Tag: Australia
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Construction starts on Melbourne desalination plant
Construction started on 6 October 2009 on the Melbourne Desalination Project in Australia, which will provide up to 150 million m³ of water each year to the city from the end of 2011.
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Australians offered a desalination O&M masterclass
The Australian Water Association has issued a call for papers for a Master Class on Desalination Operations & Maintenance to be held in Sydney on 2-4 February 2010.
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Australia’s CSIRO demonstrations indirect stormwater reuse
Scientists at Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have bottled recycled stormwater as pure drinking water titled “Recharge”, CSIRO announced on 17 September 2009.
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Government funding for Australian ceramic membrane
Australian government funding of Aus$ 70,400 has been granted to University of Queensland (UQ) researchers to develop a low-cost desalination technology through its company Ceramipore Pty Ltd, the university announced on 17 September 2009.
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Perth 2 pressure vessel order goes to BEL
BEL Group Ltd has been appointed sole supplier of pressure vessels for the 130,000 m³/d Southern Seawater desalination plant in Western Australia.
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Australia wins bid to host 2011 IDA World Congress
Perth in western Australia is to be the next host city for the International Desalination Association’s World Congress on Desalination & Water Reuse in 2011. This is the first time the industry’s premier event has visited Australia.
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S Australia government questions Billiton desalination EIS
Desalination discharge led the list of concerns raised by the South Australia government in its submission on 24 April 2009 to BHP Billiton’s environmental impact statement (EIS) related to its proposed expansion of its Olympic Dam mining operations.
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Boron-nitride nanotubes speed desalination, says Australian research
Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) claim to have discovered a way to speed the desalination of seawater by up to five times using nanotubes made from boron and nitrogen atoms.
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Consortium wins US$ 73.5 million reuse contract near Melbourne
A consortium of Kellogg Brown & Root, John Holland and Montgomery Watson Harza has been awarded the contract to design and construct the Aus$ 90 million (US$ 73.5 million) Northern Water Plant in Geelong, south-west of Melbourne, Australia.
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BHP Billiton asked to rethink desalination plant site
The Parliament of South Australia’s Environment, Resources & Development Committee has recommended mining company BHP Billiton reconsider its proposed site for a 250,000 m³/d seawater desalination plant at Port Bonython in the upper Spencer Gulf.