It sounds like they’re not quite using fresh water, but waste water. I presume it’s been treated, but even if it’s not 100% back to potable, if this also helps solve the problem of what to do with the brine after desalination, I think it’s a win all around.
I created fresh water using nothing but sea water, a membrane, and fresh water.
frongt@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Fresh water doesn’t mean drinkable water, it just means not salt water. The desalination plant produces drinkable water.