Australian Drought Means Recycled Water
February 2, 2007
Drought conditions in Brisbane, Australia, could leave Queensland with the highest percentage of recycled water of any place in the world.
When a recycled water pipeline goes into operation late next year, all that would be left in the water supply if the drought continues is a 50-50 mix of desalinated and recycled water, the chairman of the Ware Commission’s recycled water advisory panel, University of Queensland professor Paul Greenfield, told The Courier-Mail.
It’s a high percentage, but the water is very pure. With the dam levels very low, that’s an inevitability that we have to face, he said.
Recycled and desalinated pipelines are expected to begin pumping water into the area in December of 2008 and January of 2009, respectively.