Aquasure Supports Clean Ocean Foundation Initiative

摘要

AquaSure has expressed its support for the Clean Ocean Foundation's (COF) Operation Sea Eagle (OSE) initiative, which began in March on the Bass Coast. Shadow Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, and members of COF will dive at various sites along the coastline including the Victorian Desalination Plant's intake and outlet structures. AquaSure CEO, Chris Herbert, said that he looked forward to being briefed by the COF on any observations that were made during the dive and that AquaSure had provided information to help COF locate the structures. "Experience from other desalination plants is that the area in which the seawater concentrate is dispersed can undergo some changes including a transition to salt-tolerant species," said Mr Herbert. "Consistent with this, the licence that has been granted to the project by the EPA provides for a mixing zone around the outlet structure. Under the terms of the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters of Victoria), some or all beneficial uses within the mixing zone may not be fully protected," he said.