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Victorian Desalination Plant
Project Summary
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| Project name | | Victorian Desalination Plant |
| Value | | $5,720 million (NPC as at September 2009) |
| Status | | Service Delivery Commenced |
| Department or agency | | Department of Sustainability and Environment |
| Private sector partner | | AquaSure, consisting of Suez Environnement, Degremont, Thiess and Macquare Capital Group |
| Description | | The Victorian Desalination Project, located in the Wonthaggi region, achieved final commissioning completion on 17 December 2012. The plant is now capable of supplying up to 150 billion litres of water a year to Melbourne, Geelong and via other connections, South Gippsland and Western Port towns.
The project provides for desalinated water to be delivered from the private sector to the State Government owned water authorities, who will in turn deliver this water to households.
The desalination plant is being delivered as a PPP project. The scope of the project includes the construction and operation of the desalination plant, the 84 kilometre transfer pipeline to connect to Melbourne’s existing water supplies, delivery of power supply for the project, operations and maintainence, and the purchase of renewable energy credits.
On 30th July 2009, it was announced that the AquaSure consortium was the successful tenderer for the project. Financial Close was subsequently reached on 2nd September 2009.
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Peter Sammut, General Manager, Capital Projects DSE
Email: Peter Sammut
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Project Summary
Contact the Customer Service Centre 136 186.
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