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Re:Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal ... by bryanlarsen on Thursday April 22, 2021 @09:49AM (#26902683)
> but water is set to be more valuable than oil

Desalination costs less than 0.1 cents per liter, so that sets a pretty firm price cap on the cost of water.

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Re:Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal ... by kickout on Thursday April 22, 2021 @11:22AM (#26903763)
Not arguing at all--- you got a link for those costs? I always thought desalination was cost prohibitive. I'd be thrilled to know it was 0.1 cents per liter (seriously)!
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Re:Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal ... by teachingassist on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:43PM (#26904844)
A web search for 'desalination cost' will easily confirm this for you.

e.g. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00119...

"current [published in 2008] large-scale desalination plants are capable of producing water in the range of $0.50–$2.00/m3"

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Re:Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal ... by zbrozek on Thursday April 22, 2021 @02:25PM (#26906161)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desalination#Costs
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Re:Wisconsin has negotiated a dramatically scaled-back deal ... by bryanlarsen on Thursday April 22, 2021 @01:39PM (#26905526)
I got the numbers from Wikipedia.

0.1 cents per liter is cost prohibitive for use cases where water is typically measured by the acre-foot.

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