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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 17 Dec \ parent \ on: McCarthy, Jacobs JV wins 1,490 BTC California desalination project Construction_and_Engineering
The article doesn’t explain what they are doing to with the brackish water. I assume they will dump it in the ocean
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47 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 17 Dec
It would be interesting if they reprocess the reject and make sea salt out of it. That way there wouldnt be any waste!
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB OP 17 Dec
The amount of brackish water that’s produced is huge. The operation to reclaim the salt would be uneconomical. I am sure salt mines can produce much more salt per kg of energy spent than a desalination plant.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 17 Dec
That is probably true, but they could just put it on a pad and let the sun dry it out. It is a lot of brackish water, though. Do you know what is involved with the nano filtration?
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