Desal a drain on energy

Adelaide Advertiser
Monday 31/3/2008 Page: 15

THE State Government is being urged to power Adelaide's desalination plant using renewable energy amid revelations it will be one of the top 10 electricity consumers in South Australia. The State Government has not yet committed to using renewable energy, such as wind and solar, to power the plant. Greens MLC Mark Parnell said the root of the water crisis was climate change. "To make climate change worse in order to create new water is a tragic irony," he said. Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald said the plant was still in the design phase.