Desal Data News | Australia

DHL wins forwarding contract for Australia's largest desalination plant

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00

DHL Global Forwarding has been named the logistics partner for the Victoria Desalination Project. The company will be responsible for delivering approximately 60,000 revenue tonnes of material and equipment to construct Australia’s largest seawater…

Sydney desal plant now at full tilt

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Six months after it began supplying water to up to 1.5 million Sydneysiders, Sydney’s desalination plant has passed all of its performance tests and is operating at full capacity, the government
The plant at Kurnell, in Sydney’s southern…

New pilot-scale testing and research facility in National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus is expected to be operating by September 2011

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Australia’s National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus in Western Australia held its official groundbreaking ceremony late last week. Professor David Doepel, Murdoch’s Deputy Vice Chancellor of…

Australia Opens Centre of Excellence in Desalination

Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:00:00

July 23 marked the official launch of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination in Perth, Australia at Murdoch University’s Rockingham
The Centre was established to provide research and development of desalination technologies and…

Current desalination plants will last Australia until 2026, says WSAA

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00

The water provided by Australia’s six major desalination plants, if they are upgraded to their full capacity, will be sufficient to meet additional urban water demand to 2026, even using the most aggressive population growth
This is…

Water management and study tour in Australia

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00

The Australian government is hosting the “Australian Water Management and Sustainability Study Tour” for a delegation of 14 water industry people from California and Colorado. The eleven-day trip began in Brisbane last Monday, and will conclude…

Australia turns to desalination

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00

Coming through a decade of drought said to be its worst in a century, Australia has turned to desalination as part of the government’s measures to beef up water supply
State governments are already investing $13.2 billion in desalination…

Southern Seawater Desalination Plant to use valves from Ebro Armaturen

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00

German manufacturer Ebro Armaturen has signed an order to supply 560 manual and automated butterfly valves to the 140,000m3/d Southern Seawater Desalination Plant, currently under construction in Binningup, Western Australia and due to come online…

Desal research alive & well in Oz

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:00:00

During its first round of research and development funding, Australia’s National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) received 61 expressions of interest (EOI). After conducting a merit-based assessment of the EOIs, their research advisory…

Graeme Rowley as new Chairman of NCED

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:00:00

The National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University in Western Australia has appointed Graeme Rowley as chairman. He was formerly an executive with Fortescue Metals and Rio Tinto.

IDA Congress exhibition sold out

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00

The exhibition which will accompany next year’s International Desalination Association World Congress has completely sold
IDA had 5,544 m² available for the event and by 17 June 2010, when IDA put the floorplan on its website, all but 99 m…

Siemens and Windesal team up to develop desalination plants in Australia

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:00:00

Siemens and Windesal have signed a joint venture which aims to develop small-scale desalination plants in rural communities, initially in South Australia. Five suitable towns have been identified, although final approval from SA Water remains…

LogiCamms wins Vic desal contract

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00

Engineering company LogiCamms has won a $10.75 million contract from Thiess Degremont to supply project control systems for the Victorian desalination
Thiess awarded the contract to Perth-based LogiCamms ahead of international…

Chairman appointed for Australian desalination centre

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00

Graeme Rowley, a former executive director of Fortescue Metals, has been appointed chairman of the National Centre for Excellence in Desalination at Murdoch University
Rowley joined Fortescue in May 2003 from an executive position at…

Chairman appointed for Australian desalination centre

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00