Anyone experienced with desalination of brackish groundwater?

[surfered]

[rampartd]

1. interested as well

[PJMcK]

2. I had a hand operated desalinator

It was on a sailboat I used to own. It used a reverse osmosis system that required a lot of elbow grease and frequent filter changes. Still, it converted salty seawater into potable water. It was a lot of trouble, though.

If you get a desalinator. be sure its electric!

[surfered]

3. I was asking for a small town in a drought prone area with a 3MGD requirement.

[hunter]

4. Here's one general paper:

https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1847273

Here's a good list of such projects in California:

https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Work-With-Us/Grants-And-Loans/Desalination/Files/Water-Supply-Strategy-Brackish-Desalination-Projects_02-16-24_v2.pdf

It sounds expensive, possibly more than the town is worth... not my personal opinion, but how big money people see things.

From my perspective getting rid of the toxic brine is the difficult part. There are no good solutions; at best there are acceptable ones.

I'm not an expert, it's just stuff I think about. Years ago, I used to be a regular at water board meetings. Here in California arguments about water can last decades.

[surfered]

5. Thank you

[hunter]

6. One way to dispose of brine is a long pipeline to the ocean.

This is a video about the Inland Empire Brine Line in Southern California that serves the deslalting plants and industries that produce salty wastewater.

https://sawpa.gov/inland-empire-brine-line/