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I'd have to see some real math to be convinced extracting fresh water from the ocean could raise salt levels enough to destroy the Sea of Cortez ecosystems.


Reasonable summary… https://www.wired.com/story/desalination-is-booming-but-what...

Hard numbers aren’t readily available because we don’t track discharge consistently (or at least didn’t).

And it’s not just the salt in the brine, but remnants of the chemicals used to defoul the RO systems.

The brine waste is nasty stuff and absolutely deadly to the local environment where it’s discharged.




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