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The ‘yuck factor’ pushes a premier towards desalination yet again, but history suggests recycled water’s time has come

Margaret Cook, University of the Sunshine Coast; Andrea Gaynor, The University of Western Australia; Lionel Frost, Monash University; Peter Spearritt, The University of Queensland, and Ruth Morgan, Australian National University

Australian politicians have a history of opting for high-cost, high-emissions desalination projects. The Queensland government is still wary of using the largely untapped resource of recycled water.

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