Desal...are we just sucking in what we just pumped out...surely there is an easier way?

just in case you missed the media frenzy about desalination a year or so ago this article 'Desalination: take the plunge?' on the ABC website gives a great all round picture of the debate.

Basically: it makes clean water! as much as you want.....for the small price of AD$2 bil and 906 gigawatt hours of electricity a year, and some major ecological threats to marine life, wetlands and ocean water quality. ...

So an interesting one, and it seems an idea which currently is just quietly slipping under the doors of public discussion.

The Sydney Water website informs that as of the 25 of May a preferred tender for the construction of the pipeline to carry desalinated water from Kurnell across Botany Bay has been established. Furthermore, as of the 23 May works have begun on site at Kurnell, in preparation for the planning approval expected to be received in July 07!!!!!!

Riiiight, all that protesting on the part of the local residents and the Councils' disapproval was some what ignored!...for all the Sydney Water style detail on the proposed plans for the Desal check out their sea water to drinking water fact sheet ...it has some great pics of how close the inlet pipe is to the Potters Point Outlet. !!