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Desalination: option or distraction for a thirsty world? (pdf 4.89mb)

This report looks at the costs and benefits of desalination as an option for producing drinking water in Australia.

It also looks at desalination as a potentially dangerous threat to the environment that could lead to a build up of brine, increased greenhouse gas emissions, the destruction of prized coastal areas, and reduced emphasis on conservation of rivers and wetlands.

 

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