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The Binningup Desalination Plant is a 
desalination plant
Desalination is a process that removes mineral components from saline water. More generally, desalination is the removal of salts and minerals from a substance. One example is soil desalination. This is important for agriculture. It is possible ...
near Binningup, Western Australia
Binningup is a town on the coast of the South West region of Western Australia between Mandurah and Bunbury. At the 2016 census, Binningup had a population of 1,227.
History
Binningup takes its name from "Binningup Beach Estate", a name used ...
, about south of Perth
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The ...
. It supplies water to the state capital Perth, as well as the nearby regional city of Bunbury and is known as the Southern Seawater Desalination Project It was designed to initially deliver of potable water per year but was expanded to deliver of potable water per year, or 33% of Perth's requirements. The plant was officially opened in September 2011 at reduced output, and was completed and operating at full capacity in January 2013.
The site is in Taranto Road, Binningup, about from the coast with most of the plant situated in a now disused limestone quarry. The project includes the laying of a , pipeline to deliver potable water to the South West Integrated System via a storage facility near Harvey. The Harvey facility has one storage tank operational with another one under construction. There is allowance at the site for four storage tanks.
See also
*List of desalination plants in Australia
As a result of the water supply crisis during the severe 1997–2009 drought State governments around Australia began building desalination plants that purify seawater using reverse osmosis technology. Many of these plants have included in th ...
*Reverse osmosis plant
A reverse osmosis plant is a manufacturing plant where the process of reverse osmosis takes place. Reverse osmosis is a common process to purify or desalinate contaminated water by forcing water through a membrane. Water produced by reverse os ...
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External links
* *{{cite news, url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/24/2607675.htm?site=news, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201052134/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/24/2607675.htm?site=news, url-status=dead, archive-date=1 December 2010, title=Final approval for SW desalination plant, work=ABC News, date=2009-06-24 Science and technology in Western Australia Desalination plants in Australia Water supply and sanitation in Western Australia Shire of Harvey