Land size vs water availability (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-06-28 22:42 (#CQ3D) Often there are calls from people abroad to increase the migrant intake for Australia. You have lots of land, they say. Size of a european country or three, they say. Farms bigger than cities. Waste of space, they say. Get more people! Wonderful. Where will the water for these people come from? Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-28 22:59 (#CQ40) There are a couple options: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-09-22/largest-desalination-plant-in-the-hemisphere-to-supply-7-of-san-diegos-water Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-06-29 03:21 (#CQH9) Tell me, where do you think the money to build that would come from? Wouldn't be cheap, and from I hear, the Australian economy is faltering somewhat. Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-29 04:30 (#CQMS) More people coming in means more tax revenue. And when purifying wastewater, you can save money that would otherwise need to be spent on sewage treatment plant upgrades.
Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-28 22:59 (#CQ40) There are a couple options: http://pipedot.org/story/2014-09-22/largest-desalination-plant-in-the-hemisphere-to-supply-7-of-san-diegos-water Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-06-29 03:21 (#CQH9) Tell me, where do you think the money to build that would come from? Wouldn't be cheap, and from I hear, the Australian economy is faltering somewhat. Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-29 04:30 (#CQMS) More people coming in means more tax revenue. And when purifying wastewater, you can save money that would otherwise need to be spent on sewage treatment plant upgrades.
Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on 2015-06-29 03:21 (#CQH9) Tell me, where do you think the money to build that would come from? Wouldn't be cheap, and from I hear, the Australian economy is faltering somewhat. Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-29 04:30 (#CQMS) More people coming in means more tax revenue. And when purifying wastewater, you can save money that would otherwise need to be spent on sewage treatment plant upgrades.
Re: Land size vs water availability (Score: 1) by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2015-06-29 04:30 (#CQMS) More people coming in means more tax revenue. And when purifying wastewater, you can save money that would otherwise need to be spent on sewage treatment plant upgrades.