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SA Government funds Kangaroo Island desalination plant build

by Imogen Hartmann
June 10, 2020
in Filtration, News, Projects, Water & wastewater
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The South Australian Government has announced $33 million in funding to build a seawater desalination plant at Kangaroo Island.

The two-megalitre-per-day seawater desalination plant will improve drinking water security and provide better water infrastructure to support the local tourism and agriculture industries.

South Australian Premier, Steven Marshall, said this investment will create an estimated 500 jobs and add over $200 million of economic value to Kangaroo Island in the next 15 years

“This project will future-proof the Kangaroo Island community, create up to 500 jobs and provide a significant economic boost to the region,” Mr Marshall said.

“The summer’s devastating bushfires highlighted the water infrastructure issues faced on Kangaroo Island and a new desalination plant will improve water security and supply.”

South Australia Minister for Environment and Water, David Speirs, said the desalination plant will be a critical piece of water infrastructure for Kangaroo Island.

“A desalination plant on Kangaroo Island will significantly increase water security and provide greater resilience for the entire island in times of drought and bushfires,” Mr Speirs said.

“Along with new pipelines, it would enable more than 1,000 properties at the eastern end of the island who currently source their water supplies through rainwater tanks, and private water carters to connect to a secure and reliable drinking water source.”

At the height of the summer’s devastating bushfires, the current Kangaroo Island water supply system could not provide enough water to meet demand from both customers and firefighting.

Fire damage to the Middle River treatment plant also meant that consumers were reliant on water carted from Penneshaw and the mainland.

The desalination plant would be located at Penneshaw and supplement the existing 400-kilolitre-per-day Penneshaw Desalination Plant and 540ML Middle River Reservoir as drinking water sources supplying Kangaroo Island through an interconnected pipeline network.

The new pipelines would enable customer connections in American River, Baudin Beach, Island Beach and Sapphiretown.

The project would also allow water supply to a potential new golf course and other commercial developments.

The total cost of the proposed desalination plant is $47.8 million and the South Australian Government is working with the Federal Government to secure the additional funding required.

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