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California

Miguelito Loveless

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2. A question:

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Fri Oct 29, 2021, 10:39 AM

Oct 2021

What is done with the waste salt after desalinization? Seems to me you can't just dump it back into the water without seriously screwing up in the water's PH.

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Commentary: California should create more water -- much more [View all] Auggie Oct 2021 OP

Agreed, and I have written to the governor and my legislators about this. Building water pipe JohnSJ Oct 2021 #1

Great idea ... Auggie Oct 2021 #5

A question: Miguelito Loveless Oct 2021 #2

The result is very concentrated salt water. It is typically dumped back into the ocean. PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #10

You can't be better placed than have your whole state running along the ocean. PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #3

You can't be better placed than to be called "The Sunshine State" either Auggie Oct 2021 #4

Reservoirs are useless if there isn't enough rain or snow to fill them. hunter Oct 2021 #13

ROFL Auggie Oct 2021 #18

Thanks. That's how I often frame my political thought experiments. hunter Oct 2021 #19

As I understand it, one of the biggest challenges to desalination is energy usage Clash City Rocker Oct 2021 #6

Desalination is part of the package; not the only solution Auggie Oct 2021 #8

I got curious about this awhile back and looked at desalinification plant pics. Those would be brewens Oct 2021 #7

Build them inland? Auggie Oct 2021 #9

Reverse Osmosis? modrepub Oct 2021 #11

Golf courses OneCrazyDiamond Oct 2021 #16

Burning natural gas to desalinate water is insane. hunter Oct 2021 #12

Yeah, because mucking with the environment never has bad consequences Retrograde Oct 2021 #14

California agriculture has benefited greatly from very low cost water. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2021 #15

Well it's certainly something California should be thinking about and planning for IcyPeas Oct 2021 #17