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Desalinization plants are horrible for the environment. In short they destroy the water environment around them because they dispose of the waste left after the
by WheelsAtLarge 4y ago
Desalinization plants are horrible for the environment. In short they destroy the water environment around them because they dispose of the waste left after the water is extracted from the salt water right back into the ocean. Raising the salt level to a point where few animals can live in the water.
My question is can this process be scaled to the point of replacing the standard desalinization plant?
- josephcsible 4y agoOceans are big, and there's no barriers to diffusion. Why would the extra salt be concentrated enough to cause a problem?
- WheelsAtLarge 4y agoIt is hard and expensive to diffuse the brine that's left after the freshwater is extracted. The whole ocean is not affected but it's the area around the plant. Which can be a very large. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slaking-the-worlds-thirst-with-seawater-dumps-toxic-brine-in-oceans/#:~:text=But%20desalination%20plants%20are%20energy,underground%20or%20spread%20on%20land https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slaking-the-world....