They are Californians, what did you expect???That plant in Cali used reversed osmosis and required 38 MWe of power to run the pumps..
Not very clever. Sitting next door to the coal fired power plant they should have used the waste heat to power a evaporation process instead. Doing so would have reduced the cost of the produced water several times
Actually they should drill a series of well fields and develop other sources like it done in other locations.
They are Californians, what did you expect???
How long is that going to last ?
I think it was conceived by the fossil fuel maffia, since it uses more coal than necessary.
Greenunists would have choosen one of the smarter evaporation designs in a heart beat.
They are greenunists. They chose this because greenunists are stupid and don't understand engineering.
In my opinion, distllation produces a safer water source and can use multiple heat sources so it can be positioned to be more cost effective.
You have to remember that Californians don't have any virtue and do projects like this as a form of "virtue signaling" (pretending they have virtues they don't have).
I nevr understood your resentment for Californians in general.
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Its a new thing for many that became trump supporters.....especially on social media.
Thats likely soo. I first thought it had something todo with the longitude.. The further the west the more the disliking.
Hawaii must be in a poor position under current government..in that case..
nah,, I think ordinary good americans,both sides, too busy with life and work to deal with
resentment and disliking..
Only the few makes noise ?
It is easy to tell when water is cut off.South African authorities have pushed back the date for the water cut off.
It is easy to tell when water is cut off.
They really don't have to announce it.
If you turn the tap and nothing comes out, the water is cut off.
Well...I donno really.. Theres some very well known companies found on this list. They cant be all employing 'out of state' people..
I nevr understood your resentment for Californians in general.
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It is frickin' Africa and they are on the ocean.It was on the news feed I just put up what it said. No dates /times or anything , just that. Yes when dust comes out of the faucets then their time ,water wise, is up I guess. They will just have to go live somewhere else like they did in the ancient days.
Elon Musk is from South Africa, why isn't he building water factories in his home region, instead he is shooting cars into space...
Maybe he is waiting for better technology.
Researchers discover efficient and sustainable way to filter salt and metal ions from water
If metal-organic frameworks can cut the cost of desalinization by 2x or 3x it will make sense for a lot more countries.
Currently only rich continents like Australia can afford to build desalinization plants that they don't need.