GOING GREEN: WATER IN AUSTRALIA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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