To make fresh, clean drinking water from seawater, Sydney Desalination Plant uses reverse osmosis technology. Water from the Plant is monitored and treated throughout the entire process to meet Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, which makes it among the best in the world.
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Desalination is a process that removes dissolved salts from:
Seawater desalination is how we remove salt and impurities from seawater to produce drinking water. Our desalination plants use a reverse osmosis process. Seawater is pumped into the desalination plant from the Indian Ocean and passes through pre-treatment filtration to remove most particles.
This fact sheet describes and evaluates desalinated water as a watersource option for towns and cities in NSW.