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Desalination

Reverse osmosis building under construction - September 08
Reverse osmosis building
under construction
- September 08












Reverse osmosis membranes. The desalination plant will use reverse osmosis technology to extract fresh water from seawater. Click the image to view an animation of the desalination process
Reverse osmosis membranes.
Watch the animation
of the desalination process.

With limited and highly variable rainfall in the catchments, the community can no longer rely on dam water storages. To increase the water supply, Sydney Water is building a desalination plant to supply up to 15% of Sydney's drinking water in the summer of 2009-10.

This new water source is important for the future because it is not dependent on rainfall.

A new wind farm is being built at Bungendore to supply the plant with 100% renewable energy.


Learn more about water use, minimisation and demand management.


Please forward your enquiries, complaints and compliments to the desalination project team.
Free call:  1800 685 833 (24 hours)
Email:       desalination@sydneywater.com.au
Post:        Sydney Water Communications Team
                Sydney's Desalination Project
                PO Box 708
                Alexandria NSW 1435