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Victorian Desalination Plant
The Victorian Desalination Plant (also referred to as the Victorian Desalination Project or Wonthaggi desalination plant) is a water desalination plant in Dalyston, on the Bass Coast in southern Victoria, Australia. The project was announced by Premier Steve Bracks in June 2007, at the height of the millennium drought when Melbourne's water storage levels dropped to 28.4%, a drop of more than 20% from the previous year. Increased winter-spring rains after mid-2007 took water storage levels above 40%, but it was not until 2011 that storages returned to pre-2006 levels. The plant was completed in December 2012, and was the largest addition to Melbourne's water system since the Thomson River Dam was completed in 1983. However, at the time, Melbourne's reservoirs were at 81% capacity, and the plant was immediately put into standby mode. The first water released for public use was in March 2017 via Cardinia Reservoir. As a rainfall-independent source of water the desalination pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalyston
Dalyston is a town located south east of Melbourne via the South Gippsland and Bass Highways, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Known originally as a train station at Powlett River near Wonthaggi, it is now the location of the Victorian Desalination Plant, and at the 2011 census, it had a population of 606. It's Bass Coast’s fastest-growing suburb, with the 2011 census showing Dalyston’s population more than doubled from 278 residents in 2006 to 606 in 2011. Today Victorian Desalination Plant The Victorian Desalination Plant is a water desalination plant on the Bass Coast in Dalyston, completed in December 2012 on Lower Powlett Road. The plant is an integral part of Victoria's water system, supplying water via a series of pipelines. As a rainfall-independent source of water it complements Victoria's existing drainage basins. It produces high quality water. It is a useful resource in times of drought. Booked tours are run and plans are underway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suez (company, 2015)
Suez SA (formerly Suez Environnement) is a France, French-based Public utility, utility company which operates largely in the Water management, water and waste management sectors. The company has its head office in La Défense, Paris.Legal notice " Suez Environnement. Retrieved on 7 July 2010. In 2015, all the group's brands became SUEZ. History Formerly an operating division of Suez (company, 1997–2008), Suez, the company was Corporate spin-off, spun out as a stand-alone entity as part of the merger to form Engie, GDF Suez (now Engie) on 22 July 2008. Engie remained the largest shareholder of the company with a 35% stake. On the stock market, Suez Environnement's share jumped 40% in value on its first day. In April 2014 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macquarie Group
Macquarie Group Limited (), more commonly known as Macquarie Bank, is an Australian multinational investment banking and financial services group headquartered in Sydney and listed on the ASX (). Macquarie's investment banking division is Australia's top-ranked mergers and acquisitions adviser with more than in assets under management and is one of the world's largest infrastructure asset manager. Macquarie Bank's customers have an overall net wealth per capita of (as of March 2024) making them amongst the wealthiest in Australia. The company employs more than 20,000 staff across four operating groups in 34 markets. History Hill Samuel Australia Macquarie was founded on 10 December 1969 as Hill Samuel Australia Limited (HSA), a subsidiary of the UK's Hill Samuel & Co. Limited. The group's logo is a stylised version of the holey dollar, Australia's first coinage which was designed by Governor Macquarie. Australian businessman Stan Owens compiled a proposal for Hill S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Degrémont
Degrémont is a company specializing in the production of drinking water, and in the treatment of sewage and sludge. After starting as a family business in France in 1939, it has since become a subsidiary of Suez Environment, employing 4,600 people in 70 countries, and generating annual revenues of €1.520 billion (2010 figures). History Founded by Gilbert Degrémont in 1939 on the outskirts of Paris, as a follow-up of his father Emille Degrémont's water treatment company established 1904 at Le Cateau-Cambrésis, the Degrémont company soon entered the international market, with contracts in countries such as Egypt, Iran, Indonesia and Peru. In 1972, the company merged with SGEA to become Lyonnaise des Eaux, which later became part of the Suez Group. Today, it is a subsidiary of Suez Environment and has operations worldwide. Gilbert Degrémont’s grandfather, Adalbert, had already set up a mechanical engineering plant in the North of France in 1870, which was converted by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veolia Environmental
