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Re:How Does the US Use Water? by dyauspitr on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:49PM (#44980850)
Solar powered desalination seems like a no brainer in places like California.
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Re:How Does the US Use Water? by pfdietz on Friday August 22, 2025 @07:32AM (#44983219)
Vastly cheaper to just have an efficient water market. But the current system makes farmer either use their water allocations for agriculture or not have that water at all.
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Re:How Does the US Use Water? by FuriouslyAdrift on Friday August 22, 2025 @01:45PM (#44987425)
Desalination can be ecologically disastrous. You have to put all that salt somewhere (and it's a lot).
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Re:How Does the US Use Water? by dyauspitr on Saturday August 23, 2025 @09:51PM (#45000621)
Attach a salt factory to the desalination plant?
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