Eli5: why haven’t we started considering or implementing large scale desalinization in response to our water shortages?

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Eli5: why haven’t we started considering or implementing large scale desalinization in response to our water shortages?

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Besides being very expensive and energy consuming, the waste created is difficult to deal with on the scales you are talking about. Best estimate are 1 gallon of brine for every gallon of fresh produced.

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