Oct 21
How can we honestly expect to get an honest answer to what desalination would cost us …?
Have a look at the Essential Services Commission’s Issue Papers - “WATER TARIFF STRUCTURES REVIEW”
“… Third, building dams, diverting water from rivers, taking groundwater out of
aquifers, desalinating seawater, transporting water to other locations and using
water can all have significant environmental impacts.9 In perfectly competitive,
markets, marginal costs would include all costs, including environmental costs.
However, in the water industry, marginal cost calculations generally exclude these
costs because of severe estimation difficulties.”
Essential Services Commission’s Issue Papers - “WATER TARIFF STRUCTURES REVIEW” 