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What's China's position when it comes to desalination? I'd expect they have massive desalination plants along their large coast.
by adventured 8y ago
What's China's position when it comes to desalination? I'd expect they have massive desalination plants along their large coast.
- yorwba 8y agoApparently there are desalination plants, but they are not cost-competitive with other freshwater sources, so only industrial developments that are required to provide their own water supply use them. https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601861/chinas-massive-effort-to-purify-seawater-is-drying-up/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/601861/chinas-massive-eff...
- exabrial 8y agoThe problem isn't the lack of fresh water sources, the distribution network is riddled with pathogens. This is due to poor design and workers taking shortcuts (not performing sanitation steps to meet deadlines).
- baybal2 8y agoChina has enormous amount of freshwater, it's just not managed properly. Pakistan - same story.