Desaln8 News

Current Trial Sites Posted: March 2007

Desaln8 has recently completed a successful  trial of the prototype ISD system in the Swan Valley in Western Australia, as part of a research project funded by Land and Water Australia. Details include:

• Provision of high quality (TDS 200mg/L) water from brackish (TDS 3500mg/L) confined groundwater which had high concentrations of iron (over 20mg/L)
• Over 500KL of potable quality water produced during testing between  November 2006 and March 2007
• Slight rise in salinity of the native groundwater in a monitoring bore located 6m directly down gradient from the ISD bore indicates  concentrate return has minimal impact on the overall groundwater system

 

Find out more about the Swan Valley trial
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Additional Beta Trials Posted: March 2007

Desaln8 is also negotiating with regulatory agencies and potential clients to carry out up to 8 additional Beta model ISD trials throughout Australia over the next 18 months.

Swan Valley Trial SitePosted: March 2007

Inflatable packer ready for installation in the ISD bore. >

Upper part of the RO treatment vessel showing the top flange which attaches to the end plate of the pump housing/feed and permeate lines. >

Pump housing with feed and permeate lines. >

ISD bore 'headworks', showing PVC casing (just visible above ground), steel outer casing on wooden plattens, slip plate from which the ISD system is suspended in the bore, and permeate line and adaptor for the flexible polytube taking permeate to the 9m3 holding tank. The small diameter tubes are Nylon pressure tubing for packer inflation, for pressure measurement and sampling from inlet and outlet to the treatment vessel, and the orange cable is the pump power supply. >