Last week members attended a tour of the Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale in lieu of our normal Club meeting at the Royal Coach Motor Inn.
The tour started with a look at the visitor centre and a presentation on the background, building of the desalination plant and the desalination process.
As the site is rather large, we were then taken by mini bus to the main processing area and shown where the transformation process takes place. Put simply, the process of extracting the salt and producing ‘clean water’ is done by reverse osmosis, which is done under high pressure.
The following is a quote from the SA Water website:
“SA Water's largest desalination plant is the Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADP) at Lonsdale. The plant was built to provide long-term water security for South Australia. The plant has been delivering drinking water since 2011.
How much water can the Adelaide Desalination Plant supply?
In full operation, the plant is capable of delivering 100 gigalitres (GL) per year. This is about half of Adelaide's annual water needs.
The plant's water production capacity is extremely flexible. The output of the plant can be as low as 10% or as high as 100% (in 10% increments).
The ADP's water production can:
Increase or decrease in response to customer demand
Increase in times of drought
Decrease when the state experiences high rainfall
Meet sudden need requirements in times of emergency
How much water is it currently producing?
Water production to date (to end of October 2016) = approximately 134 billion litres
Water production for last month (October 2016) = 469 million litres
How does the plant reduce environmental impact?
Minimising the environmental impact of the plant is very important. A sustainable design was used to reduce its carbon footprint. The plant has one of the smallest carbon footprints of any desalination plant in the world. Some of the ways we reduce our environmental impact include:
Using energy from renewable sources
Harvesting rainwater on-site for use within the plant
Capturing stormwater and surface water run-off in local wetlands. This process naturally cleans the water before it goes back out to sea
Encouraging local plants and animals to return to the site through revegetation.
Along with other government and community groups, we also help to protect Gulf St Vincent.
We have been monitoring Gulf St Vincent since 2008, before the plant was built. This means we have a benchmark against which to monitor conditions in the Gulf.
Returning salt into the sea
The ADP produces saline concentrate as one of the by-products of the desalination process. This concentrate is put back into the ocean using a series of special diffusers.
The diffusers sit about 1 km off-shore and are designed to rapidly mix the concentrate with sea water to properly dilute it. The other important role of the diffusers is to help keep the salinity levels consistent in the Gulf St Vincent.
We make sure the marine environment in the gulf is constantly monitored. This gives us real-time data on water temperature, salinity and the speed of the currents. We are committed to making sure the plant has minimal impact on the marine environment.
The intake system used on the desalination plant was designed to reduce the speed of the water. Doing this minimises the risk of any marine life getting caught in the water intake.
This video was taken in 2013 by our marine biologist while diving near the diffusers. It shows you the fish and marine life that have made the area around the diffusers home.”
At the end of the tour, members went to the Boatshed Café at Hallett Cove for a cup of coffee and a chat.
Our thanks to John Wotherspoon, who organised the tour and coffee visit for us.
Thought for the week, in anticipation of the planning meeting next week:
“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” Jim Rohn
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2. Training News
Transformational Change: The Journey So Far
Working Together to Increase Membership
There are some great stories to tell in D9500 where clubs are focusing on attracting and engaging members!
Rotarians are encouraged to take up the opportunity to hear many of these stories at Membership Summit 2, to be held on Saturday November 19 from 9.00 am to 12.30 pm at St Michael’s College
(PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE). The format will be very interactive and two of the Pilot Project Clubs will share their story as part of the morning. Membership Summit 2 will be a bonus for those
who came to Summit 1 and very worthwhile for those who did not!
Register NOW on: http://e.mybookingmanager.com/membershipsummit2
Email: mdorring@bigpond.net.au
PDG Marie Dorrington
D9500 Learning & Development Team Leader
3. RI Convention: 2017 - Atlanta
The Rotary International Convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 10-14 June 2017. It will be a celebration of The Rotary Foundation's 100th Anniversary.
Register before 15 December for extra savings.
4. ShelterBox - Haiti - one month on
Hurricane Matthew wrought widespread destruction and loss of life during its journey across the Atlantic and Caribbean, including parts of Haiti, Cuba, Dominican Republic and Lucayan Archipelago, the SE United States, and the Canadian Maritimes. Over 1,600 deaths have been attributed to the
storm, making it the deadliest Atlantic hurricane in more than a decade.
As soon as the airports re-opened, a ShelterBox response team from the UK, US, Germany and Canada arrived in Haiti, some of whom had experience of the 2010 earthquake response. The team’s geographical focus has been on the hard to reach areas in the Sud-department around Porta-Piment and Chardonnieres, with Les Cayesharbour as one of the delivery points for seaborne aid.
The team’s emphasis will be on the distribution of thousands of shelter kits, allowing the weatherproofing and repair of damaged homes. ShelterBox tents were found to be ideal for use as clinical space, to provide shelter and privacy for patients of the overstretched healthcare facilities.
ShelterBox is also providing solar lighting for families where power is down, and mosquito nets, via its Rotary contacts. Water filters will also be in the country soon to guard against the spread of waterborne disease.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
17 November 2016
24 November 2016
1 December 2016
Chairperson
Barry Grear
Richard Jarrett
John Wotherspoon
Attendance
Graham Smith
David Rowe
John Karran
Attendance
Miriam Silva
Fred Field
John Campbell
Hosting
Yvette Reade
Terry Rodoni
Andrew Black
Furniture
Carolyn Wigg
David Riggall
Graham Smith
Furniture
John Campbell
Deborah Wotherspoon
Di Casey
Invocation
Richard Jarrett
John Wotherspoon
Angus Tuck
Bottles/cans
Graham Smith
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Rotaract roster
Not required
Not required
Not required
Bread roster
20/11 Richard Jarrett/
Dean Sullivan
27/11 David Riggall/
Terry Rodoni
4/12 Graham Smith/
David Rowe
Member's Corner
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Church, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Church: Sundays, 5.30pm at Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders St (Park via boom gate in Flinders St. from 5pm). Bread: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:45pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
An Antartian boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny, silver walls that could move apart and back together again.
The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] responded "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is."
While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles of lights with numbers above the walls light up. They continued to watch the circles light up in the reverse direction. The walls opened up again and a beautiful 24-year-old woman stepped out.
