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The Victorian Desalination Plant〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.aquasure.com.au/desalination-plant )〕 (also referred to as the Victorian Desalination Project or Wonthaggi desalination plant) is a water desalination plant in Dalyston, on the Bass Coast in southern Victoria, Australia, completed in December 2012. The plant is an integral part of Victoria's water system, supplying water via a series of existing and proposed pipelines. As a rainfall-independent source of water it complements Victoria's existing drainage basins. It is a useful resource in times of drought. Booked tours are run and plans are underway for Aquasure to open to the public. The gates open daily for public access to the park and of walking, horse riding and cycling tracks. The plant is located next to Williamsons Beach and the Wonthaggi Wind Farm, Wonthaggi. The intake pipes for the desalination plant are located over out to sea. The desalination plant was promoted through the late 2000s in response to the water restrictions and population growth as being part of the Victorian Government's ''"Our Water, Our Future"'' water plan. Marketing material was via print, digital and television advertisements, and included other associated projects such as the North-South Pipeline, the Cardinia Pipeline and a proposed interconnector to Geelong. The plant site is about inland and associated infrastructure includes tunnels connecting the plant to marine intake and discharge structures up to out to sea, an pipeline to connect the plant to Melbourne's water supply system, and power supply infrastructure for the plant. The plant provides up to of additional water per year, with the potential to expand production to per year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work = Melbourne Water )〕 The project encountered a campaign of opposition from community groups and local residents, and the Australian Greens. Regular public rallies were conducted on the site and in Melbourne after its proposal. One community group ''Your Water, Your Say'' was sent bankrupt following a lost legal case after the group pursued the Victorian Government over lack of reports and consultation. The case centred on initial water requirement figures, feasibility studies and environmental effects reports amongst other issues. More recently, a new opposition group ''Watershed Victoria'', has continued the opposition campaign. Full production capacity was achieved by the end of 2012, however due to Melbourne's reservoirs being over 80% full the plant was immediately put into standby mode. ==Background and project history== The disbanding of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works in 1992 transferred control over the planning process regarding major water and sewerage construction projects to developers. This process came under increased criticism during initial feasibility studies and assessments of Melbourne's water supply and the desalination plant.〔''The Age'', 25 September 2008, "Water policy is based on flawed figures", Kenneth Davidson〕 By June 2007, the Victorian Government released its water management strategy marketed as ''Our Water Our Future''. As part of the plan, the government announced its intention to develop a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to "augment Melbourne's water supply, as well as other regional supply systems."〔http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/34469/Desalination_Plant_EES_Inquiry_Report.pdf〕 The total average inflow into Melbourne dams from 1913 to 1996 was per year, whilst average inflow 1997–2009, during the most severe drought ever recorded in Victoria, was per year.〔(Melbourne Water, Annual inflow chart )〕 Rapid population growth also put pressure on reserves. Reserves in the state's water storage dams decreased from 1998 to 2007 to around a third of maximum capacity.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Answers to your questions on storage levels )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Melbourne Water )〕 Consequently, water restrictions have been in place for several years. Increased Winter-Spring rains since 2007 took water storages above 40%.〔(Melbourne Water water storage graph 1997–2010 )〕 In early September 2010, many regions around the state flooded for the first time since the drought began in the late 1990s, water inflow continued into Melbourne's reservoirs defining the end of the drought in Victoria.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victorian Desalination Plant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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