A-delayed reaction to desal

As Adelaide finally admits it needs desalination, our Australia editor Max Borchardt asks: How many South Australians does it take to work out that the water’s running out?

Recent prompting by the Federal Minister for Water and the Environment, Malcolm Turnbull, has finally persuaded the South Australian Government to announce what outside observers have seen as inevitable. While the state has been seen by many as being slow to take up the desalination opportunities so readily available throughout the country, sources within SA Water are adamant that until ...

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