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 their overall cost the building of renewable energy sources such as wind farms.

Australia's first working desalination plant was the Kwinana plant in Perth, and was completed in November 2006. A second plant on the Gold Coast began operations in February 2009. The Kurnell Desalination Plant in Sydney was opened on 28 January 2010.

List of desalination plants

In use

Plant	Capacity (per day)	Percent of water supply	Location	Completion
Gold Coast Desalination Plant	125 megalitres	27% of South East Queensland	Queensland (Tugun)	2009
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant	130 megalitres	17% of Perth	Western Australia (Kwinana)	2006
Sydney Desalination Plant	250 megalitres	15% of Sydney	New South Wales (Kurnell)	2010
Victorian Desalination Plant	410 megalitres	33% of Melbourne	Victoria (Wonthaggi)	2012
Southern Seawater Desalination Plant	270 megalitres	20% of Perth	Western Australia (Binningup)	2012
Adelaide Desalination Plant	270 megalitres	50% of Adelaide	South Australia (Port Stanvac)	2012

See also

Plant	Capacity (per day)	Upgradable Capacity (per day)	Location	Notes
Point Paterson Desalination Plant	15 megalitres	(123 upgradable)	South Australia	project canceled
Onslow Desalination Plant	2 megalitres	(Undecided)	Western Australia (Onslow)

See also

• Energy in Australia
• Seawater desalination in Australia