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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by bernawil on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:44PM (#28685412)
> which is in fact too pure to be just dumped back in the ground, needs to be re-mineralized before it can be dumped

how so? isn't rainwater also "pure H2O"?

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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by smolder on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:54PM (#28686751)
Good question. I assume rainwater picks up minerals naturally as it filters through dirt and whatnot, but then why couldn't that be the case for fab wastewater? It also makes me think about the sheer amount of polluted filth that must wash out of a city after it gets rained on.
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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by bluGill on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:22PM (#28686403)
No, rainwater has dissolved air and dust in it.
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