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100 1 _aMylius, Andrew
245 0 0 _aThames' desalination plant enters choppy waters
260 _c2006
490 0 _aNew Civil Engineer
_v(1629) 29 June 2006, 14-15(2)
520 _aLooks at Thames Water's proposals to build a desalination plant on the Thames estuary, which would use a reverse osmosis process. The plant is being opposed by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, who argues that the company should instead curb leakages, harvest rainwater, and look at the reuse and purification of outflow from wastewater treatment plants. There are also concerns that the plant will contribute to global warming. Contains graphs, maps and tables.
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651 4 _aLONDON
690 _aENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND CONSULTANCY-WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
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