Desalinated water starts flowing in Victoria
20 March, 2017The first water from the Victorian Desalination Plant, located in the seaside town of Wonthaggi, has begun to flow into the Cardinia Reservoir.
Evoqua electrochlorination systems for Australia's navy
04 August, 2016Evoqua Water Technologies has been selected to design and deliver technology that prevents marine growth in seawater cooling systems on eight Royal Australian Navy ANZAC Class frigates.
Desalinated water delivery for Ballarat
09 March, 2016The Victorian Government has acted to secure Ballarat's water supply by placing an order of 50 GL of desalinated water for delivery next summer. The order comes in the wake of a steady decline in water storages for the past two years.
Desaln8 In Situ Desalination technology
02 December, 2015ISD is a low-power desalination solution that solves the waste issue at the point of source. The chemical-free technology is said to be cheaper to run than traditional desalination systems.
Commercial solar desalination plant for California
17 July, 2015HydroRevolution has announced plans to build a commercial solar desalination plant in the Panoche Water and Drainage District in California's Central Valley — said to be the first of its kind in the region.
Crowdsourced power helps water-quality research
07 July, 2015Crowdsourced computing power from 150,000 volunteers worldwide has helped a research team discover a new method of improving water filtration systems and water quality. Ultimately, this could help design carbon nanotube-based membranes for water filtration with reduced energy consumption.
Funding boost for clean desalination and irrigation system
19 February, 2015An alternative water desalination and irrigation system, based on clean thermal energy, has received a $132,000 grant from the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF).
Flemington desalination project wins international award
10 September, 2014Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has undertaken a desalination project at Flemington Racecourse, turning brackish bore water into clean water suitable for the course's roses.
New desalination method for irrigation
23 June, 2014Researchers from the UTS Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater have developed a new way of desalinating water for irrigation. The process, designed by Dr Hokyong Shon and his colleagues, is called fertiliser-drawn forward osmosis (FDFO).
Australian re-elected to International Desalination Association
01 October, 2013Gary Crisp, global business leader - desalination at engineering and environmental consulting company GHD, has been re-elected as a director of the International Desalination Association (IDA) for 2013-15. Crisp is the only Australian of the 16 elected members at the IDA.
Desalination in the desert
12 September, 2013Researchers at Murdoch University are working with the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) on a project to secure water supplies in desert communities.
Additive prevents biofouling in reverse osmosis membranes
11 September, 2013Flinders University has been granted a provisional patent through Flinders Partners, the commercialisation arm of the university, for an additive that prevents biofilms from clogging up membranes used in the desalination of seawater.
Automation and power products for Gold Coast desalination plant
10 May, 2013The Gold Coast desalination project, owned by the government statutory authority Seqwater, was the first large-scale desalination facility on Australia’s eastern seaboard. ABB supplied a wide range of automation and power products and systems which ensure that the plant is operated at a high level of efficiency and reliability.
Reliability is the key for Port Augusta Power Station
22 March, 2013Port Augusta’s power station north of Adelaide was first commissioned in 1954. When Alinta recently decided to install a desalination plant for the power station operation, the tender was awarded to Aqueous Solutions. However, the tender required a very high recovery rate of 94%.
First seawater intake for expanded desal plant
23 January, 2013Today saw the first intake of seawater into the second stage of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP), marking a major milestone in commissioning the WA Government’s $450 million expansion project.
