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 months 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 months ago
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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 months ago
The article refers to treated wastewater being used, not fresh water.
Allero@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Oh, missed that
Dremor@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months ago
Alrightie then!