MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs.

  • Sanchokan
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    108 months ago

    Would it be posible to salinate the waste water that goes back to the ocean from treatment plants?

    • @interceder270
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      118 months ago

      I think the problem is that it’s too salinated and needs to be put back into the ocean slowly over a wide area.

      • Dark Arc
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        48 months ago

        Well this would be mixing the treated water with the salt … which in theory should get close-ish to the amount of water put into the system/the original balance

        It actually sounds pretty reasonable at least on the surface.

        Another idea might be shipping that off for cheap road ice control in states with winter weather

        • @[email protected]
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          28 months ago

          There’s a lot more in the salt than just salt, probably introducing a bunch of issues into trying to use it for deicing roads.