Drought-Stricken Aussies Forced To Drink Salt Water
source: http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/parched-aussies-drinking-salt-water/
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As the demand for clean drinking water rapidly increases all over the world, countries are forced to get creative about how they manage their water.
In Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, 10 years of drought has decimated fresh water supplies available on land. As a result, Aussies are turning to the salt water ocean that surrounds them for hope, but success could be costly.
Australia's five largest cities have embarked on a massive $13-billion plan to build desalination plants that can remove the salt from seawater and make it potable...
Keep Reading: http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/parched-aussies-drinking-salt-water...
In Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, 10 years of drought has decimated fresh water supplies available on land. As a result, Aussies are turning to the salt water ocean that surrounds them for hope, but success could be costly.
Australia's five largest cities have embarked on a massive $13-billion plan to build desalination plants that can remove the salt from seawater and make it potable...
Keep Reading: http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/parched-aussies-drinking-salt-water...
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