Thames Water flicks the switch on UK's first desalination plant

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Flagship £270m plant to supply up to 150 million litres of water a day

Thames Water yesterday cut the ribbon on the UK's first mainland desalination plant, promising that it would provide much-needed backup supply for the " seriously water-stressed" capital in the event of...

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