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Desalination System Could Produce Freshwater that is Cheaper than Tap Water (news.mit.edu)
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[โ€“] Lucky@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I'd be concerned about it leaching into the water table with that approach. Plus transport to those mines could be very expensive and complicated

[โ€“] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

yeah logistics are going to vary greatly depending on situation. I was making a generality with the land concentrated (ie you don't want it to leach around) and water dilute (ie not increasing salinity to leathal levels)