Illawarra floated as site for NSW's second desalination plant

Glen Humphries
January 9 2020 - 4:00pm
Seawater from Illawarra beaches could become drinking water if the government goes ahead with early plans to build a desalination plant in the region. Picture: Adam McLean.
Seawater from Illawarra beaches could become drinking water if the government goes ahead with early plans to build a desalination plant in the region. Picture: Adam McLean.

The Illawarra could be the home of the state's second desalination plant.

Glen Humphries

Glen Humphries

Senior journalist

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, state and federal politics, as well as writing for the TV guide. If I'm not writing, I'm reading.

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