Jersey's desalination plant cost £8,000 a day for 77 days, and an expert warns future bills may rise.
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Following heavy rainfall, which boosted reservoir levels, the plant, which runs at a cost of £8,000 a day, has since been deactivated. Prof Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, said desalination was "one element" of dealing with drought, particularly for an island state."There's energy consumption to take the salt out of the water and that's contributing to more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
In Jersey Water's annual report for 2018, it stated: "The relatively low reservoir storage capacity coupled with the reliance of the island on rainfall means that water resources in Jersey are particularly susceptible to periods of drought."
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