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The largest dam is also the largest of its kind in Europe, 193 m high and 730 m long and comprised of 8.5 million cubic meters of material. Kárahnjúkar Dam and Hálslón reservoir were created as part of Iceland’s most extensive construction project to date, and have since been visited by numerous tourists.

Electricity prices are low in Iceland, especially for the aluminum smelting industry. But there’s also the benefit of nearly free heat. After the steam has turned the generators, the super-hot water is used to heat freshwater that goes into the pipe to Reykjavik.

Australia is a country on the brink of a water crisis. Normally, koalas get nearly all their water from their food, and researchers have linked this new behavior to climate change. Australia is getting hotter and drier, the eucalyptus leaves are less succulent, and now koalas need to drink extra water to survive.

South Africa is one of the first countries facing the situation of the water crisis. In January 2018, it was predicted by the officials in one of the main cities of South Africa, Cape Town, the municipal water will run out within three months.

Tap Water. In Australia we have some of the cleanest and purest drinking water in the world. Most of the tap water we use every day comes from rain, collected and stored in large reservoirs.

The answer given by most professionals is that the public tap water in Australia is “perfectly safe to drink”. Of more concern to all health conscious Australians should be the fact that our tap water is only monitored for 70 chemicals, whilst there are over 300 known chemicals that should be of concern.

Drinking water quality in Australia is high by world standards, considering that globally more than one billion people still do not have access to safe drinking water. In Australia, 93% of households were connected to mains/town water in March 2004.