Archive for June 30th, 2009
Water Footprint of Bioenergy
The water footprint of bioenergy is large compared with other forms of energy, with one litre of biofuel costing between 1,400 and 20,000 litres of water, according to a journal paper.
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Victoria’s Water Policy ’shambolic’
An article in The Age newspaper says that the Australian State of Victoria is locked into a billion dollar water pipeline which can’t deliver much if any water without causing major downstream problems to the Murray river and may not be able to build its desalination plant due to the failure of Suez and Veolia to secure funding. Meanwhile rainwater, greywater and other practical recycling schemes are ‘being closed off’.
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