Planning approval granted for desalination plant, pipeline – Australia This week, the New South Wales Government approved Hunter Waterâ s plans for a desalination plant at Belmont as a drought response measure.    The plans are a reaction to water storage levels in the Lower Hunter, which recently reached its lowest point in nearly 40 years. The plant is designed to produce up to 30 million L of drinking water per day in response to drought. (LINK). Planning approval granted for desalination plant, pipeline – AustraliaHIWI042021-08-04T10:04:37+02:00
Sydney desalination plant churning out water even as dams remain full – Australia Sydneyâs $2.3 billion desalination plant is continuing to supply 50 million litres of water a day just weeks after the cityâs dams spilled and storage levels remain near full. New figures from WaterNSW also show Sydneyâs main dam at Warragamba collected 1212 gigalitres of inflows from the big rainfall event â or 1,212,000,000,000 litres. That is about 60 per cent of the damâs capacity. As the dam was near-full before the deluge across eastern NSW ramped up from March 19, it began spilling within a day. Sydney desalination plant churning out water even as dams remain full – AustraliaHIWI042021-04-08T14:56:08+02:00
Desalination plant to reach full capacity amidst critical works – Australia The Gold Coast Desalination Plant will be ramped up to full capacity to enable critical upgrades to the Mt Crosby Water Treatment Plant. The desalination plant, located at Tugun, is scheduled to provide up to 133 million litres â the equivalent of 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools ÂÂâ per day into the South East Queensland (SEQ) water grid while the Mt Crosby plant is taken offline for the next stage of critical works. Natural Resources Minister, Dr Anthony Lynham, said the Mount Crosby plant was one of SEQâs most important [âŠ] Desalination plant to reach full capacity amidst critical works – AustraliaHIWI042020-07-21T14:05:27+02:00
Sydney desal plant to expand to provide more drinking water – Sydney The Berejiklian government will fast-track an expansion of Sydneyâs desalination plant, which will double it in size to provide more than 30 per cent of the cityâs 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 âas quickly as practicableâ. Ms Pavey said the expansion of the plant in Kurnell, in Sydneyâs south, was a âkey element in protecting Sydneyâs water securityâ. Sydney desal plant to expand to provide more drinking water – SydneyHIWI042020-01-08T15:41:29+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. âWeâve made the decision to ensure water security for the Manning-Great Lakes scheme, which supplies 90 per cent of our water users,â MidCoast Council infrastructure and engineering services director, Rob Scott said. âWe are currently seeking approvals from the NSW Government to proceed with [âŠ] MidCoast Council is seeking government approval to proceed with a desalination plant – AustraliaHIWI042020-01-07T16:01:02+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 [âŠ] Sydney Water proposes increase in price as drought hits revenue, supply – SydneyHIWI042019-11-19T15:33:39+01:00
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 âunprecedented proportionsâ. Projections from the stateâs river operator and bulk water supplier WaterNSW have revealed the worst-case scenario for NSW if thereâs 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 – AustraliaHIWI042019-09-15T21:17:29+02:00
Prime Ministerâs âCrucialâ Visit At Sydneyâs Desalination Plant – Australia Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, as part of his official state visit to Australia, visÂited the Sydney DesalinaÂtion Plant yesterday mornÂing. Accompanied by his high-powered delegation, Prime Minister BainimaÂrama said the visit to the plant was crucial because it would assist the GovernÂment in setting up similar desalination plants, parÂticularly 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 reticulaÂtion systems, [âŠ] Prime Ministerâs âCrucialâ Visit At Sydneyâs Desalination Plant – AustraliaHIWI042019-09-14T15:50:04+02:00
Macarthur’s water woes worsen as Cataract Dam is taken offline – Australia Cataract Dam is one of Macarthurâs main sources for water but the ongoing drought has left its dwindling supply unsuitable for drinking. Dry conditions have worried residents, local drought organisations and politicians across the region for several months. Cataract Dam was taken offline on Friday as its level had dropped to 27.1 per cent. (LINK). Macarthur’s water woes worsen as Cataract Dam is taken offline – AustraliaHIWI042019-09-09T14:42:04+02:00
Sydney’s desalination plant set to expand as drought continues – Australia The New South Wales government has begun preliminary planning to boost output at Sydneyâs desalination plant, in a bid to secure the cityâs water supply as dam levels continue to drop. The Kurnell plant, which can currently supply drinking water for up to 1.5 million people in Sydney, returned to operation in January for the second time since 2012. (LINK). Sydney’s desalination plant set to expand as drought continues – AustraliaHIWI042019-08-12T13:37:36+02:00