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Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by andromeduck on Friday July 02, 2021 @03:48AM (#27708874)
It makes no difference how concentrated the output brine is if it's the diluted to same concentration at the outlet and the same amount of fresh water is extracted.
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Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by Johnythree on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:57AM (#27709291)
You completely miss the point. Extracting fresh water from salt water creates brine and in a large scale plant it is extremely difficult to dilute it sufficiently.

The only answer is to pipe the brine into areas with strong currents, or dilute it by distributing it over a very large area.

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