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2025-02-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

City under siege. Will water from Donbass mines become a salvation for Donetsk?

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Posted by badanov 2025-02-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 I'd be real leery about using water from flooded mines for drinking. Heavy metals and all.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-02-22 16:20|| 2025-02-22 16:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Would steam distilling drop out the dissolved compounds, or would reverse osmoses through membranes be required…or both? There are standard protocols and equipment for getting purified water, though at a price.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-22 21:59|| 2025-02-22 21:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Nuclear distillation, baby! And you will never run out of hot water again.

Good questions, tw. I suspect the issues are price and scale.

Posted by SteveS 2025-02-22 22:22|| 2025-02-22 22:22|| Front Page Top

#4 When we put in our last hot water heater, the installer asked if we wanted to attach a water softener or reverse osmosis purifier, as the water around here is somewhat hard. I consulted my in-house engineer, who turned down spending a couple extra thousand dollars for either option, as it wouldn’t significantly enough shorten the useful life, and we are not so tender that the deposits on skin, hair, and clothing would be debilitating.

The pilot plant I used when I was developing new and improved toothpastes used water purified through reverse osmosis, as I recall, as did the company’s factories.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-02-22 22:40|| 2025-02-22 22:40|| Front Page Top

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