Sardines
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So how do you recover the fresh water? I mean we can turn sea water into drinking water, it just uses a lot of energy and makes the water expensive.
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Hidden reservoir of fresh water found miles beneath the ocean floor
An international team of scientists is exploring a vast reservoir of fresh water beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
Even if the aquifer proves vast and relatively fresh, turning a hidden offshore reservoir into a dependable municipal supply is a long road.
Engineers would need to design wells that operate safely beneath the seabed, transport water ashore, and control pumping to avoid drawing in saltwater or collapsing sediments.
There would also be a need for ecologists to assess how extraction might alter pressure gradients, seafloor habitats, and onshore springs.
Lawyers and policymakers would need to answer thorny questions about ownership and rights: Who controls water beneath federal waters? What about state waters? How do indigenous, fishing, and coastal communities fit into the decision-making? And who bears the cost, and the risk?
The scientists on Liftboat Robert aren’t weighing in on those choices yet. Their job is to deliver a definitive map and a clean set of measurements: salinity profiles, chemical fingerprints, isotopic ages, permeability data, and the architecture of the sediments themselves.