Perth Seawater Desalination Plant
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The Perth Seawater Desalination Plant, located at Kwinana, 40 kilometres south of Perth, started supplying water to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS) in November 2006. In doing so, it became the first plant in Australia to provide desalinated water for large-scale public consumption.
It is the Water Corporation’s biggest single water source feeding into the IWSS, providing some 17 per cent of Perth’s water needs. On average, the plant produces up to 130 million litres of drinking water per day, or 45 gigalitres per year.
The Environmental Protection Authority has set stringent criteria for the plant, and the Water Corporation is implementing the most intensive ocean monitoring program of any desalination plant in the world. An independent report into the environmental impact of the plant has shown that oxygen levels in Cockburn Sound have not been affected by the discharge from the plant. The report was undertaken by the Centre for Water Research at the University of Western Australia in August 2007.
By harnessing water from the ocean, the State has acquired an abundant source that is not dependent on rainfall – an important factor in the face of a variable climate.
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant Video Footage
Click on the link below to view the underwater footage from the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant.
Community Tours
There are currently no public tours of the desalination plant.
