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Psychological_Wheel2 OP t1_j2bwd8b wrote

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I do have another question, why is it so difficult to clean water

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BigNorseWolf t1_j2bxwb7 wrote

Our usual solution to clean anything is to dilute it. IE add more water to it so the parts per million of the dirty thing drops. If you're trying to do anything else the processes are a LOT more energy/resource intensive.

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Psychological_Wheel2 OP t1_j2by770 wrote

So it’s like pouring 100 gallons of fresh water into 1 gallon of salt water

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BigNorseWolf t1_j2byobi wrote

Eyup. You could probably drink the resulting mix but increasing your supply of drinkable water by 1% isn't much of a solution. Literally.

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CrayonDelicacies t1_j2c5df4 wrote

It’s about scale and expense more than anything. The more you need to clean, the more difficult and expensive it is. The source quality will make a difference too. I treat mostly ground water, it’s about the easiest and cheapest. Most expensive part is the electricity to run the pumps. Then there’s desalinization, reverse osmosis, surface water treatment too.

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