Tuesday 21 November 2006

Drinking seawater

Daily Telegraph
Monday 20/11/2006 Page: 6

THE first Australians began to drink seawater yesterday after Perth's $387 million desalination plant opened. The facility, which will eventually produce 130 million litres of water a day, started pumping into the city's supply system.

It will supply 17 per cent of Perth's water when it reaches full capacity in two months.

The plant - powered by electricity generated by a wind farm - is the largest in the southern hemisphere and third largest in the world.

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