§ Ms. EagleTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proposals he has to investigate desalination in the United Kingdom on(a) a large scale or (b) a small scale.
§ Mr. MacleanNone. The recent discussion paper by the National Rivers Authority, which has a statutory responsibility for water resources, suggests that desalination is unlikely to offer a cost-effective general means of increasing United Kingdom water supplies. In specific244W
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limited circumstances water suppliers may find it worth pursuing: I understand that the Council of the Isles of Scilly has recently commissioned a desalination plant.