That's with 2015 tech and a smaller plant as well. The largest plant in the world is in Saudi Arabia and produces

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Jul 28, 2021
4:36:51pm

Pimpin4Paradise All-American

That's with 2015 tech and a smaller plant as well. The largest plant in the world is in Saudi Arabia and produces

275,000,000 gallons daily. That's a lot of water.

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Funny discovery when looking into desalination prospects. California has a few active desalination plants. One of

Pimpin4Paradise All-American

7/28/21 4:12pm

Well, desalination plants don't provide joyrides to the homeless...

Ragnar Danneskjold

7/28/21 4:14pm

RE: Well, desalination plants don't provide joyrides to the homeless...

Pimpin4Paradise

7/28/21 4:17pm

RE: Well, desalination plants don't provide joyrides to the homeless...

cracka

7/28/21 4:28pm

Whoa! I just did the math.

IdahoCoug

7/28/21 4:18pm

Agreed but how do we get the money

IceBlue

7/28/21 4:28pm

Larry Elder would be a good start in that direction 🙂

SingleStrapBackpack

7/28/21 4:30pm

That's with 2015 tech and a smaller plant as well. The largest plant in the world is in Saudi Arabia and produces

Pimpin4Paradise

7/28/21 4:36pm

Question for those familiar with desalination: what is typically done with the salt byproduct?

SingleStrapBackpack

7/28/21 4:44pm

The brine is generally discharged back into the ocean. There is some concern with areas having increased salinity near

Pimpin4Paradise

7/28/21 4:57pm

How far away from the coast though? I figured it was likely put back into the ocean, but I'm curious the parameters for

SingleStrapBackpack

7/28/21 5:36pm

I'm guessing they place them where ocean currents are strong and "fresh" ocean

IdahoCoug

7/28/21 5:47pm

That would certainly make sense. I wonder how far off the coast you have to go to find that, and how expensive that is.

SingleStrapBackpack

7/28/21 5:49pm

I should be packing up from work and going home, but my wife is at

IdahoCoug

7/28/21 6:19pm

Cool. I’ll look at that later. I grew up about 20 miles from Carlsbad so I’d heard over the years that they were trying

SingleStrapBackpack

7/28/21 6:56pm

All of the new beach hotels I visited in Mexico were required to have their own

Nat Gas Man

7/28/21 6:57pm

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