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MIT’s New Desalination System Produces Freshwater That Is “Cheaper Than Tap Water” (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] Unaware7013@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Mass desalination combined with the reduced salination from melting ice caps could pose serious threats to already fragile ocean life.

I'm not sure how the first part is relevant/practical, given that the complaints about desalinization plaints is the increased salinity due to the hypersalinated waste produced after the desalinizated water is extracted. Wouldn't desalinization plants' hypersalination counteract the hyposalination caused by the glaciers rather than exacerbate it (obviously this would be difficult to not have the waste concentrated and cause local environment issues)?