Southern Seawater Desalination Plant
Reverse Osmosis | |
| Percent of water supply | Up to 33% of Perth |
|---|---|
| Operation date | January 2013 |
The Binningup Desalination Plant is a
gigalitres of potable water per year, or 33% of Perth's requirements.[2] The plant was officially opened in September 2011 at reduced output, and was completed and operating at full capacity in January 2013.[3]
The site is in Taranto Road, Binningup, about 1,200 metres from the coast with most of the plant situated in a now disused limestone quarry. The project includes the laying of a 30-kilometre (19 mi), 1,300-millimetre (51 in) pipeline to deliver potable water to the
megalitre
storage tanks.
See also
References
- ^ "Southern Seawater Desalination Project". Water Corporation. June 2009.
- ^ "southern-seawater-desalination-plant". Water Corporation. 27 June 2017.
- ^ "First seawater flows into Binningup desalination plant". 23 January 2013.
- ^ "Southern Seawater Desalination Plant Proposal, Binningup. State Government Approval" (PDF). Department of Environment; Youth. 22 April 2009. p. 14.
External links
- "Monthly updates". Water Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009.
- "Final approval for SW desalination plant". ABC News. 24 June 2009.