A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US Southwest

Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by konschubert on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:27PM (#38971025)

You need pipes to spread it out. And I think you may be underestimating the scale and force of ocean currents. Every tide probably moves more water than California uses in a year.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by solardev on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:41PM (#38971248)

I don't think the ocean is equally saline everywhere: https://salinity.oceansciences.org/maps-global.htm

On average it's pretty close, but you can definitely get impacts from increased local salinity: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.16859 (just random ecamples)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slaking-the-world... (view in incognito)

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by konschubert on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:45PM (#38971310)

Okay fair point.

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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by anon84873628 on Friday January 12, 2024 @06:20PM (#38975516)

Crucially but overlooked so far in these threads, is that the proposal does not have brine exiting on the California coast; it has it flowing into the Sea of Cortez.

That should be an obvious non-starter for anyone remotely familiar with the unique geography and ecology of the area.

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