A desalination project at Flemington Racecourse has been chosen as the WateReuse Project of the Year at an international conference in Dallas, USA. It was selected from a string of water reuse projects across the globe including Abu Dhabi, West Africa and Russia. There is an abundant supply of groundwater under the racecourse, but it is too saline to be used directly to water the grass and flowers. Water is also available from the adjacent Maribyrnong River, however the build-up of salt in the water makes it unusable.
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