"George W. Frost" wrote in message
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Kwinana Desalination Plant, located just south of Perth, Western
Australia, turns water from the Indian Ocean into nearly 40 million
gallons of drinking water per day. The reverse-osmosis plant is the first
of its kind in Australia and covers a few acres in an industrial park next
to the ocean. The Emu Downs Wind Farm, with 48 wind turbines north of
Perth, provides enough renewable energy to power the plant.

Even the South Australians are thinking about it :
The Point Paterson Desalination Plant is a planned municipal-scale
solar-powered desalination plant with land-based brine disposal just
outside Port Augusta, South Australia. The plant will integrate renewable
energy and desalination technologies to create environmentally-friendly
electricity and water. In particular, the project will significantly
reduce the usual greenhouse impacts associated with grid electricity
demand for desalination

The Israel'is seem to have achieved it:
http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...230_495029.htm
http://www.washingtonjewishweek.com/... &TM=43851.36

Hmm... that's fantastic. Any links for that Kwinana Plant? This is the first
time I heard about it.