Re: UK water supplies?
Originally Posted by
Percy Vere
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Besoeker is correct. To build a desalination plant is really only financially viable in desert regions like Saudi Arabia. In any case, do you really want to drink water that still tastes a little salty?
It doesn't taste salty at all.
Every time we get a drought they turn on the desal plant and a few cents is added to our water bill, it then rains and the dams fill up so the desal is turned off for a few years.
The Pricing commission has now approved a new pricing regime. From 1 July 2020 the price of water will depend on dam levels. While dam levels are above 60%, the price is $2.35 per kilolitre but if dam levels fall below 60%, this price will rise to $3.18 per kilolitre.
The standing charge has been reduced so the water bills have been reduced while the dams are above 60%.
During the millennium drought the price of water was 98c a kilolitre
I have 5000litres of tank water on my property collected from the roof of my house, rarely use it.
A big problem in this country is the "Yuck" factor, unlike Europe, people will not accept recycled water it can only be used in industrial settings. God knows how many mega litres of storm water just gets dumped into the sea every time it rains - again unlike Europe our storm water and sewerage are kept separate.