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This is doable. Many coastal wastewater systems already have large pipes that extend miles to sea (1), and that's a rounding error compared to the many more mil
by 0xNotMyAccount 3y ago
This is doable. Many coastal wastewater systems already have large pipes that extend miles to sea (1), and that's a rounding error compared to the many more miles of pipe routing sewage to the plant (2, pg A-3)
(1) https://www.wateronline.com/doc/new-10-mile-long-sewage-tunnel-takes-treated-0001 https://www.wateronline.com/doc/new-10-mile-long-sewage-tunn...
(2) https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/ploovol4_15.pdf https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/ploovol4_15.pdf
Pipes tend to last a long time, in large part because it's relatively straightforward to manage the chemistry problem in the pipes.