Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry

Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by Retric on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:49PM (#26964046)

In theory sure, but not so much in practice. The east coast of the US dumps a lot of fresh water into the ocean, but trying to transport it to the Midwest is pardon the pun a herculean task.

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Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by Clubber on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @08:58PM (#26964104)

We transfer millions of dollars of fresh Florida water all over the world every day at a profit margin of ~1600x. It comes in little plastic bottles.

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Re:Millions of Groundwater Wells Could Run Dry by Retric on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @09:14PM (#26964206)

Now make it competitive with desalination at around 1/2 a cent a gallon and realize even that is far to expensive for agricultural use.

That’s the difference between theory and practice.

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