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In Victoria, Australia, in the midst of our worst drought in a hundred years, Coca Cola-Amital has been paying a measly 5c a gigalitre for the water they resell at exorbitant rates.
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Previous tenders in January and March attracted considerable interest from irrigators, with the 60 gigalitre limit placed on purchases from NSW already reached.
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In brief, I believe the capital cost of the plant will amount to $600 million a year before even one gigalitre of water is produced.
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The authority had controversially proposed returning 3000 to 4000 gigalitres of water one gigalitre is one billion litres to the stressed river system each year.
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The report says up to $5 billion extra dollars will be needed to pay for the 4000 gigalitre target outlined in the contentious MDBA plan, with a minimum of $1.6 billion for 3000
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In brief, I believe the capital cost of the plant will amount to $600 million a year before even one gigalitre of water is produced.
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Mr Williams said SA was only likely to get whatever water NSW irrigators could not use quickly enough to prevent storage levels in the Menindee Lakes reaching a 640 gigalitre release trigger.
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Water flowing into the system in the three years to March totalled 5160 gigalitres, less than half the previous 11,300 gigalitre minimum during the 1943-46 drought, according to the authority's update.
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Water flowing into the system in the three years to March totalled 5160 gigalitres, less than half the previous 11,300 gigalitre minimum during the 1943-46 drought, according to the authority's update.
Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming RSS Newsfeed 2009
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It reminded me of an old banger with a 500 gigalitre engine hidden beneath it - looks ropey, but performs in a way that makes you instantly love and trust it.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
Logophile77 commented on the word gigalitre
One billion litres.
November 29, 2017