Hawaii Deep Ocean Drinking Water

For those who have failed to fully investigate desalinated water, or who simply dislike anything new, there may well be a debate over whether traditional fresh water or drinkable seawater is better or worse.  For those familiar with the desalinization process and its many benefits, there really is no debate.  Drinkable seawater has been around for years.  It has been used on our luxurious cruise ships and our military submarines.  From these places, where every detail is accounted for, and everything costs more because it must achieve very high standards and testing, drinkable seawater has been a choice product.  Now, as desalinated water makes its way through the mainstream, people are beginning to wonder if it is right.

The fact is: desalinated water is better for the economy, environment, and for the individuals who use it.  Seawater is far more pure than the fresh water we gain today from inland fresh water well.  As a result, it has less things that need removed from it and fewer things added to it, which means less things other than water will make it to a consumer or irrigation pump that draws from desalinated seawater than traditional fresh water.  The salt water is far more abundant than traditional fresh water well, so by drawing from there for water to desalinate, we are going to see less of an impact on the environment.  If we could stop using the fresh water tables as a whole, we’re going to see lakes, ponds and rivers return to their natural, vibrant state.  Initial cost for a desalinization plant is high, higher than traditional water treatment facilities.  However, we have already learned to make dual purpose plants, so both fresh water and salt water can be drawn together and purified, which lowers the overall cost of either.  And, more tests are being done to see what else we can combine to lower costs.  More jobs are being created, which is always good for the economy.  And, when water is more readily available throughout the world, we can expect to see the price of everything go down.  Looking at it from different angles, we really don’t see where the traditional fresh water treatment has anything over newer desalinated water processes and products.  The new technology is often watched with a careful eye until everything begins in full swing, and people forget that it is new, only that it is available.