Wayne,
Drinking water here comes in
0.5L SR1.00 = USD0.24 = USD0.48/L = USD1.84/Gall
1.5L SR2.00 = USD0.48 = USD0.32/L = USD1.21/Gall
19L SR6.00 = USD1.60 = USD0.084/L = USD0.32/Gall
actually 5 US Gall plastic bottles $5 deposit.
There is piped water to later housing developments, but this the straight
desalinated stuff, not very nice to drink, ok to wash and cook with. DOnt
know what that costs in bulk. A large part of domestic housing here have
their own water tanks underground, and get them filled by 30,000L trucks,
then pump to rooftop feeder tanks. By the time it gets to late May/early
june, there is no such thing as a cold shower because of the heat take up of
these tanks.
The desalination rate I have heard is 600 Million /day, but not sure if
Litre or Gallons. This is piped up to Riyadh from east coast (250miles),
with large losses I hear. If this pipeline goes out, Riyadh has 2-3 days on
hand. Jeddah (west coast) only carries 1-2 days of stock because they have
marginal desalination capacity over there.
All power and desalination is done with oil burning stations of course.
jp
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Sent: Wed, July 03, 2002 7:06 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: You think a gallon of gasoline is expensive?
In a message dated 7/2/02 11:59:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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Over here in Riyadh:-
Gasoline SR0.90/l=USD 0.24/l = USD 0.91/us Gal
Water SR1.20/US GAL = USD 0.32/US Gal
This also relates to last week's OT discussion re: water supplies and real
estate (non)development. At USD 0.32/GAL I don't think that desalination
would be a popular approach for Southern California. Is that a price in a
gallon/liter jug perhaps? That method of supplying water should be a lot
more expensive that installed pipes.
I'd still like to know what water would cost S. Calif. in massive volumes
if we desalinated Pacific Ocean water instead of sucking up as much as
possible from everywhere else.
Wayne Boyer
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