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I think the story sounds a bit ironic: So you are essentially dumping objects made out of chemicals, you had to drill wholes in the ocean ground to get, into a

I think the story sounds a bit ironic: So you are essentially dumping objects made out of chemicals, you had to drill wholes in the ocean ground to get, into a lake, because you found out that the chemicals you dumped into it earlier kill you when the sun shines on them. You also think that this might help you with the water shortage caused by unsustainable use of resources. To me this all sounds like we arrived at a local maximum here. This simply cannot be the way to do this. Maybe we should start over.

icebraining 11y ago
Unless you have a better idea, I don't see how the criticism is useful.
- allendoerfer 11y ago
  I would stop trying to beat nature and instead try to play along with it. There is no need to waste that much water on farming in California. It is ridiculous to do this when you have a population density like the US has. There is just so much more suitable space all over the country.
Asbostos 11y ago
But we protected ourselves from diseases with the chlorine. That's a massive win. Then we discovered there's a new risk of disease with the bromate, so we protect ourselves from that too. Isn't this basically how most technology develops? We keep getting better and better off because of it.
- legulere 11y ago
  There are countries that don't use chlorine: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, ... and they're regularly touted as having the best tap water quality in the world.
  - moftz 11y ago
    Ozone purification is cheap but could allow for future contamination if there is backflow or possibly a leak in the water mains. Chlorination prevents anything from growing in the water from the filtration plant to your home. One problem that major coastal cities have is that they collect water from streams that have already been polluted and are on their way out to the ocean. The US has a lot of these cities, 40% of the population occupy the coasts which is only 10% of the country. The cities in the US that typically are regarded as having the best tap water are midwestern cities, ones that do not have a coastline and tend to get cleaner water from natural sources. Switzerland, Austria, and Germany are exactly the same. They are very central countries with nearby access to Alpine runoff water, the water they get is pretty unmolested when compared to what the Potomac River supplies to Washington DC.

icebraining 11y ago

Unless you have a better idea, I don't see how the criticism is useful.

allendoerfer 11y ago
I would stop trying to beat nature and instead try to play along with it. There is no need to waste that much water on farming in California. It is ridiculous to do this when you have a population density like the US has. There is just so much more suitable space all over the country.

Asbostos 11y ago

But we protected ourselves from diseases with the chlorine. That's a massive win. Then we discovered there's a new risk of disease with the bromate, so we protect ourselves from that too. Isn't this basically how most technology develops? We keep getting better and better off because of it.

legulere 11y ago
There are countries that don't use chlorine: Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, ... and they're regularly touted as having the best tap water quality in the world.
- moftz 11y ago
  Ozone purification is cheap but could allow for future contamination if there is backflow or possibly a leak in the water mains. Chlorination prevents anything from growing in the water from the filtration plant to your home. One problem that major coastal cities have is that they collect water from streams that have already been polluted and are on their way out to the ocean. The US has a lot of these cities, 40% of the population occupy the coasts which is only 10% of the country. The cities in the US that typically are regarded as having the best tap water are midwestern cities, ones that do not have a coastline and tend to get cleaner water from natural sources. Switzerland, Austria, and Germany are exactly the same. They are very central countries with nearby access to Alpine runoff water, the water they get is pretty unmolested when compared to what the Potomac River supplies to Washington DC.