Article: Australia: Final approval for SW desalination plant.

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Conditions attached to approval for the south west desalination plant include protection for whales and turtles. A proposed desalination plant in Western Australia's south west has been given a final go-ahead.

The federal Governnment today issued final approvals for the $1 billion Southern Seawater Desalination plant proposed for Binningup, north of Bunbury.

Strict conditions have been attached to the approval, including a requirement to preserve and revegetate almost 50 hectares of habitat at the site.

Exclusion zones must also be set up during marine construction and a qualified wildlife observer will be required to ...

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