Comment on Why don't we pump seawater into deserts to revive them?

• dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Compared to a river, yes. Compared to the ocean, no.

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• poppy@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Rainwater typically has a TDS of 20 mg/L or less. Fresh water from lakes, rivers, and groundwater is more variable, with TDS ranging from 20 mg/L to approximately 1,000 mg/L. Brackish water is, by definition, water with TDS exceeding 1,000 mg/L and ranging as high as that of seawater, at approximately 35,000 mg/L.

  watereuse.org/salinity-management/ls/ls_3d.html

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