THE first seawater flowed into the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant this morning, marking a major milestone in the $450 million expansion project.
Premier Colin Barnett and water minister Bill Marmion were on site to activate the flow of seawater into the facility.
The water will eventually be treated and delivered to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme as drinking water.
“Today we’ve taken another step closer to drought-proofing Perth,” Mr Barnett said.
“When the expanded plant is fully operational we will have the capacity to provide about half of Perth’s water needs via climate-independent desalination.”
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