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Originally Posted by **********
Hi Rochard,
It seems like a good idea but it creates other problems. Reverse osmosis for ocean desalination takes a lot of energy for one, and since you're extracting all the salt from the water, the salt has to go back somewhere.
The big plant they are building in San Diego is estimated to process 100 million gallons of seawater water each day, produce about 50 million gallons of drinkable water (about 8% of what California needs), and 50 million gallons of salt. San Diego plans to pump that salt right back into the Pacific Ocean which according to Nasa, will cause big problems, quickly :
Salinity - NASA Science
It will also kill lots of marine life.
Unfortunately I don't see any other choice for California... |
Something I was just about to write, this salt issue I mean. There is also research going on about the health effects (on humans) of the desalinated water. As there is concern regarding that.
Also, the current issue is not small. As for example Gulf stream that keeps my country warm, is getting fucked up already. Although I don't know that could this desalinitation have effect on that current, but for others it can.