Ensuring a climate-resilient water supply for South East Queenslandâs future – Australia Seqwater is the Queensland Government Bulk Water Supply Authority and is responsible for providing a safe, reliable and affordable drinking water supply to 3.2 million people across South East Queensland (SEQ). A resilient water supply is delivered through 1.8 million hectares of catchment and Australiaâs first water grid, including 26 dams, 36 conventional water treatment plants, three purified recycled water treatment plants and one desalination plant. Seqwaterâs extensive capital works and asset maintenance programs play a critical role in safeguarding water sources to meet the future needs [âŠ] Ensuring a climate-resilient water supply for South East Queenslandâs future – AustraliaHIWI042020-08-03T17:01:25+02:00
Eyre Peninsula desalination plant moves proposed location after resident concerns – Australia Residents living close to a proposed desalination plant at Sleaford Bay have felt their concerns have been listened to, as SA Water confirms the site will be positioned further away from Sleaford Mere and whale aggregation areas. Sleaford Bay resident David Farlam said over a year of consultations with SA Water had paid off. âThe local Sleaford community is really pleased with the decision from what I can gather,â Mr Farlam said. (LINK). Eyre Peninsula desalination plant moves proposed location after resident concerns – AustraliaHIWI042020-07-26T14:40:06+02:00
Desalination supplies remote SA community with safe water – Australia The Murputja Desalination Plant is supplying a third Indigenous community in South Australiaâs Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands with safe drinking water. With Kanpi connecting to the local supply network, its community can now receive clean potable water. The solar and battery-powered 60kL capacity Murputja Desalination Plant treats water sourced from local bores, before it is piped through a total of around 12km of pipeline into homes and businesses across the three local communities. (LINK). Desalination supplies remote SA community with safe water – AustraliaHIWI042020-06-02T15:27:24+02:00
SA Water to build solar farm on former oil refinery site – Australia Nothing says energy transition quite like a renewable energy facility being built on an old fossil fuel asset. Solar farms have been built on or near several old coal plants, and now the South Australia state government utility SA Water plans to build a new solar farm with more than 35,000 solar PV panels on the site of a former oil refinery. SA Water said on Thursday that it has agreed to purchase 14 hectares of land at the former ExxonMobil Port Stanvac oil refinery, next to [âŠ] SA Water to build solar farm on former oil refinery site – AustraliaHIWI042020-04-16T14:27:19+02:00
Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief – Australia The deal to crank up Adelaideâs 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 â enough to fill 40,000 olympic sized swimming pools. [âŠ] Up the creek: the $85 million plan to desalinate water for drought relief – AustraliaHIWI042019-11-14T04:56:15+01:00
Solar scrapping makes nuclear a real option – Australia A $650 million solar thermal power plant planned for Port Augusta will not go ahead after the company behind it failed to secure commercial finance for the project. The Conservative Party says a reliable, zero-carbon proven power mode using a resource we have in abundance in South Australia should now appeal to those who want to bring back common sense. Nuclear power could not only solve our energy reliability and climate alarmist CO2 concerns, it could also irrigate great swathes of South [âŠ] Solar scrapping makes nuclear a real option – AustraliaHIWI042019-04-06T08:05:34+02:00
Water restrictions, desal warning for Melbourne after blaze near dam – Melbourne Melburnians could be drinking water from Victoriaâs desalination plant â or even be put on water restrictions â if a fire on the banks of a major water catchment east of the city is not quickly brought under control, the Water Minister has warned. Lightning sparked a bushfire about a week ago in thick forest in the Baw Baw National Park, about three hoursâ drive east of Melbourne. (LINK). Water restrictions, desal warning for Melbourne after blaze near dam – MelbourneHIWI042019-02-01T10:49:24+01:00
REVEALED: SA’s billion dollar water torture – Australia Former SA Water chair, Essential Services Commissioner and ETSA CEO Lew Owens was last year appointed by Treasurer Rob Lucas to oversee an independent inquiry into water pricing in SA. InDaily can reveal that Owens has distributed an interim report to stakeholders â entitled âA Cautious Conclusionâ â whose economic modelling suggests the valuation of SA Waterâs asset base has likely been overstated by at least $421 million â and as much as $1.071 billion. (LINK). REVEALED: SA’s billion dollar water torture – AustraliaHIWI042019-01-08T12:51:02+01:00
Public wants Perth water to come from desalination plant – Perth – Australia Almost half of people in WA want Perthâs next major source of drinking water to be another desalination plant, the biggest survey of its kind has found. Releasing the results of an 18-month consultation to gauge public views about Perthâs water future, the Water Corporation said desalinated ocean water was by far the most popular choice for the cityâs next supply source. (LINK). Public wants Perth water to come from desalination plant – Perth – AustraliaHIWI042018-09-29T17:00:56+02:00
Alkimos in the mix for Perthâs next $1 billion desalination plant – Perth – Australia A giant desalination plant in Perthâs northern suburbs is in the mix to be the cityâs next major drinking water source, with the Water Corporation set to undertake preparatory works. The State-owned utility has revealed it is about to carry out a seismic survey of the seabed off Alkimos to identify potential issues or risks associated with building a desalination plant there. Testing will begin on September 17 and last for three weeks, before a drilling barge is used for âcore samplingâ until November. (LINK). Alkimos in the mix for Perthâs next $1 billion desalination plant – Perth – AustraliaHIWI042018-09-21T18:54:03+02:00