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Desalination System Could Produce Freshwater that is Cheaper than Tap Water (news.mit.edu)

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah. I was thinking if there was some other mine type of thing in the area that is where it would be deposited.

[–] Lucky@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 2 years 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)