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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by konschubert on Friday January 12, 2024 @12:46PM (#38971320)
Brine is just concentrated seawater. What waste products?
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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by digging on Friday January 12, 2024 @01:15PM (#38971720)
The waste product is brine. It's an extremely salty sludge that's toxic to marine life. In the same way that fresh water is "just" diluted seawater, but pumping millions of gallons of it into a coastal ecosystem would wipe it out.
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Re:A vision for the alleviation of water scarcity in the US ... by photonbucket on Friday January 12, 2024 @02:39PM (#38972890)
The pipe should really go a dozen miles out to sea and then get pump-mixed with the destination water
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