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0 pointswalrus013y ago0 comments

They use vast amounts of seawater, storing the leftover brine, or crystallized salt in huge quantities will become a problem.

Existing medium sizee drinking water desalination plants already create a huge amount of brine.

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labawi3y ago

Why would you store it, instead of mixing it back in the sea?

I guess you would need some pipes and pumps to move it away from your inlets, but that seems comparatively cheap.

walrus01OP3y ago

because shoving all that brine back into the sea in the general area of the desalination plant causes a localized ecological disaster and dead zone of marine life

labawi3y ago

As said, use some pipes and pumps to move it away. Don't forget to dilute (again, use pipes and pumps or whatever you prefer).

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labawi3y ago

Why would you store it, instead of mixing it back in the sea?

I guess you would need some pipes and pumps to move it away from your inlets, but that seems comparatively cheap.

walrus01OP3y ago

because shoving all that brine back into the sea in the general area of the desalination plant causes a localized ecological disaster and dead zone of marine life

labawi3y ago

As said, use some pipes and pumps to move it away. Don't forget to dilute (again, use pipes and pumps or whatever you prefer).

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