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Engineers at MIT and in China develop desalination system which could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10286254

It looks like the paper is paywalled and not yet on scihub but i did find 38 pages of supplemental information with more details than the article.

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[โ€“] Deceptichum@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Could we take enough water out of the ocean for the salt balance to be affected?

[โ€“] filcuk@lemmy.zip 15 points 10 months ago

Seriously doubt that. All water ends up in the ocean anyway, one way or another.
But dumping brine in could wipe the life in that spot.