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Tag: Desalination

Idle desalination plants built by Labor cost $1bn

September 12, 2015 smarterwater

Four desalination plants built by former state Labor governments that have since been mothballed will cost taxpayers nearly $1 billion this…

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Filed under: Australia, Desalination, Drought, Environment, Ocean, Sustainability, Water, Water Policy

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Seawater desal is…

“unlikely to be a major part of California’s water supply portfolio due to its high cost of operation, the availability of other sources of water (such as recycled wastewater), its high energy use and the resulting high levels of greenhouse gas emissions, and siting difficulties given the fragility and importance of California’s coastal ecosystems.”  Water in the West, Stanford University, 2016.

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