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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by ketchupdebugger on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:17AM (#38969876)
The naive solution is to just dump the brine back into salton sea, its already too salty for marine life, so whats a little more salt?

>flaunt its unequaled excellence by exporting alfalfa to all corners of the globe.

really not sure if this is satir.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by hcknwscommenter on Friday January 12, 2024 @11:56AM (#38970550)
Your naive solution just creates an even more gigantic stagnant stinky mess of a Salton "sea". The entire point is to reengineer the salton sea as a beautiful ecosystem and lake by diluting all the salt with 5MAF of RO desalinated water. The added benefit is huge economic revitalization of the entire area. Plus, because of the value of minerals in the brine, and the cost-effectiveness of solar power, it is not as expensive and crazy of an idea as one might think.
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