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)

So sad what Mondelez has done to Dairy Milk.

What did they do?

Being diabetic I can't eat the bloody thing.

Perhaps the 10 million extra people added to the population might be a reason why water is rationed every other year.

Just a glimpse into our future.

Water companies would charge their customers higher prices if they start major work on improving the situation.
The government needs to take action now to avoid permanent water shortages.

Does anyone believe they will?

Public ownership of water was high on Jeremy Corbyns list and the reason is that it has been the worst privatisation of all.

No wonder 83% in recent polls support re-nationalisation of the water industry, it is more like the mafia than a public service.

A vital resource, held for the common good, turned into a money-making machine for the few, often foreign/absent owners lining their pockets with taxpayers money.

The idea that private companies would be adequate stewards of the environment has been out of the window for years, their interest is only in profit, not public service.

You are only proving my point.

They are for private gain, not public service.

Try walking in their product.

Over 50 billions of public money has disappeared into their coffers since 1989.