Work Begins on Southern Seawater Plant Expansion

Southern Seawater has started work on the $500m expansion of its desalination plant in Binningup, Western Australia.

The first stage of the project was completed at a cost of $955m and the plant has started supplying water to the system.

The second stage of the expansion will provide 100 billion litres of drinking water a year when it begins operations in December 2012.

The plant provides drinking water to Perth, Mandurah, Goldfields and towns all the way to Kalgoorlie-Boulder.