Technical Tours   Australian YWP Technical Tours An integral part of the Australian YWP program will be the technical tours to be scheduled for the last day of the conference. This year we have organised three fabulous locations; the Tugun Desalinisation Plant , Foster’s brewery at Yatala and the Eco-Sensitive Industrial Park. Eco Industrial Park The Eco Industrial Park is one of Australia’s first and offers an innovative solution for industry to cope with Australia’s increasing water and energy shortages. The four hectare park is not connected to council’s water and sewer systems and uses decentralised small-scale wastewater and water treatment to supply water to its occupants. It uses a variety of water sources such as rainwater for potable water, while it uses storm water and treated wastewater for other purposes on-site. As a result it is able to operate for two years without any rain. The park uses solar power for common area lighting and water pumps, with all industrial buildings made of recycled products. The eco-industrial park is designed to set the benchmark for green industrial developments in Australia. Gold Coast Desalination Plant The Gold Coast Desalination Plant will be the largest desalination plant operating in Queensland once constructed. It will produce over 100 ML/ day of potable water and will provide a bulk water supply that will be part of the solution to secure the South East Queensland region’s future water needs. The cost is expected to be in excess of $1.1 billion to build the plant. In the morning we will visit the Tugun site for a tour of the pilot plant.     Fosters Water Reclamation Plant and Brewery Tour Foster’s Yatala brewery is one of the world’s most efficient breweries in the world. It reduced its hectolitres of water used per hectolitres of beer produced from 4.3 to 2.2. The global best practice is 4-5. The plant currently recycles 60-65% of its water internally to produce 1.5-2 ML/day of reclaimed water. It uses aerobic moving bed biofilm reactor, dissolved air flotation/filtration, microfiltration and reverse osmosis, before reusing it for process water within the factory. Despite doubling their production, the total water intake and discharge has also been reduced. We will have lunch at the brewery followed by the tour to the water reclamation plant and of course the brewery tour, with free beer to follow.