Ships to carry water for Pilbara

TOKYO: Recycled Tokyo water may soon be carried to the Pilbara on otherwise empty iron ore freighters.
The move comes more than a century after British cast iron was used as ballast for wool ships bound for Australia,

Just as cast-iron lace balconies adorn Victorian-era terraces in Sydney and Melbourne, the recycled Japanese water could be used to wet down the iron ore dust in Pilbara ports.

Water is scarce and expensive in the arid Pilbara, and using the recycled Tokyo sewage for dust suppression and processing would save valuable local potable water.

Japan and Western Australia are poised to test the scheme, which has the potential to deliver millions of litres of water for reduced cost.
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