A reduction in rainfall and an increase in population means Western Australia needs a new water source. The Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant will be WA’s next major water source. At completion of stage 1 the plant will supply 50 billion litres of clean, safe drinking water to millions of Western Australians each year.
The desalination plant in Alkimos will include:
- A 50 billion litres per year desalination plant within the Alkimos Water Precinct
- An ocean intake pipeline below the seabed that brings seawater into the plant
- An ocean discharge pipeline below the seabed that safely takes brine (salty water) away from the plant
- Built-up, vegetated sand dunes on the western side of Alkimos Water Precinct. We will incorporate this into the existing natural dune system to minimise potential visual and noise impacts from the plant.