Mr Randy.

[Psyber]

Our new De-sal plant seems to be killing our gulf.
While you sit as a king in a life of luxury.
We back in good old SA, are sinking with your decisions as premier.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/more-dead ... 6608492179
Will we be told the truth...?

I think we should wait for some evidence before jumping to conclusions.

I agree we need evidence before jumping to conclusions.
However I was always concerned about the site location, as semi-enclosed waters do not generally assist good heat exchange and by-product dilution.
(As the Torrens Island power station demonstrated in the past.)

We must wonder whether heat output from the plant could have been a factor in any algal bloom that is being blamed.

I did quiz the guys on the propaganda stand at the Royal Show before it was built several times looking for a consensus among them, and eventually got to talk to a senior technician who insisted their research had shown the water circulation was sufficient to dissipate the heat and dilute the brine output.

I was never quite convinced because he ducked some specific questions.

[westcoastpanther]

Our new De-sal plant seems to be killing our gulf.
While you sit as a king in a life of luxury.
We back in good old SA, are sinking with your decisions as premier.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/more-dead ... 6608492179
Will we be told the truth...?

I think we should wait for some evidence before jumping to conclusions.

I agree we need evidence before jumping to conclusions.
However I was always concerned about the site location, as semi-enclosed waters do not generally assist good heat exchange and by-product dilution.
(As the Torrens Island power station demonstrated in the past.)

We must wonder whether heat output from the plant could have been a factor in any algal bloom that is being blamed.
I did quiz the guys on the propaganda stand at the Royal Show before it was built several times looking for a consensus among them, and eventually got to talk to a senior technician who insisted their research had shown the water circulation was sufficient to dissipate the heat and dilute the brine output.

I was never quite convinced because he ducked some specific questions.

Did you read my post? Algal bloom was on the West Coast of SA before yours over there. Myth busted

[Psyber]

Did you read my post? Algal bloom was on the West Coast of SA before yours over there. Myth busted

Must have missed it as I skimmed through - no slight intended.
Are they coincidentally doing anything that may muck up the gulf waters over there?

[Grahaml]

The desal plant could only cause localised issues, not widespread. They're not pumping anything out that isn't there already. It'll just be more concentrated where it gets pumped out.

[Psyber]

The desal plant could only cause localised issues, not widespread. They're not pumping anything out that isn't there already.
It'll just be more concentrated where it gets pumped out.

Agreed.
My concern was whether there was enough flow/current activity to mix the concentrated output and dilute it adequately.
The only other factor I could imagine was some heating effect from the process having an effect if the waters were already a bit warm.
The West Coast incident suggests the shallow waters of the gulfs may have been a bit warmer anyway at the time.
(Unless there is some other factor operating over that way.)

[southee]

Dont care if it is or not caused by the desal plant.....

....I'm happy to blame Randy Mike anyway!!!

[Psyber]

Dont care if it is or not caused by the desal plant.....
....I'm happy to blame Randy Mike anyway!!!

I can't even read Mike Rann's name without thinking about the comment made by an old schoolmate who was a Minister in the Bannon government.
He said: "You could only describe Mike as an 'active member'..."

[southee]

Dont care if it is or not caused by the desal plant.....
....I'm happy to blame Randy Mike anyway!!!

I can't even read Mike Rann's name without thinking abou the comment made by an old schoolmate who was a Minister in the Bannon government.
He said: "You could only describe Mike as an 'active member'..."

[Dog_ger]

The desal plant could only cause localised issues, not widespread. They're not pumping anything out that isn't there already. It'll just be more concentrated where it gets pumped out.

I don't understand you...

They are taking the salt water out and only returning the salt...

Does that not have any effect....

Dead sea...?

If you have a scotch & coke and take out the coke ....?

Is it a scotch and coke?

[tipper]

who drinks coke with their scotch? good scotch is only ruined with coke, and cheap scotch isnt worth drinking. maybe that is your problem

they arent taking out all of the water dogger, just some. yes the salinity level of the returned water is higher than the water already in the gulf, but they are hardly pumping truckloads of dry salt crystals into the gulf.

[Trader]

The desal plant could only cause localised issues, not widespread. They're not pumping anything out that isn't there already. It'll just be more concentrated where it gets pumped out.

I don't understand you...

They are taking the salt water out and only returning the salt...

Does that not have any effect....

Dead sea...?

If you have a scotch & coke and take out the coke ....?

Is it a scotch and coke?

The increase in salinity in the gulf caused by the running of the desal plant for an entire year is less than the increase in salinity as a result of the evaporation in the gulf that occurs on a single 40 degree day.

True story.

Are you concerned with the salinity in the gulf after a 40 degree day? If not, you shouldn't be worried about the desal plant either.

[stan]

The Desal plant has been running for ages Dog_ger ... how come the issue has only just reared it's head?

The longer it runs, the worse it will get.

It will become another dead sea my friend.

Dog_ger, why dont you contact the advertiser and voice your concerns or even today tonight, they need experts like yourself to get in the media and tell us that the gulf will be come another dead sea .

You could work if Frank and chase people around

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

Gulf St. Vincent - 2015

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Better get onto it Dogger.

[Punk Rooster]

The desal plant could only cause localised issues, not widespread. They're not pumping anything out that isn't there already. It'll just be more concentrated where it gets pumped out.

I recall reading/hearing that the gulf has lower than normal salinity levels, due to the amount of fresh water discharging into it (although that may have been seasonal- ie after heavy rains), and that the desal plabt would lessen that impact.
Possibly spin, but that's what I remember- happy to be proven wrong.

[The Sleeping Giant]

Sounds like bullshit to me. Not that much fresh water getting into the gulf in sa.

[Punk Rooster]

Sounds like bullshit to me. Not that much fresh water getting into the gulf in sa.

They did accidentally open the weir one year, reducing the Torrens lake to mud and human remains. ?..

[The Sleeping Giant]

Lol.