More desalination is coming to Australia’s driest states—but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries
From around 1996 to 2010, Australia was gripped by the millennium drought. As water shortages bit hard, most of Australia’s capital cities built large seawater desalination plants—Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Remote towns have also built smaller desalination plants. ⌘ Read more