The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater

[Benton]

(12-11-2015, 01:17 AM)JustWinBaby Wrote: So we're running out of fresh water and the oceans are rising.  Solution: desalinization.

Give me something difficult.

http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_25859513/nations-largest-ocean-desalination-plant-goes-up-near

Quote:Desalinated water typically costs about $2,000 an acre foot -- roughly the amount of water a family of five uses in a year. The cost is about double that of water obtained from building a new reservoir or recycling wastewater, according to a 2013 study from the state Department of Water Resources.

In the end, like with anything, it boils down to money. $2,000 a year isn't a lot to a lot of people. On the other hand, about 3 billion people exist on about $900 a year. So that would probably put a crimp in their ability to live more than a week.