Battery chemistry based on sodium will rather then lithium will dominate the market for grid balancing battery installations in the near future. If the brine created by RO drinking water production can be further processed to be used in battery construction, and prove to be profitable. That would solve the waste brine disposal problem. Desalination water is an expensive proposition, and requires careful and realistic planning. Conservation of existing water resources may be a more sensible solution.
Desalination plants like ours in AZ could be used to collect the rare earth minerals and useful chemicals abundant in the ocean, cleaning it and giving us access to hard-to-source materials for cheap prices at the same time. There is research into refining the off-products of R/O, I hope all these intersecting goals can combine
trading good idea, sarah; israel uses desal for drinking ; Yuma desal plant worked fine during tests; how about weather modification? how about building moratorium?
Not allowing data centers, that demand exorbitant amounts of water, would do the most to solve the water problem
Simple fix - stop building data centers in the valley that waste millions of gallons of water a day.
AZ doesn’t have a water crisis. It has a population crisis.
So true
Battery chemistry based on sodium will rather then lithium will dominate the market for grid balancing battery installations in the near future. If the brine created by RO drinking water production can be further processed to be used in battery construction, and prove to be profitable.
That would solve the waste brine disposal problem.
Desalination water is an expensive proposition, and requires careful and realistic planning.
Conservation of existing water resources may be a more sensible solution.
If it was that easy, then California would have done it already. It's not economical.
Works fine in Western Australia, usually with solar power and a battery. I'm sure AZ has plenty of sun.
I didn't realize there was a crisis. AZ is using LESS water than they were 70 years ago.
shhh...don't challenge the narrative! /s
Desalination plants like ours in AZ could be used to collect the rare earth minerals and useful chemicals abundant in the ocean, cleaning it and giving us access to hard-to-source materials for cheap prices at the same time. There is research into refining the off-products of R/O, I hope all these intersecting goals can combine
Why are they building two Resorts. In az stop building
We had a desal plant back in the 80s, but they dismantled it and gave it to Kuwait.
Expense and huge energy consumption involved based upon current desalination methods available today…
Why not mix the "super salty water" with the no salt discharges from the water treatment plants (i.e., sewage)?
Deportation, data centers, Saudi alfalfa all need to be looked at!
trading good idea, sarah; israel uses desal for drinking ; Yuma desal plant worked fine during tests; how about weather modification? how about building moratorium?
The brine byproduct is more hazardous than using less water than you need.
All these golf courses 😮
The earth is 70% water. But then again keeping people in constant need is how billionaires make their money.
You can't drink that water!
You can drink toilet water
@@bench-clearingbrawl7737 Maybe, but not seawater.
Leave the ocean alone!
It doesn't seem to me that Israel pays near as much for their desalination as CA.
Do like Isreal!!!!! 👀😅😂🤣🤷🏿♂️ America shouldn’t be lacking water!!!!! 💧
Your a Desert State your not suppose to have water you think they build home in the Sahara desert no there's a reason
Environmentalist won't be happy until we are drinking no water.