Tag: Australia
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Gold Coast desalination plant replacing poor-quality floodwater
In an ironic reversal of its intended use for droughts, the Gold Coast desalination plant in Queensland, Australia, has been brought out of mothballs to provide water at full capacity to replace surface water full of sediment caused by large-scale flooding.
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Eyre Peninsula desalination site choice delayed
Identification of a site for the proposed Eyre Peninsula desalination plant in South Australia has been put back three months, according to an Australian press report.
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STS Apliclor to open new Madrid office
Barcelona-based Severn Trent Services – Apliclor, a leading supplier of water and wastewater solutions in Spain, has announced a range of strategic initiatives to expand the scope and geographic range of its business.
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Adelaide desalination plant’s first water delayed 3 months
AdelaideAqua, the Acciona-led consortium building the Adelaide desalination plant, has told South Australia (SA) Water that, following a recent review of the construction program, first water will not now be supplied until July 2011.
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Methane to power Queensland CSG desalination plant
A desalination plant in southwest Queensland for the burgeoning coal-seam gas (CSG) industry is to be built by a consortium of GE and Laing O’Rourke for leading Australian gas explorer and producer QGC.
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Commission warns Australia about gas-production wastewater
Handling the wastewater resulting from coal-seam gas (CSG) production in Australia is likely to require a precautionary approach that will demand innovation from water managers and planners, and significantly greater coordination with existing project approval processes, the National Water Commission warned in December 2010.
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Gold Coast desalination plant placed offline
Just two months after its official handover, the 125,000m³/d Gold Coast desalination plant in Queensland, Australia, is to be placed on “stand-by” mode, according to a state government announcement on 5 December 2010.
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Hunter Water to look at desalination/reuse again
Desalination and water reuse are back on the table as options for the future water supply of the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia, following the state government’s axing of the Tillegra dam on 28 November 2010.
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Australia’s first groundwater replenishment trial launched
Western Australia’s water minister, Graham Jacobs, launched Australia’s first Groundwater Replenishment Trial on 30 November 2010, which research indicates may be cheaper than desalination.
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First water in April 2011 for Adelaide desalination plant
South Australia’s Adelaide desalination plant remains on track to produce first water in April 2011, according to the Water For Good Annual Statement 2010 released by water minister Paul Caica on 23 November 2010.