Australian Desalination Plant Onstream

The Australian state of Queensland has commissioned the Tugun Desalination plant, which was built at a cost of A$1.2bn ($1.16bn).

The 125,000m³ per day seawater reverse-osmosis plant is part of the South East Queensland Water Grid, which will make the region drought-proof.

The desalination plant was constructed by the Gold Coast Desalination Alliance, comprising John Holland, Veolia Water and Queensland state government agency WaterSecure.

The construction of the plant and South East Water Grid started in 2007, according to brisbanetimes.com.