Irrigating a hot potato
- From: Vol 10, Issue 10 (October 2009)
- Category: Opinion
- Region: Europe
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Ongoing resistance from irrigators means that many of Spain’s new desal plants could end up sitting idle. GWI’s Ray Delagua looks at the problem.
By 2011, Spain’s Socialist government – with generous EU help – will have spent more than €1.3 billion to put 14 large desalination plants on the Mediterranean coast. The casual observer would be forgiven for assuming that, with almost 400,000m3/d of new capacity added this year and a further 600,000m3/d on the way, the Costas’ thirst ...
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