Sydney desal plant to expand to provide more drinking water – Sydney The Berejiklian government will fast-track an expansion of Sydney’s desalination plant, which will double it in size to provide more than 30 per cent of the city’s drinking water. With dam levels dropping to 43 per cent on Wednesday, NSW Water Minister Melinda Pavey has directed the operators of the plant to prepare for an expansion „as quickly as practicable“. Ms Pavey said the expansion of the plant in Kurnell, in Sydney’s south, was a „key element in protecting Sydney’s water security“. Sydney desal plant to expand to provide more drinking water – SydneyDME GmbH2020-01-08T15:41:29+01:00
MidCoast Council is seeking government approval to proceed with a desalination plant – Australia With no end in sight to the prolonged dry spell which has gripped the area for more than 12 months, MidCoast Council is fast-tracking the development of a temporary desalination plant at the Nabiac Aquifer water supply plant. „We’ve made the decision to ensure water security for the Manning-Great Lakes scheme, which supplies 90 per cent of our water users,“ MidCoast Council infrastructure and engineering services director, Rob Scott said. „We are currently seeking approvals from the NSW Government to proceed with […] MidCoast Council is seeking government approval to proceed with a desalination plant – AustraliaDME GmbH2020-01-07T16:01:02+01:00
Sydney’s desalination plant creates unexpected boom in fish populations – Sydney The desalination plant in Sydney, Australia, which creates 250 million litres of vital drinking water per day, has an unexpected benefit of also attracting close to four times as many fish to the area, researchers revealed on Thursday. The desalination plant in Sydney is one of the largest in the world, and in times of reduced rainfall, it supplies roughly 15 percent of the Sydney’s drinking water. Now, a seven-year study by Southern Cross University (SCU) and the University of New South […] Sydney’s desalination plant creates unexpected boom in fish populations – SydneyDME GmbH2019-12-19T14:52:45+01:00
Securing Geelong’s Water Supplies – Australia Barwon Water will be able to access more water from the Victorian water grid after completing and turning on a new pump station connected to the Melbourne to Geelong pipeline at Lovely Banks. The new pump station means Barwon Water can extend the reach of the 59-kilometre Melbourne to Geelong pipeline (MGP), a crucial water security measure that was switched on in April. Having access to the pipeline in addition to Barwon’s storages and the Anglesea borefield […] Securing Geelong’s Water Supplies – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-11-29T10:03:12+01:00
Tugun desalination producing 15 per cent of southeast Queensland’s water supply during drought – Australia THE desalination plant at Tugun has revved up to full capacity, producing 15 per cent of southeast Queensland’s water supply at a time when two-thirds of the state is in drought. It comes as the State Government launches a new campaign called “Every Drop Counts”, urging Gold Coasters to limit their water consumption by cutting usage by 25 per cent to 150 litres per person per day. Gold Coasters are the thirstiest water consumers in the southeast, using 182 litres every day, well […] Tugun desalination producing 15 per cent of southeast Queensland’s water supply during drought – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-11-24T15:37:55+01:00
Sydney Water proposes increase in price as drought hits revenue, supply – Sydney Sydneysiders are using higher than average amounts of water and face the prospect of four more years of restrictions and a hike in bills from next July if the drought does not break. Sydney Water has submitted a revised submission to the Independent Pricing Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a proposal that would see annual water bills rise by $30 a year with dam levels on Tuesday sinking to 46.3 per cent. The state government is also expected to soon announce the expansion […] Sydney Water proposes increase in price as drought hits revenue, supply – SydneyDME GmbH2019-11-19T15:33:39+01:00
Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief – Australia The deal to crank up Adelaide’s desalination plant to make more water available to farmers in the drought-stricken Murray-Darling Basin makes no sense. It involves the federal government paying the South Australian government up to A$100 million to produce more water for Adelaide using the little-used desalination plant. The plant was commissioned in 2007 at the height of the millennium drought. It can produce up to 100 gigalitres of water a year – enough to fill 40,000 olympic sized swimming pools. […] Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-11-14T04:56:15+01:00
The Rabbi and the desalination plant – Australia In a NSW Parliamentary speech on the drought, NSW Shadow Treasurer Walt Secord cheekily told a friend that The Jewish House’s Rabbi Mendel Kastel can still continue to pray for rain, but we also have to upgrade the Sydney Desalination Plant. Mr Secord, who is also NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel deputy chair was speaking about Labor’s in-principle support for upgrading the desalination plant, which turns ocean water into drinking water as the State is gripped in drought. Currently, the desalination plant […] The Rabbi and the desalination plant – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-09-29T19:25:25+02:00
NSW water situation ‚critical‘ amid warning towns could run dry by November – Australia Parts of regional NSW could run out of water as early as November as the state faces a drought of „unprecedented proportions“. Projections from the state’s river operator and bulk water supplier WaterNSW have revealed the worst-case scenario for NSW if there’s no significant rainfall or government intervention. Under the worst-case scenario, the first towns to lose water supply will be Dubbo, Cobar, Nyngan and Narromine in November when the Macquarie River is forecast to run dry. (LINK). NSW water situation ‚critical‘ amid warning towns could run dry by November – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-09-15T21:17:29+02:00
Prime Minister’s ‘Crucial’ Visit At Sydney’s Desalination Plant – Australia Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, as part of his official state visit to Australia, visited the Sydney Desalination Plant yesterday morning. Accompanied by his high-powered delegation, Prime Minister Bainimarama said the visit to the plant was crucial because it would assist the Government in setting up similar desalination plants, particularly in the maritime islands such as the Lau Group and Yasawa. The Fijian Government aims to allocate resources for sustained maintenance and construction of new water treatment plants, reservoirs and reticulation systems, […] Prime Minister’s ‘Crucial’ Visit At Sydney’s Desalination Plant – AustraliaDME GmbH2019-09-14T15:50:04+02:00