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Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:50 am to WavinWilly
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Desalination technology seems like an area ripe for development.
They got that down to a science. Distribution/elimination of brine sludge is where it’s at.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:55 am to Crow Pie
For cooling but also for steam. Steam is used for heating and for mechanical work (to power large turbines).
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:57 am to turkish
quote:Why can't they use a massive closed system that recycles the water?
or cooling but also for steam. Steam is used for heating and for mechanical work (to power large turbines).
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:58 am to MyRockstarComplex
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They got that down to a science. Distribution/elimination of brine sludge is where it’s at.
I have a cousin that was in the shipping bidness, he had a contract with the city of New York to dump their sewerage for a few years, he had several barges that would continuously go around to collection stations, pump the sewerage onto the barges, and then tow them out in the Atlantic to the legal limit and take a huge dump in the ocean, return, rinse, repeat, I wonder of some version of this would be an option?
Posted on 10/13/25 at 8:58 am to ragincajun03
I never could stay sober on The Corpus Christi Bay
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:01 am to Crow Pie
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Can someone help me understand why energy plants need so much water. Is it simply for cooling during a specific stage in the process?
The simple answer is yes, for cooling. But, also for other purposes.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:03 am to ragincajun03
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A crippling drought is depleting its reservoirs, and the city expects it won’t be able to meet the area’s water demand in as soon as 18 months. In addition to industrial users, the water utility serves more than 500,000 people in seven counties.
Well if the drought continues and water resources get worse the industrial users may be forced to install closed looped systems to stay open. Oh well.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:03 am to ragincajun03
I’m sure it will. But if they run out of natural resources there will be larger problems. We need to take a huge step back and protect our environment or one day our heirs will be standing in line for water. And they whine about climate change. But, yet, cut down every tree they can to build, blaming cow farts for it.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:03 am to Crow Pie
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Why can't they use a massive closed system that recycles the water?
Because it's expensive.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:03 am to ragincajun03
If Nat Gas is so cheap, build desalination plants that are Zero Liquid Discharge so they won’t have to inject brine water into the ground or into the ocean.
If you do it correctly, you can use the desalination plants with Mechanical Vapor Compressors to produce electricity and ultimately help support the expanding industrial base.
If you do it correctly, you can use the desalination plants with Mechanical Vapor Compressors to produce electricity and ultimately help support the expanding industrial base.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:07 am to alajones
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Will we ever embrace desalination plants?
This is the answer
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:09 am to ragincajun03
I’m very ignorant when it comes to energy or O&G, is it water used for cooling or process?
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:09 am to 777Tiger
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have a cousin that was in the shipping bidness, he had a contract with the city of New York to dump their sewerage for a few years, he had several barges that would continuously go around to collection stations, pump the sewerage onto the barges, and then tow them out in the Atlantic to the legal limit and take a huge dump in the ocean, return, rinse, repeat, I wonder of some version of this would be an option?
Dumping literal shite is, oddly enough, less harmful to the ocean than dumping hyper-salinic sludge.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:09 am to ragincajun03
Did you know, DD Breaux once swam across the Mississippi River? I had a chance to talk with her one time about this, she said during her young and crazy days. I told her, she was older and crazier!
“ Sometimes her competitive streak ran to excess. Once when she was a teenager, camping with a friend on a sandbar in the Mississippi River near Houmas House in Darrow, they decided to swim across. The river’s treacherous current carried them almost two miles downstream before they reached the other side.
“We get out there and see the ships coming,” Breaux recalled.
“I look at that river and I still think, ‘You’re still nuts, girl,’ ” said Janey Nasca, one of Breaux’s seven siblings and closest friends. “But it’s a true testimony that there’s no obstacle if she sets her mind to it. She’s been very tenacious since she was a youngster.”
“ Sometimes her competitive streak ran to excess. Once when she was a teenager, camping with a friend on a sandbar in the Mississippi River near Houmas House in Darrow, they decided to swim across. The river’s treacherous current carried them almost two miles downstream before they reached the other side.
“We get out there and see the ships coming,” Breaux recalled.
“I look at that river and I still think, ‘You’re still nuts, girl,’ ” said Janey Nasca, one of Breaux’s seven siblings and closest friends. “But it’s a true testimony that there’s no obstacle if she sets her mind to it. She’s been very tenacious since she was a youngster.”
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:10 am to Joshjrn
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Dumping literal shite is, oddly enough, less harmful to the ocean than dumping hyper-salinic sludge.
Yep. One kills everything, the other just turns the frogs gay
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:11 am to Joshjrn
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less harmful to the ocean than dumping hyper-salinic sludge.
can that be treated with something to dilute it or, react with it to make it less harmful?
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:14 am to 777Tiger
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can that be treated with something to dilute it or, react with it to make it less harmful?
You could dilute it with fresh water, but now you've kind of defeated the purpose, for obvious reasons. As for treating it, it would surprise me. Sodium chloride is a fairly simple compound. With that said, chemistry isn't my wheelhouse, so I'll defer to anyone else on here who likely knows more.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:16 am to ragincajun03
They already have Kiewit 50 million for the desal plant. The city council voted it down because they're morons.
Posted on 10/13/25 at 9:17 am to J Murdah
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I’m very ignorant when it comes to energy or O&G, is it water used for cooling or process?
Both.
Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, Valero and the ExxonMobil / SABIC Ethylene Plant are probably the biggest water users.
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