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CONFIDENTIAL

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Subject

Purpose

Part I

Progress Made & Present Position

Next Quarter Targets

(i)

To process the

Decision on

Second Desalter

(CR 10/4576/75)

CR 13/3220/76) CR 1/4691/76)

To establish and follow a secuence of action leading to a decision by December 1977 on whether a feasibility study for an additional desalting plant should be undertaken and, by 1979,

Report on Phase I of the joint production consultancy has recently been received. This report which makes no firm recommendations will shortly be discussed in the Water Resources Development Committee. It is almost certain that a

whether tenders for construc-decision on joint production will

tion should be called.

It

be deferred for 2 years to enable the later Supplies Department to set up a pilot reverse osmosis plant to test its feasibility. is suggested in the report that in the long run with the expected advance in the technology of reverse osmosis, this will be the cheapest way of desalting sea water.

Report on Joint Production of Water and Electricity through the Water Resources Development Committee.

(ii) To submit ɛ.

memorandum for consideration by the ExCo recommending the setting up of a pilot reverse Osmosis plant.

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