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You can use desalination for drinking water, but growing food requires way too much water for it to be feasible.
by bcrosby95 5y ago
You can use desalination for drinking water, but growing food requires way too much water for it to be feasible.
- pfdietz 5y agoIn Israel, use of desalination made more effluent suitable for irrigation. Before that, the effluent contained too much salt. This isn't desalinating specifically for irrigation, but it is a source of water for irrigation that wouldn't exist without desalination. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-study-water-desalination-advances-lends-to-dramatic-boost-for-farmers-1.5848554 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-study-water-des... Israel is not self-sufficient though; they import 80% of the grain they consume.