The Costs of Producing One Cubic Meter of Drinking Water

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Where to find comparative costs of different technologies to operate potable water treatment plants?

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  1. Natural Seawater Desalination Ltd (www.naturalseawaterdesalination.com) sells units generating 1 m3/hr for USD 10,450, consuming 2.5 KWh/m3. These values can be concluded per 1 m3 generated to be USD 0.12 equipment cost + USD 0.25 operating cost = USD 0.37 total cost (Price of electricity is considered to be USD 0.1/KWh)