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GOING GREEN: WATER IN AUSTRALIA
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Fast Facts
• Australia is the Earth's driest inhabited continent• Many areas have water restrictions unless situated
near great bodies of water• Each region has their own set of water restriction
stages
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Various Water Restrictions
Most regions have their own water restrictions that become stricter depending on severity, they may include:
• Limited to restricted vehicle washing• Alternate days for lawn watering – can be forbidden at higher stages• Swimming pools may not be able to be filled or topped off• Hosing hard surfaces can be banned
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Household Conservation Efforts
• 79% of households took at least one step towards saving water inside or outside the home in the past 12 months
• 54% took steps to save water in the garden (down from 62% in 2010)• 42% used mulch to save water in their gardens• 2.3 households used a rainwater tank as a source of water in 2013• South Australia has the highest percentage of rainwater tank users at
34%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Territory Conservation Efforts
South Australia Water contracted UGL to work on a water treatment plant for the delivery of higher quality filtered drinking water throughout the Murrylands and Riverland regions.
What They Needed:• 9 water treatment plants• 6 pipelines to deliver water to Adelaide & Barossa Valley
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The Work Involved
UGL Limited needed to address the following in order to get the treatment plants operational:
• Demolition• Excavation works• Earth works• Pipeline laying• Structure construction• Erection of security fences, sheds
& transportable buildings
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Major Features
One of the new water treatment plants at Kanmantoo included:
• An elevated raw water tank with a 17k liter capacity
• Treated water tank with 2 million liter capacity
• Sophisticated filtration system• Chemical storage tanks, drying
lagoons & office
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The Benefits
• 17 communities in South Australia are receiving clean, filter water from the Murray River
• Improves available fresh water resources• 11.5 mega liters per day capacity• Raw water is filtered with Ultra Filtration membrane technology