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Desalination and Water Security
Presentation to JCEC AGM Nov 2011
Neil Palmer, CEO
Australia
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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
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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!
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Projects by priority research themes
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Total 34 projects
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4Pretreatment
RO
Novel
Concentrate
Social
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Desal Discovery Centre
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Desal Discovery Centre
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10Desal Discovery Centre at Chemfest 12 Nov 2011
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Murdoch University Vice ChancellorProfessor Richard Higgott
NCEDA Chief Scientific Officer Professor David Furukawa
NCEDA CEONeil Palmer
People
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Larry Lopez
Larry Lopez
Graeme Rowley
People
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Students
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International collaboration
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Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Membrane distillation
Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Membrane distillation
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Pilot Scale Test Facility
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Great Victoria Desert
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Tjuntjuntjara
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Tjuntjuntjara
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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
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27Wivenhoe Dam, Brisbane, January 2011
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Population Growth
Water Quality
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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
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Rainfall
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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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
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13.1 GL
Courtesy Water Corporation
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Decline in groundwater resources
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Distillation in 1895, Coolgardie
Australian Desalination
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Coolgardie, 1895: distillation Golden Pipeline
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Perth
Adelaide
Whyalla
Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane
Gold Coast
Karratha
Major Australian desalination plants
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Courtesy of Water Corporation
Perth 1 145 MLD
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Courtesy of WaterSecureGold Coast 125 MLD
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Sydney 250 MLDCourtesy of Sydney Water
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Adelaide 300 MLD Courtesy of SA Water Corporation
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Perth 2 - 300 MLD Courtesy of Water Corporation
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Melbourne 450 MLD Courtesy of Victorian Government
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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
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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
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Affordable water security
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Giant Cuttlefish, SA
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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
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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