£500m Thames Water desalination plant has provided just seven days water over 15 years

Plant in Beckton has run only five times and has been beset by multiple problems since it was builtLondons desalination plant has cost more than half a billion pounds since 2010 and has run only five times, delivering 7.2bn litres of drinking water, roughly seven days of Londons typical daily demand. Now Thames Water is planning a new £500m project to tackle drought in the capital.The Thames Gateway desalination plant at Beckton, built for £270m and now largely mothballed, has racked up an est...