Much political capital has been made in Australia over its implementation of a desalination programme that has seen the country construct six major seawater reverse-osmosis plants. In still-dry Western Australia, Water Corporation s two plants are seen as a boon. With full dams elsewhere, desalination plants have had to be mothballed. This article looks at putting a plant on hot standby . This article first appeared in the August/September 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.
Much political capital has been made in Australia over its implementation of a desalination programme that has seen the country construct six major seawater reverse-osmosis plants.
In still-dry Western Australia, Water Corporation’s two plants are seen as a boon. With full dams elsewhere, desalination plants have had to be mothballed. This article looks at putting a plant on “hot standby”.
This article first appeared in the August/September 2013 issue of Desalination & Water Reuse magazine.