Veolia Environnement S.A., branded as Veolia, is a French transnational company with activities in three main service and utility areas traditionally managed by public authorities – water management, waste management and energy services. In 2023, Veolia employed 218,000 employees in 57 countries. Its revenue in that year was recorded at €45.351 billion. It is quoted on Euronext Paris. It is headquartered in Aubervilliers. Prior to 1998, Veolia was known as Compagnie Générale des Eaux. Between 1998 and 2003, the company was known as Vivendi Environnement, having been spun off from the Vivendi conglomerate, most of the rest of which became Vivendi. In 2014, following a major restructuring, the company adopted the unaccompanied Veolia name across its businesses. At the end of 2020, Veolia took over 29.9% of its competitor Suez with the aim of creating a world leader in ecological transformation, a merger whose terms were signed in May 2021. In July 2022, Estelle Brachli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holland Group
The John Holland Group is an infrastructure, building, rail and transport business operating in Australia and New Zealand. Headquartered in Melbourne, it is a subsidiary of China Communications Construction. History The company was founded in 1949 by John Holland. In 1991 the business was purchased by Janet Holmes à Court's Heytesbury Pty Ltd. In 2000, Leighton Holdings bought a 70% stake in the company, this was increased to 99% in 2004 and 100% in December 2007. In December 2002, the construction assets of Transfield Holdings were acquired. In November 2012, John Holland Tunnelling was awarded the International Tunnelling Contractor of the Year, for the Northern Sewerage Project in Melbourne. In December 2014, Leighton Holdings agreed terms with China Communications Construction to sell John Holland. The transaction was completed in April 2015 after the federal government approved the sale. Major projects Major projects include: Transport As part of the consortiu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suez (company, 2016)
Suez (, , , ) is a seaport city with a population of about 800,000 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal. It is the capital and largest city of the Suez Governorate. It has three ports: the Suez Port (Port Tewfik), al-Adabiya, and al-Zaytiya, and extensive port facilities. Together, the three cities form the Suez metropolitan area, located mostly in Africa with a small portion in Asia. Railway lines and highways connect the city with Cairo, Port Said, and Ismailia. Suez has a petrochemical plant, and its oil refineries have pipelines carrying the finished product to Cairo. These are represented in the flag of the governorate: the blue background refers to the sea, the gear refers to Suez's status as an industrial governorate, and the flame refers to the petroleum firms of Suez. The modern city of Suez is a successor of the ancient city of Clysma, a major Red Sea port and a center of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenthompson
Glenthompson is a town in the Australian state of Victoria. It lies on the Glenelg Highway between Hamilton and Ballarat, close to the Grampian mountain range. At the 2016 census, Glenthompson and the surrounding area had a population of 234. Its most notable landmark is the tall brickworks chimney that is also the symbol of the town's main industry for a period of time, as it provided bricks for regional buildings constructed in the post-war era. The brickworks is now closed but people can arrange a tour by appointment. History Originally, a small township named Yuppeckiar was built approximately five kilometres away, but it was moved to the present site of Glenthompson because of the construction of the railway linking Ballarat and Hamilton. The Post Office opened on November 1, 1866 as Glenthompson, was known for some months in 1872 as Yuppeckiar before reverting to Glenthompson. Pastoral settlement in the Glenthompson district began in 1848, and the subdivision of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Restrictions
An outdoor water-use restriction is a ban or other lesser restrictions put into effect that restricts the outdoor use of water supplies. Often called a watering ban or hosepipe ban, it can affect: *irrigation of lawns * car washing *recreational uses such as filling swimming pools and using water slides *planting of grass or control of the types of grass planted * hosing down pavement areas Such bans may be put in place by local governments, a state government or water supplier. In the latter case, local authorities often still can enact more restrictive measures. Such a ban is usually enacted during droughts, to preserve water for essential uses such as drinking and flushing toilets, as well as for firefighting. If there is a water main break, or a problem with a water tower or other reservoir, a ban may be enacted on a very local and temporary basis. Bans that control water and plant uses can be permanent. Greywater recycling is becoming a necessity due to shortages in f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geelong, Victoria
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victoria), Barwon River, about southwest of Melbourne. With an estimated population of 282,809 in 2023, Geelong is the second-largest city in the state of Victoria. It is the administrative centre for the City of Greater Geelong municipality, which is Port Phillip's only regional metropolitan area, and covers all the urban, rural and coastal reserves around the city including the entire Bellarine Peninsula and running from the plains of Lara, Victoria, Lara in the north to the rolling hills of Waurn Ponds to the south, with Corio Bay to the east and the Barrabool Hills to the west. The traditional owners of the land on which Geelong sits are the Wadawurrung (also known as Wathaurong) Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people of the Kulin natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
