Tag: Australia
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Australia urged to recycle more water for urban supplies
Greater use of recycled water in Australia’s water supplies was called for on 29 November 2010 by James Cameron, acting CEO of the National Water Commission (NWC).
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Federal funds for Melbourne reuse project
Federal government funding totaling Aus$ 11.4 million (US$ 11.2 million) will enable City West Water in Melbourne, Australia, to roll out an aquifer and storage recovery scheme as part of its West Werribee Dual Supply project.
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Minister reassures public about Sydney’s desalinated water
The minister for water for the Australian state of New South Wales, Phil Costa, reassured the public on 7 November 2011 that Sydney’s drinking water remains completely safe for consumption and poses absolutely no health risk.
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Bundamba wastewater reuse plant passes second quality test
The second Water Quality Report for the Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant in Queensland, Australia, has confirmed the excellent quality of the purified water it produces and proved that the water is safe to add to the drinking supply, says government agency WaterSecure
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Osmoflo to provide desalination for Australian steelmaker
Australian steel producer OneSteel has contracted Osmoflo to finance, design, build and operate for 10 years a 4,000 m³/d desalination facility at its Whyalla plant on the river Murray in South Australia.
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Another desalination plant approved for Western Australia
Western Australia’s state cabinet endorsed a proposal on 25 October 2010 to build a new seawater desalination plant to be commissioned in three years time.
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Australian authority moves to secure desalination future
Gosford City & Wyong Shire Councils’ Water Authority in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, is working with the two councils for approval of initial site works for the proposed Toukley Desalination Plant.
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Australian public lack desalination and reuse info says survey
A quarter of all Australians are “not at all informed” about water reuse or desalination, according to a national survey carried out by the Australian Water Association.
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Twelve sewer-mining wastewater-reuse plants in Sydney
The government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has awarded a water-recycling licence to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies to build a recycled water plant at the Aus$ 500 million (US$ 490 million) Darling Quarter development.
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Palmer set to lead Australian desalination centre
Neil Palmer, currently general manager of technical services at Australia’s Osmoflo, will take over late in October as the CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED).