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Britain’s only desalination plant remains idle during drought

Water flow in the river Thames has dropped low enough to warrant the use of England’s only large-scale desalination plant, but it hasn’t been switched on at all this year

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By Madeleine Cuff

17 August 2026|1 min read|New Scientist
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