Desalination

Our team brings specialised marine engineering expertise to help identify and shape the most efficient, future‑focused intake and outfall solutions for Australia’s next generation of desalination projects.

While reverse osmosis technologies are now common and well understood, specialist skills are required to identify the site-specific marine risks associated with each plant location. Our specialists focus on performance specifications, material durability, coastal and marine engineering, geotechnical assessments, plume modelling for dredging and brine dispersion, and plant commissioning to ensure cost-effective, reliable, and high-quality outcomes.

In addition to core engineering disciplines, we have in-house marine structures, durability, coastal and geotechnical specialists to assist clients in de-risking the marine solutions that can have significant cost benefits to desalination projects.

“We take accountability for our designs, we’re comfortable in demonstrating the strategic value in solutions.”

Gavin Wearne, Director – Ports & Marine

Key Capabilities

  • Desalination capabilities
    • Material durability assessments and specification in marine environments
    • Marine geotechnical surveys and interpretation
    • Metocean design criteria determination
    • Marine inlet/outfall structural design
    • Dredging, seabed preparation and scour protection
    • Intake and outfall conveyance options – seabed pipeline, sub seabed tunnel, causeway, jetty and channel
  • Desalination plant capabilities
    • Performance specifications
    • Material durability
    • Coastal and marine engineering for inlet/outlet design
    • Geotechnical engineering
    • Plume modelling for dredging and brine dispersion
    • Plant commissioning

Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant (ASDP) – Review

Our marine and structural teams were engaged to conduct an extensive third party review of the proposed inlet and outlet structures.

Desalination Capability Statement

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