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Originally Posted by mertle

I think this where UK could be world leader if we can crack a solution to water needs with turn sea water into drinking water. Even waste water in cheap eficient way. We could sell technology or better earn money from patents.

Unfortunately we are well behind the curve with respect to desalination plants

According to the International Desalination Association, in 2009 14,451 desalination plants operated worldwide, producing 59.9e6 cubic metres (2.12×109 cu ft) per day, a year on year increase of 12.3%.[4] It was 68 million in 2010, and expected to hit 120 million by 2020, some 40 million is planned for the Middle East.[5] The world's largest desalination plant is the Jebel Ali Desalination Plant (Phase 2) in the United Arab Emirates.