Queensland turns to mobile desal
- From: Vol 9, Issue 1 (January 2008)
- Category: General
- Region: Asia
- Country: Australia
- Related Companies: Transfield Services and Worley Parsons
Government officials in Queensland are backing a pair of temporary desalination plants. Rainfall in the first quarter will determine if they go ahead.
The Queensland Government has announced plans for two mobile desalination plants with a combined capacity of around 100,000m3/d, as part of a wider initiative to provide contingency water supplies for the drought-stricken south-east of the state.
The cost of the plants is estimated at A$550 million (US$483 million), which would be funded by the state ...
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