Desalination Plant

The Associação de Horticultores, Fruticultores e Fluricultores of the municipalities of Odemira and Aljezur conducted a study that proposes the construction of a desalination plant in Odemira (Beja).

By PA/TPN, in Portugal, Alentejo · 04 Feb 2024, 19:31 · 1 Comments

The desalination plant would supply the Perímetro de Rega do Mira, with a capacity for 25 million cubic meters of water/year, in an investment of €200 million.

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Comments

That's very nice; at the moment, irrigation water from the mira basin (Santa Clara reservoir) is sold to farmers at 5 cents per ton. At 10 cents, farming will be unprofitable.
Desalinated water costs around 1 euro per ton.
Who will pay the 95 cents?
Of course households can afford 1 euro, because they only use a few tons per month; so we could sell the desalinated water for domestic use, and divert all the natural water for agriculture at 5 cents, so that fruit and flower exports don't suffer.

By mark Holden from Algarve on 05 Feb 2024, 10:04