Tag: Australia
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Agreement reached in Adelaide desalination dispute
SA Water and AdelaideAqua have reached agreement on all the claims and disputes between them related to the Adelaide Desalination Project.
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WA university eyeing geothermal energy for desalination
The University of Western Australia (UWA) announced on 6 June 2012 that researchers at the university will investigate the use of geothermal energy to desalinate groundwater in Western Australia (WA).
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Minister seeks review of Gold Coast desalination operation
Queensland’s minister for energy and water supply, Mark McArdle, said on 5 May 2012 that he was closely examining all options on the future of the Gold Coast Desalination Plant to save taxpayer losses on the 125,000 m³/d project.
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Degrémont to run all Perth’s water and wastewater
France’s Degrémont, which built the first Perth desalination plant in 2006, is to operate and maintain all the Western Australian city’s water and wastewater assets for 10 years with a possible 5-year extension.
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New distributors and EU compliance for PWT
Membrane chemicals supplier Professional Water Technologies (PWT), the US arm of Canada’s H2O Innovation, recently signed agreements with two new distributors in Brazil and Argentina, increasing its presence in South America.
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Funding for 10 new NCEDA desalination projects announced
Australia’s parliamentary secretary for sustainability and urban water, Senator Don Farrell, announced ten new innovative desalination research projects which will benefit from the 4th funding round for the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA).
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Australian government cuts desalination funding
The Australian government has cut its funding for the National Urban Water & Desalination Plan – Water For The Future – by Aus$ 25.7 million (US$ 25.7 million) in 2011-12 under the recently announced national budget.
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Abigroup to build Kooragang wastewater reuse plant
Construction of the Kooragang Industrial Water Scheme (KIWS) in New South Wales, Australia, is to be carried out by Abigroup under an Aus$ 40 million (US$ 40 million) contract.
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Sydney Desalination Plant leased for US$ 2.3 billion
The New South Wales state government in Australia accepted on 10 May 2012 a binding offer for refinancing the Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) from a consortium of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) and Hastings Funds Management.
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Ocean water-cycle intensity increasing, say researchers
A new study of the ocean’s changing salinity confirms that the water cycle is intensifying quickly under global warming – twice as fast as climate models have been predicting.