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.
Follow WA’s drought-proofing example, urges national desal expert
01 August, 2012Australia’s east coast urban planners and state governments need to hold their nerve on using major seawater desalination plants for effective drought‐proofing and not give in to short-term politics and vocal minorities. That’s the opinion of National Centre of Excellence in Desalination CEO Neil Palmer.
Economic visions for desalination in Australia
02 July, 2012The days have long gone since salt was a valuable commodity and Roman soldiers were paid in it, but for Deakin University’s Research Professor in Public Policy, Professor Michael Porter, the issue of salt, more specifically desalination, will be worth $496,891 in research funding.
Tapping geothermal energy to create fresh water for WA
07 June, 2012Researchers at The University of Western Australia will investigate the use of geothermal energy to desalinate groundwater in WA.
