Australia's Water
A water recycling project that will add more than 20 percent to Melbourne, Australia's water supply and largely end the need for restrictions is a step closer.
A $1 billion state government plan to divert 31 billion gallons of wastewater a year from an ocean outfall to the Latrobe Valley has passed a feasibility study. In what would be the nation's largest water recycling project, the water would be used to cool the coal fired power plants in the Latrobe, which now use drinkable water from the Melbourne catchment area.
The idea to pipe Melbourne's treated sewage from outer suburban Carrum to Gippsland, would cut the 29 billion gallons a year of treated sewage that flow into the sea by 80 percent. The drinking water now used to cool the generators would be retained in Melbourne's water storage units.
September 9, 2006 9:32 AM | Category: Technology