Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California Are Exhausting Aquifers

Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by mschuster91 on Saturday July 24, 2021 @10:47AM (#27941401)

> I’d also like to see more money put into ocean desalination (solar powered, to cover another great natural resource we have).

De-salination produces enormous amounts of saltwater brine that are usually dumped back into the ocean... which in turn threatens marine life: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46863146

De-salination should be a last-ditch attempt, not something that should be done regularly!

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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by agonmon on Saturday July 24, 2021 @12:49PM (#27942427)

Don't dump it back then. Should be easy to regulate, each liter of water produced should have a certain number of grams of salt to account for. Personally I would like to see that salt turned into structures: https://gizmodo.com/buildings-you-can-lick-9-spectacular-str...

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Re:Without Enough Water to Go Around, Farmers in California ... by wiml on Saturday July 24, 2021 @04:25PM (#27944172)

I wonder how much more costly it is to produce solid salt bricks instead of brine? I like the idea of a New Las Vegas made out of salt.

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