Kwinana Desalination Plant
- Kwinana Desalination Plant
The Kwinana Desalination Plant, located just south of Perth, Western Australia, turns water from the Indian Ocean into nearly 140,000 m3 of drinking water per day. [ [http://www.water-technology.net/projects/perth/ Perth Seawater Desalination Plant, Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO), Kwinana, Australia] ] The reverse-osmosis plant is the first of its kind in Australia and covers a few acres in an industrial park next to the ocean. The Emu Downs Wind Farm, with 48 wind turbines north of Perth, provides enough renewable energy to power the plant. [ [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11134967 Australia Turns to Desalination Amid Water Shortage] ]
ee also
*Point Paterson Desalination Plant
References
External links
* [http://www.ceem.unsw.edu.au/content/userDocs/OzWaterpaperIMRP.pdf The sustainability of desalination plants in Australia: is renewable energy the answer?]
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