News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020). Parent comment

Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by kingsuper20 on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:02AM (#27712401)
>I am pretty sure if you had to get your water from one of these devices you would not be using it to flush toilets or other non-essential use.

Are you suggesting that toilets, showers, washing machines use salt water?

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by maximus-decimus on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:19PM (#27714245)
If their toilets used clean water, then I have a much more efficient way to produce clean water : drink from the toilet and shit in a hot house.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by celticninja on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:26PM (#27713600)
Is there a problem with flushing a toilet with salt water?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Simple, solar-powered water desalination (2020) by kingsuper20 on Friday July 02, 2021 @02:56PM (#27715361)
Offhand I'd say that you are doubling the plumbing system plus you are using a much more corrosive fluid.

It would be an interesting experiment, since toilets use a great deal of water. Take a beach town, build a separate pressure water and sewer system, see if it's worth it. It's certainly more complicated than a sailboat's set up.

[ Parent | on HN ]