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An update on those Australian Desal water plants...

New South Wales desalination plant deal to cost consumers $10 billion over 50 years - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Sydney's privatised desalination plant, which is costing residents more than $500,000 a day to keep on standby, will not be needed for at least another four or five years.

The sale of the plant last year to a private company for $2.3 billion means residents are locked into paying about $10 billion in fees for the next 50 years, whether the plant is operating or not.

Not one drop of water has come out of the Kurnell facility since it stopped operating more than a year ago.

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Sydney Water says the sale has had no impact on water bills.

"Customers are probably paying around $100 a year for the desalination plant as part of their bill," Mr Young said.