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Desalination and Water Security
Presentation to JCEC AGM Nov 2011
Neil Palmer, CEO
Australia
The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia
Established in 2009 $20m funding over 5 years from
Federal Government’s National Urban Water and Desalination Plan
Research Roadmap developed
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14 Research Partners
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Funding over 5 years:
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Source
Australian Government $20m
WA Government $3m
Partners $7m
Sponsors $1m
Murdoch University $11m
Project Partners $30m
TOTAL $72m
The Australian Desalination Research Roadmapdeveloped priority research themes, validated by industry
Pre-treatment Reverse osmosis desalting Novel desalting Concentrate management Social, environmental and
economic issues
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Research Projects
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Funding Round
Projects NCEDA Funds
PartnersCash and
In Kind
TOTAL
1 11 $2.8m $8.1m $10.9m
2 12 $3.0m $6.9m $9.9m
3 11 $3.8m $7.6m $11.3m
TOTAL 34 $9.6m $22.6m $32.1m
FR 4 opening Monday!
Projects by priority research themes
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Total 34 projects
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4Pretreatment
RO
Novel
Concentrate
Social
Desal Discovery Centre
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Desal Discovery Centre
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10Desal Discovery Centre at Chemfest 12 Nov 2011
Murdoch University Vice ChancellorProfessor Richard Higgott
NCEDA Chief Scientific Officer Professor David Furukawa
NCEDA CEONeil Palmer
People
Larry Lopez
Larry Lopez
Graeme Rowley
People
Students
International collaboration
Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Membrane distillation
Pilot Scale Test Facility
Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Membrane distillation
Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Great Victoria Desert
Tjuntjuntjara
Tjuntjuntjara
What is the place of seawater desalination in Australia’s
natural cycle of drought and floods?
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NCEDA vision for desalination:
Efficient and sustainable augmentation of traditional water sources to provide security against the natural variability of rainfall and potential future impact of climate change
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23The Australian Millennium drought 1997-2010
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Pejar dam, Goulburn, NSW November 2005
The Australian Millennium drought 1997-2010
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The Australian Millennium drought 1997-2010
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Extensive flooding in Eastern states in January 2011
The drought breaks
27Wivenhoe Dam, Brisbane, January 2011
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Population Growth
Water Quality
NCEDA’s new vision for desalination?
Efficient and sustainable augmentation of traditional water sources to provide security against: the natural variability of rainfallpotential future impact of climate changedeclining traditional source water quality population growth
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Australian Population Density
Source: ABS Statistical Local Area-based projections. Compiled by the Environmental Information Resources
Rainfall
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Australian rainfall change
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1900 - 2010 1970 -2010
Change in rainfall, mm/ 10 years
Source: The Critical Decade Climate Change Commission May 2010 p33
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Perth, Australia
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Perth reservoir inflows long termSt
ream
flow
s(G
L/pa
)
13.1 GL
Courtesy Water Corporation
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Decline in groundwater resources
Distillation in 1895, Coolgardie
Australian Desalination
Coolgardie, 1895: distillation Golden Pipeline
Perth
Adelaide
Whyalla
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Karratha
Major Australian desalination plants
Courtesy of Water Corporation
Perth 1 145 MLD
Courtesy of WaterSecureGold Coast 125 MLD
Sydney 250 MLDCourtesy of Sydney Water
Adelaide 300 MLD Courtesy of SA Water Corporation
Perth 2 - 300 MLD Courtesy of Water Corporation
Melbourne 450 MLD Courtesy of Victorian Government
Australia’s current major desal plants
PLANT MLD MGD PSDP 145 38 Gold Coast 125 33 Sydney 1 250 66 Adelaide 300 78 SSDP 1 150 39 Cape Preston 140 47 Melbourne 1 450 118TOTAL 1560 419
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Potential future plantsPLANT MLD MGD Whyalla 280 73 SSDP2 150 39 North Brisbane 150 39 North Perth 150 39 NSW Central Coast 50 13 WA West Pilbara 30 8 WA South Downs 35 10 TOTAL 845 221
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City Water Consumption
02/03*, GL
Desal Capacity,
ML/D
DesalCapacity
GL/y
Percent Desal
Sydney 634 250 91 14%
Melbourne 479 450 164 34%Brisbane SWRO 223 125 46 20%Brisbane Reuse 223 232 85 38%
Brisbane Total 223 357 130 58%Perth PDSP 212 144 53 25%Perth SSDP 212 150 55 26%
Perth Total 212 294 107 51%
Adelaide 178 300 110 62%
TOTAL 1726 1651 603 35%
* WSAAfacts 03
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Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Perth Adelaide
Trad Desal
2012 Desal Capacitycf 2003 (pre drought) Consumption
Note: Brisbane desal capacity includes Western Corridor recycling
So what do we tell people about desalination?
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For an average household, if all the water came from desalination, the energy used is about the same as that used by the refrigerator
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The McMansion.Energy to desalt all the day’swater is used by the air conditioning system in lessthan 30 minutes
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The 747 has 4 engines each 24 MW and cruises at 66 MW – equivalent to 3 Perth Desal Plants
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Queen Mary 2• 117 MW installed power• More than enough power to make desalinated water
for the whole of Perth
Source: Wikipedia 2011- RMS Queen Mary 2
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All energy use for the big Australian desal plants is offset with wind and solar energy
Very low operating carbon footprint
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08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 08/09 08/09 11/12 11/12
Residential Charge $157.30 $137.60 $142.40 $234.40 $157.30 $234.40
0-30 kL $1.28 $1.93 30 $57.90
0-120 kL $0.71 $0.97 120 $85.20
30-130 kL $2.48 $2.75 100 $275.00
120-520 kL $1.38 $1.88 70 $96.60
>130 kL $2.98 $2.98 60 $178.80
>520 kL $1.65 $2.26
190 $339.10 190 $746.10
Difference between total annual water bill in 08/09 and 11/12 $407.00
Weekly amount $7.80
SA Water price from SA Minister for Water Security
SA Water price increase for desalination
Affordable water security
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Giant Cuttlefish, SA
Courtesy of Water Corporation
2.5 ha
Cockburn Sound, WA
PSDP
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Concentrate return
Kwinanaoutfall impact finding: “The effluent from the desalination plant is so highly
diluted that it does not have a measurable impact on stratification or dissolved oxygen in the deep basin (>10m) of Cockburn Sound”
Centre for Water Research, Uni of WA: Summary of Investigations into the Impact of the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant Discharge on Cockburn Sound, August 2007
International Workshop on Intakes and Outfalls
GWI Desal Short School
Adelaide, South Australia 16-18 May 2012
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www.desalination.edu.au
THANK YOU
Neil PalmerCEO
Australia