Submitted by Psychological_Wheel2 t3_zzii81 in space
Honest_Switch1531 t1_j2c55z6 wrote
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Where I live (Perth, Australia) we ran out of available fresh water 15 years ago. Now about half of our water comes from desalination powered by a wind farm.
Codametal t1_j2ccw7s wrote
I was wondering where the concentrated seawater goes. I guess that could offset the fresh water coming from the melting glaciers. Very interesting. Is desalinated water considered fresh water, or processed water?
"Seawater desalination is four times more energy intensive than groundwater collection and over 40 times more energy intensive than water sourced from dams."
And all that energy has to come from somewhere. The website doesn't say, but does each plant have its own wind farm?
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