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Jul 28, 2021
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Nat Gas Man
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All of the new beach hotels I visited in Mexico were required to have their own
Desalination plant on dirr
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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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