee increase last month and will pay $105 per acre-foot after the increase kicks in, according to Camille Anderson from SVM. If the replenishment fee passes, Searles will be paying that $105 per acre foot plus an additional $2,130 for a total of $2,235 per acre-foot, which would be an increase of more than 7,000% from the old price of $30.

https://www.taftmidwaydriller.com/news/20200819/save-searles-aims-to-save-mineral-plant-from-7000-percent-water-fee-hike
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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby panamint_patty » Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:17 am

ergot: That seems kind of extreme, but if it's true, what does it mean for residential water rates?
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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby recluse » Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:22 pm

Mojave Pete: Trona Plant Walkout
Here's an unexpected gem:
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Re: Chemical Plant History

Postby pdm » Sat Jun 26, 2021 8:58 am

Indian Wells Valley water issues come to a boiling point, protesters fight fees
The chemical plant might be history. The same goes for Trona. Oh, well, so sad, too bad....
Meanwhile, SVM backed off on their latest bid to get out of paying the replenishment fee when they withdrew a request for a court hearing that would have taken place Thursday.

https://www.ridgecrestca.com/story/news/2021/06/17/indian-wells-valley-water-issues-come-boiling-point-protesters-fight-fees-in-ridgecrest/7742062002/
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