Water. desalination + reuse

February/March 2013

Water. Desalination + reuse

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PROJECTS FiRST SEawaTER in PERTh'S 2nd dESalinaTiOn PlanT EXTEnSiOn MElbOuRnE PlanT REaChES Full CaPaCiTy The first intake of seawater into the second stage of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (SSDP) in Western Australia on 22 January 2013, marked another major milestone in commissioning the Aus$ 450 million (US$ 470 million) expansion project. State premier Colin Barnett and water minister Bill Marmion were on site to activate the flow of seawater into the facility, which will eventually be treated and delivered to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme as drinking water. The state government made the decision in August 2011 to double the capacity of the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant to 100 million m3 of drinking water a year. Another 45 million m3 is available from Perth's first seawater desalination plant. "In Western Australia's changing climate, the supply and security of desalination has proved invaluable," Marmion said. "Without desalination, Perth would have been subject to severe sprinkler bans, as occurred on the east coast, and almost total reliance on groundwater sources." Delivery of four large water pumps to the expansion project from Germany is expected in the coming days, which will significantly improve the long-term efficiency of the plant. The new pumps will be installed and then tested in March and the first drinking water will be delivered to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme shortly afterwards. Suez Environnement announced on 7 December 2012 that the Victorian desalination plant being built in Melbourne, Australia, by its subsidiary Degrémont was officially commissioned on 17 November 2012 and has reached its full drinking water production capacity of 450,000 m3/d (150 million m3/year). hyFluX lOOking FOR TuaSPRing dESalinaTiOn FinanCE Singapore desalination provider Hyflux Ltd announced on 11 January 2013 that it was starting financing discussions for the Sing$ 1.05 billion (US$ 855 million) Tuaspring Desalination Plant in Singapore. With a designed capacity of 318,500 m3/d, Tuaspring will be one of the region's largest seawater reverse-osmosis desalination plants. Tuaspring Pte Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hyflux, is developing the plant under a design, build, own and operate model It will be supplying desalinated water to PUB, Singapore's national water agency, over a 25-year period under the terms of the water purchase agreement that was signed with PUB in April 2011. Hyflux says that the development and construction of the desalination plant is "on track". D&WR on the move READ OUR SPECIAL DIGITAL EDITION AT: www.desalination.biz/digitaledition We are trialing a new format for the international desalination industry direct to your laptop, tablet and phone with a special Desalination & Water Reuse digital edition. www.desalination.biz/digitaledition With this format, you'll have: Immediacy of information — receive the latest issue before your print edition · Easy to read on any device — desktop, laptop, tablet or smartphone · Easy to access · Downloadable and printable information · We want to know what you think, tell us at: www.desalination.biz/survey D&WR February-March 2013 | Desalination & Water Reuse | 25 |

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