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Grey water like you talk about could be huge. Really big. Desalination could be interesting but is pricey to scale. What I want to know is how expensive or un
by Melatonic 4y ago
Grey water like you talk about could be huge. Really big.
Desalination could be interesting but is pricey to scale.
What I want to know is how expensive or unfeasible it really is to just make a long ass pipeline from some other part of the US that gets stupid amounts of rainfall. We do it with oil - isn't water easier?
- ok_dad 4y agoThe amount of water we use is several orders of magnitude greater than oil. I believe I once saw a calculation that you would need like 10 96 inch pipes just to serve California households let alone agriculture.
- sologoub 4y agoIn 1991 there was talk of a Columbia river project. This article basically sums up the attitudes: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-21/columbia-river-water-pipeline?_amp=true https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-06-21/columbia-ri...