서호주 물 공사(Western Australian Water Corporation)가 역대 두 번째로 가장 건조한 해를 겪은 후 덴마크에서의 물 공급을 보장하기 위해 내년 여름이 오기 전 담수화 장비를 건설할 계획이라고 밝혔다.

약 3.4㎞의 파이프라인과 역삼투 해수담수화 장치는 덴마크 강의 댐에서 더 많은 물을 사용할 수 있도록 건설될 예정이며, 아직까지 승인 단계에 있는 이 프로젝트는 서호주 지역의 물 공급을 연간 650ML 가량 추가할 것으로 예상된다. 

 

 

 

The Western Australian Water Corporation plans to build desalination units before next summer to secure the water supply at Denmark after the southern Western Australian town's second driest year ever. 

 

A 3.4 km pipeline and reverse osmosis desalination units will be built to allow more water from Denmark River Dam to be used. The projects - still subject to approval - were expected to add an extra 650 Ml each year to the town's water supply.

 

"The major point that will secure the long-term supply for Denmark is the interconnection between the Denmark River Dam and the Quickup Dam which allows us to make use of the flows through the Denmark River that we wouldn't have been able to capture previously," said the Water Corporation's Andrew Kneebone.

 

Kneebone said currently small quantities of water from Quickup Dam were being used to supplement the town's primary water source. He said he believed the desalination units would secure the town's drinking water for the short-term until the pipeline was finished.

 

He said the utility had held talks with the Denmark Shire over disposing of brine from the desalination process.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 5월 6일]