Water - Desalination

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[jessprattable]

@ImMichaelTaylor sell it to cold countries for the streets in winter

[sbflash311]

@ImMichaelTaylor The bottom line is people need to get water from somewhere and most of the world's water is in the oceans or seas.

[ImMichaelTaylor]

@sbflash311 " could create an imbalance which could be harmful to marine life."

Yes, it has to be done carefully or the water around the outfall pipes can be significantly saltier . If it's all put into one place it could threaten wildlife. If I remember rightly there has been at least one instance where a plant was large enough and the outfall pipe sheltered enough to change the ecosystem of the immediate area.

Compared to the ecological cost of the energy it's quite small though.

[sbflash311]

@ImMichaelTaylor There's also the problem of what to do with the salt. If you throw it back into the water, it could create an imbalance which could be harmful to marine life.

[Avidcomp]

Someone else has beaten you to it... but this is the way forward for sure

[kanicolle]

check out canadian bagged water

[Shalek]

Love me some water desalination.

[ImMichaelTaylor]

@krimurali The only real problem with desalination is the enormous energy cost.

[ImMichaelTaylor]

@krimurali That is true, though there are sometimes localised effects in the area where the higher salinity water is put back into the sea. Marine life is sensitive to salinity. Spending a bit extra on the waste water return system is likely to fix that I suppose.

[krimurali]

@adsense1 No think again...