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Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?

  • Written by Ian Wright, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
Cities turn to desalination for water security, but at what cost?The largest desalination plant in Australia, Victoria's A$3.5 billion 'water factory' can supply nearly a third of Melbourne's needs.Nils Versemann/Shutterstock

This is the first of two articles looking at the increasing reliance of Australian cities on desalination to supply drinking water, with less emphasis on alternatives such as recycling and...

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