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		ranguna on Sept 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Desalination system could produce freshwater that ... Then don't concentrate it on the devices. Dump the water on a drying pool and extract the salt afterwards.

j16sdiz on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

You are underestimating the volume.

In that volume, you need a large drying pool.. which is no better than a parking lot.

djtango on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

Ironically we'd probably need some amount of water to then purify the salt from the other random stuff

6510 on Sept 28, 2023 | [–]

Need distilled water, luckily we were just making that.

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