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They use vast amounts of seawater, storing the leftover brine, or crystallized salt in huge quantities will become a problem. Existing medium sizee drinking wa
by walrus01 4y ago
They use vast amounts of seawater, storing the leftover brine, or crystallized salt in huge quantities will become a problem.
Existing medium sizee drinking water desalination plants already create a huge amount of brine.
- labawi 4y agoWhy would you store it, instead of mixing it back in the sea? I guess you would need some pipes and pumps to move it away from your inlets, but that seems comparatively cheap.
- walrus01 4y agobecause shoving all that brine back into the sea in the general area of the desalination plant causes a localized ecological disaster and dead zone of marine life
- labawi 4y agoAs said, use some pipes and pumps to move it away. Don't forget to dilute (again, use pipes and pumps or whatever you prefer).