Australia’s growing desal dependence

A new report outlines just how much Australia is willing to spend in order to fuel its growing dependence on desalination. The advent of a carbon offset tax will add an extra dimension.

Australia’s National Water Commission has just released a new publication – Emerging Trends in Desalination: a Review. Compiled by the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology at the University of New South Wales, the report summarises the current status of desalination on a global scale, and compares the economics, as well as the social and economic impacts of desalination ...

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