Comments on: Desalination in Kwinana http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/ musings of the lazyst environmentalyst Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:49:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Desalination http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1876 Desalination Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:55:47 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1876 Great news for Kwinana. Also, cheaper and more effective means for desalination are starting to sprout. Great news for Kwinana. Also, cheaper and more effective means for desalination are starting to sprout.

]]> By: Desalination in Cockburn Sound « Ockham’s Razor http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1852 Desalination in Cockburn Sound « Ockham’s Razor Tue, 13 May 2008 07:55:31 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1852 [...] May 2008 by ClareSnow A month ago the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant in outer suburban Kwinana had to cut its production (from 130 million litres of drinking water a [...] [...] May 2008 by ClareSnow A month ago the Perth Seawater Desalination Plant in outer suburban Kwinana had to cut its production (from 130 million litres of drinking water a [...]

]]> By: Margaret Nally http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1842 Margaret Nally Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:52:09 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1842 Did we hear correctly in NSW that WA is having pollution problems with their desalination?? Do we really need 'unrestricted' sprinklers?? City people use far too much water. City children think milk comes from a refrigerator & water comes from a tap. Two generations have grown up thinking all our resources are endless When I came to Australia 50 years ago, I could not believe how many people thought their concrete would grow if they hosed it continually - it was a morning ritual to hose 'out front' & have a chat to the neighbours while water was pouring everywhere. Did we hear correctly in NSW that WA is having pollution problems with their desalination??

Do we really need ‘unrestricted’ sprinklers?? City people use far too much water. City children think milk comes from a refrigerator & water comes from a tap. Two generations have grown up thinking all our resources are endless

When I came to Australia 50 years ago, I could not believe how many people thought their concrete would grow if they hosed it continually – it was a morning ritual to hose ‘out front’ & have a chat to the neighbours while water was pouring everywhere.

]]> By: Cheap Coal for Sure (CCS) « Ockham’s Razor http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1837 Cheap Coal for Sure (CCS) « Ockham’s Razor Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:11:08 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-1837 [...] farm (good!) near their existing 80MW Emu Downs facility. Part of the electricity from Emu Downs desalinates sea water for Perth consumption (necessary because we waste so much water). In 2004 the WA government signed [...] [...] farm (good!) near their existing 80MW Emu Downs facility. Part of the electricity from Emu Downs desalinates sea water for Perth consumption (necessary because we waste so much water). In 2004 the WA government signed [...]

]]> By: More Desalination? « Ockham’s Razor http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-42 More Desalination? « Ockham’s Razor Thu, 17 May 2007 08:27:39 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-42 [...] 17th, 2007 by ClareCat The Western Australian government is so happy with its water desalination plant in Kwinana, an outer suburb of Perth, that they are planning more plants. This week plans for [...] [...] 17th, 2007 by ClareCat The Western Australian government is so happy with its water desalination plant in Kwinana, an outer suburb of Perth, that they are planning more plants. This week plans for [...]

]]> By: matt http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-34 matt Tue, 01 May 2007 06:30:53 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-34 It's interesting to see this so-called solution being put forward so many times in different parts of the world. The Russians diverted water from the Aral Sea with disastrous results; http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/10000/ It’s interesting to see this so-called solution being put forward so many times in different parts of the world. The Russians diverted water from the Aral Sea with disastrous results;

http://environmentdebate.wordpress.com/2007/04/14/10000/

]]> By: ClareCat http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-33 ClareCat Tue, 01 May 2007 02:42:35 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-33 More "solutions" for providing water to Perth: <a href="http://perth.indymedia.org/index.php?action=newswire&parentview=56748" rel="nofollow">Kimberley pipedream economically stupid and environmentally disastrous</a> =^.^= More “solutions” for providing water to Perth:

Kimberley pipedream economically stupid and environmentally disastrous

=^.^=

]]> By: WATER « The Coffee House http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-31 WATER « The Coffee House Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:45:43 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-31 [...] to this blog the plant’s operations are even powered by a nearby wind [...] [...] to this blog the plant’s operations are even powered by a nearby wind [...]

]]> By: laelaps http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-30 laelaps Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:26:42 +0000 http://elsewear.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/desalination-in-kwinana/#comment-30 This isn't in any way related, but I wanted to say thank you for the addition to your blogroll! I'm adding a link to yours as well and please keep the good posts coming. This isn’t in any way related, but I wanted to say thank you for the addition to your blogroll! I’m adding a link to yours as well and please keep the good posts coming.

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