Tag: Public Opinion
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Desalination accepted by most Australians says research
New research showing most Australians accept desalination as a valuable part of the mix augmenting traditional public water supply for water security has been welcomed by the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA), which funded the survey.
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Foundation seeking desalination PR toolkit
The WateReuse Research Foundation wants to develop a public communication toolkit to assist project sponsors in the preparation of an education and outreach plan associated with the implementation of desalination projects.
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WRA aims outreach workshops at California CII sector
The WateReuse Association is organising outreach workshops in California on commercial, industrial and institutional (CII) water recycling aimed at business owners, plant engineers, utility managers, consultants and other industry experts.
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NCEDA’s CEO attacks east-coast desalination critics
As Perth, on Australia’s west coast, experiences its driest July on record, the CEO of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA), Neil Palmer, has taken on the media and politicians on the country’s east coast over the recent spending on desalination.
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November ballot for Santa Cruz desalination
Barely two weeks after the City of Santa Cruz in California had accepted the preliminary design report by CDM Smith for its proposed 2.5 MGD (9,500 m³/d) seawater desalination plant, the city clerk’s office confirmed on 3 July 2012 that proponents of a charter amendment for a vote on the desalination project had collected enough signatures to place it…
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Aus$ 3 million grant for reuse public-acceptance research
The Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCE) announced on 25 June 2012 a Aus$ 3 million (US$ 3 million) for a research project to investigate and address the barriers to public acceptance of reusing water for augmenting drinking water supplies in the first large-scale collaboration of its kind.
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Western Australia’s GWR scheme moves nearer
Western Australia’s state government is to spend Aus$ 2.5 million (US$ 2.54 million) in 2012‑13 on preliminary design and investigation works to ensure that the Water Corporation is in a position to implement a groundwater replenishment scheme for Perth, should the trial be successful.
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Santa Cruz desalination EIR delayed until fall
The environmental impact report (EIR) for the proposed 2.5 MGD (9,500 m³/d) desalination plant (scwd²) for Santa Cruz, California, will not now be published until fall 2012.
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WRA webcast to look at potable reuse future
The WateReuse Association is to hold a webcast on The Future of Potable Reuse on 26 June 2012.
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WRA seeking proposals for potable reuse web tool
The WateReuse Association has issued a request for proposals to develop an online web tool to make documents related to potable reuse studies more accessible to potential project sponsors.