Another thought: what if we would instead use concentrated brine from desalination plant and seawater? Yes, power will be lower, but this way we don’t use fresh water that we, erm, try to produce.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Aside from obvious confusion of running a water desalination plant by salinating water, there’s one more concern: don’t we have quite a limited supply of fresh water? Sure, saltwater is everywhere, but fresh water is relatively scarce.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 days ago
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Desalinating water gives you potable fresh water, whereas the fresh water being used might require treatment before being potable? Or it’s unreliable in quantity. IDK, few possible reasons, I’m just speculating
Samskara@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The article refers to treated wastewater being used, not fresh water.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Oh, missed that
Dremor@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Treated” means thesolids and good that may have been a problem has been removed. It is mostly water, a lot a fecal bacteries, and diverse dissolved chemical that wasn’t removed.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 days ago
Alrightie then!