Victorian desalination plant

Plans to build a desalination plant in Victoria, Australia, were announced by the Brack's Labor government^[1]

Information about the plant

Household water bills are expected to double over the next five years to pay for a $4.9 billion water strategy to secure Melbourne's water supplies
Estimated water production is 150 billion litres (150 gigalitres) of fresh water per year
The plant is planned to be operations by the end of 2011
It is intended that the plant will provide additional water to Melbourne, Geelong, Western Port and South Gippsland.
The plant is estimated to use about 90 mega watts (MW) of power per day. While a commitment was made to use renewable energy to power the plant in an attempt to make it greenhouse neutral, it is possible the plant will be powered by a co-located gas fired power station.
The plant is expected to emit 200 million tonnes of brine to the ocean.
The plant will be constructed using a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and could end up being foreign owned.