As the USA finally starts its second large SWRO plant at Carlsbad, Australia is already into a second generation, with contracts let for the Southern Seawater desalination plant, the second to serve the Perth region. The author has for many years been a strong advocate of desalination and has promoted the technology around the world. Here he argues that the Perth plant is a model of sustainability that the industry should follow. In addition, the article lists 21 existing and potential large desalination plants in Australia. The author looks at future sustainable practices and argues that they must satisfy the triple bottom-line economic, social and environmental factors. The recent cancellation of Traveston Crossing dam provides a case-study of a project that did not do this. SWRO has the ability to meet these criteria, he argues. This article was first published in the August/September issue of D&WR magazine.
As the USA finally starts its second large SWRO plant at Carlsbad, Australia is already into a second generation, with contracts let for the Southern Seawater desalination plant, the second to serve the Perth region.
The author has for many years been a strong advocate of desalination and has promoted the technology around the world. Here he argues that the Perth plant is a model of sustainability that the industry should follow.
In addition, the article lists 21 existing and potential large desalination plants in Australia. The author looks at future sustainable practices and argues that they must satisfy “the triple bottom-line” – economic, social and environmental factors. The recent cancellation of Traveston Crossing dam provides a case-study of a project that did not do this. SWRO has the ability to meet these criteria, he argues.
This article was first published in the August/September issue of D&WR magazine.