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Yeah, turning wastewater plants into sewage distilleries doesn’t seem like a public health win.
What exactly do you think evaporation ponds are doing, then?
Evaporation is a component of distilling, but if you don’t capture the vapor and condense it it’s just evaporation.
Why would you capture it? It’s waste water, evaporation into the atmosphere should be fine.
Because if you capture it you’re distilling instead of evaporating. I’m just pointing out the difference between the two. If you read further up, you will see that I don’t think it’s a good idea.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
What exactly do you think evaporation ponds are doing, then?
sploosh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Evaporation is a component of distilling, but if you don’t capture the vapor and condense it it’s just evaporation.
Tja@programming.dev 4 days ago
Why would you capture it? It’s waste water, evaporation into the atmosphere should be fine.
sploosh@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Because if you capture it you’re distilling instead of evaporating. I’m just pointing out the difference between the two. If you read further up, you will see that I don’t think it’s a good idea.