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rs999gti
on July 5, 2023
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Why is desalination so difficult?
Can't the salt just be dumped in the desert?
SoftTalker
on July 6, 2023
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Just pump it back into the ocean. The little bit of concentrated brine from a desalination plant will be quickly diluted; the ocean contains a LOT of water.
mianos
on July 6, 2023
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Particularly if they distribute it over a large area, as they do in practice and shown in the vid.
mcv
on July 6, 2023
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Bury it deep below the surface. In old salt mines, perhaps.
stouset
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The products of desalinization aren’t salt and fresh water. They’re somewhat saltier brine and fresh water.
rs999gti
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Sounds like it's time for USA to get another Salton Sea
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