Australia's continuing water scarcity issues are seeing recycling and desalination gain focus as alternatives for Australian consumers and industry.
Veolia Water has unmatched international and local experience in providing expertise, ongoing research and development, operational and management support for both recycling and desalination and their associated technologies.
Bolivar DAFF Plant
Bolivar Dissolved Air Flotation Filtration (DAFF) Plant
Commissioned in 1999, the $30 million Dissolved Air Flotation Filtration (DAFF) plant can treat up to 150 million litres per day of high quality effluent suitable for spray irrigation of horticulture, including crops eaten raw.
The plant was the first in Australia to apply a traditional water treatment process to wastewater on a large scale. Designed by an Alliance of United Water, (95% owned by Veolia Water), Thames Water Asia-Pacific and Kinhill Engineers, it was awarded an Engineering Excellence Award by the Institution of Engineers (SA).
The plant is managed, maintained and operated by United Water in accordance with international standards ISO 9001 and environmental standards 14001.
World's Largest Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination Plant
In December 2005 Veolia Water announced the start up of the Ashkelon Seawater Desalination Plant, south of Tel Aviv (Israel).
With a daily production capacity of 320 ML/d of drinking water, it is the world's largest desalination plant using reverse osmosis technology.