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Jul 28, 2021
6:19:57pm

IdahoCoug A.I. Expert

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

girls camp and the house is empty and I'm sitting in my office looking up crap about desalination plants. Kind of interesting. This link has some cool, informative videos about one down in Carlsbad, CA.

Carlsbad Desal Plant

Carlsbad Desal Plant

The Carlsbad Desalination Project is the largest desalination plant in the Western Hemisphere. Located in Carlsbad, California it converts sea water into 50 million gallons of drinkable water per day. Learn more at our site or come for a tour.

https://www.carlsbaddesal.com/

This video is very interesting and would be a huge breakthrough if they can get graphene to work for desalination.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAN0QNQFDbg

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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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