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Just dig a well. Or grab some ocean water and filter it. Then build a big pipe. Problem could be solved worldwide in less than 10 years. But then what?
by justbrandon2u 5y ago
Just dig a well.
Or grab some ocean water and filter it.
Then build a big pipe.
Problem could be solved worldwide in less than 10 years.
But then what?
- daenz 5y ago>ocean water Requires desalination, which is more complicated than simply filtering.
- xyzzyz 5y agoThat depends on what you consider "filtering". You can desalinate using reverse osmosis, which pretty much is filtering.
- bduerst 5y agoRO filters are not price accessible the vast majority of people who do not currently have access to potable water. Same with desalination.
- kempbellt 5y agoDesalinization does not have to be complicated. You can build a simple desalinator (aka, a solar still) with a couple bins, some glass/plexiglass, and access to sunlight. Preferably in an enclosed system to better contain heat and prevent water vapor from escaping. No filters to replace, and it will run for as long as you feed it water. Best link I could find to explain the process: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/61215 https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/61215
- yazaddaruvala 5y agoWhere do you put the left over salt? At those levels it’s both toxic for animals and toxic for plants. Even putting it back into the ocean isn’t simple. If you do it in one big batch, you would kill everything in that location for a while. If you do it slowly, that isn’t simple.
- golemiprague 5y ago
- 8note 5y agoSell it? Sea salt is an in demand product
- outworlder 5y agoThere will be impurities, it won't be just NaCL.
- kempbellt 5y agoWherever you want. Make margaritas. Put some on your steak. Throw the rest back in the ocean if you want. We're talking, maybe a couple pounds of salt per person per day. It's not an unmanageable amount. You're not going to hurt the ocean by adding back a little salt - salt that you took out of it... Yes, you will most likely affect cultures within the immediate vicinity of a salt dump site but they will regrow elsewhere. It's peanuts compared to the amount of dilution being caused all the time by normal freshwater runoff and ice cap melts. The ocean is very large.
- bduerst 5y agoThankfully there are over a dozen different methods of treating, not disposing, desalination brine: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969719334655 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00489...
- manquer 5y agoThis is just advanced desalination using natural evaporation as input.