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AWWA ACE70620
- Providing the City of Adelaide with a Secure Water Supply
- Conference Proceeding by American Water Works Association, 11/01/2009
- Publisher: AWWA
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This powerpoint presentation begins by providing a brief overview of the city of Adelaide, South Australia, and its water supply from the Murray-Darling Basin. The effects of climate change and the harshest drought on record resulted in theSouth Australian governmentimplementing a four-way strategy tosecure water for the future. Part of that strategy, and the subject of this presentation, was a study for a seawater desalination plant to be constructed at Port Stanvac,south of Adelaide. The purpose of the concept design is presented, along with a flexible water supply, intake and transfer pipeline, desalination plant concept design, Adelaide Desalination Plant layout, process flow diagram, power efficiency and energy recovery, and progress since concept design.