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Re:Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here by dogma1138 on Saturday July 30, 2016 @02:52AM (#12191939)
That's because the salt water penetrates deep into the land due to the topography of the Netherlands.

There Dutch have practiced salt water farming and management for a long time. That said you can't drink salt water ;)

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Re:Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here by witty_username on Saturday July 30, 2016 @06:22AM (#12192403)
Strictly speaking you can drink salt water. But it wouldn't hydrate you since you would still be thirsty.
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Re:Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here by CydeWeys on Saturday July 30, 2016 @10:31AM (#12193124)
C'mon, everyone knows what drinkable water is. You can technically also drink boiling water, or battery acid for that matter, but nobody would classify those under the category "drinkable liquids" which is what we're talking about here.
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