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Australia: Labor ignored warning over desal plant costs

Age: PIPING recycled sewage to reservoirs in Melbourne's east would be a cheaper and less environmentally damaging solution to the city's water crisis than desalination, the State Government was told two years ago. The conclusion was made in documents prepared for the State Government in 2006, more than a year before it decided to proceed with the $3.1 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant. Written by contractor GHD to assist the Government in formulating its 50-year water strategy, ... Read »
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