Brisbane desal project still has hurdles to clear

A question mark remains over whether a second desalination plant will ever be built to serve south-east Queensland. The need, at least, has been recognised.

To comprehensively drought-proof southeast Queensland, a desalination plant supplying water to Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich has been recommended by engineering consultants Kellogg, Brown & Root.

Although construction is underway on the 125,000m3/d desalination plant at Tugun on the Gold Coast, a report commissioned by the State’s Department of Natural Resources and Water advises a second ...

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