Members of the public can learn how desalination works at the annual Desal Discovery Centre Open Day at Murdoch University’s Rockingham Campus on Saturday, March 9, from 12 noon to 3pm.

Investment in Australia’s desalination research has reached $39 million in three years, building on the country’s $12 billion investment in six major desal plants between 2004-2013.

Desalination offers drying Australia the best water and food security insurance for the drier, more heavily populated decades ahead, according to one of the country's leading water experts.

The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia (NCEDA) at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus will open its doors to the public for the first time on Saturday, February 25.

Twenty-eight of Australia's top Year 12 science students have visited the new Desal Discovery Centre at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus to learn about desalination.

Murdoch University has presented David Furukawa, Chief Scientific Officer of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination Australia, with an Honorary Professorship.

Australia’s first $5m Desal Discovery Centre and dedicated Desalination Research Facility will be officially opened in Western Australia this Sunday, September 4.

The National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED) at Murdoch University’s Rockingham campus has been officially launched.

Graeme Rowley, former Executive Director of Operations at Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), has been announced as the inaugural Independent Chair of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (NCED), Administered by Murdoch University and based at the university's Rockingham campus.