Water in Australia
In Perth, Australia residents began drinking water from the Indian Ocean with the opening of Australia's first major desalination plant. Water from the $387 million seawater desalination facility at Kwinana began pumping through Perth's supply system.
It will supply 17 per cent of the city's water when at full capacity. The plant, built as part of a joint venture between Multiplex Group and French-based water treatment specialist, Degremont, is the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and the third largest of its kind in the world. It is powered by electricity generated by the Emu Downs Wind Farm near Cervantes on the western WA coast.
The plant will produce 130 million litres per day, making it the largest single water source feeding into Perth.
November 20, 2006 6:42 AM | Category: Water