Can someone explain to me why the UK hasn't built 2 or 3 desalination plants for water usage, the money that has been wasted on things like The high speed rail link, in Lanzarote there is no water problems as the reservoir is the Atlantic which is continuing to rise, and my current water bill is about 20 euros a month

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If the water companies invested in repairing the existing reservoirs it would go a long way to solving our water shortages by stopping 25% of the water leaking away

I set up a power and desalination business in Saudi Arabia. The power demand is huge and not cost effective in most locations. The resultant water is poor quality. Better to build extra storage and a better grid. It is still way too leaky.

Note that the Thames plant is for brackish not salt water.

Edited by Mapletree (08 Aug 2022 9.15am)

Is the correct answer. We don't have a water shortage we do have a storage and leakage problem.

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We don't have any natural water in Lanzarote, so it all comes from desalinated ocean water. It's high in minerals and can be pretty heavy in chlorine. It's normally safe to drink, but doesn't taste great. We all use it to cook with and brush our teeth, but almost everyone here uses bottled water for drinking.

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Been my mantra for years.

Not about water however.

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