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[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago

Yup. Same as Viagra, cocaine, birth control, diabetes meds, penicillin, thyroid meds, high blood pressure meds, high cholesterol meds, etc etc etc.

AFAIK there are zero treatment plants in the world that are capable of removing forever chemicals and the drugs we take to get high or stay healthy.

Welcome to the 21st century. Ain't it grand!

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Could these be removed via evaporative distillation?

I'm aware the treatment plants don't distill water, but it could be useful on the personal level. I could probably distill 20 gallons a day without much draw on the solar production.

[-] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

That's about the only way to do it. Then you'd have to add the minerals, etc that would be missing from it.

[-] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Not to mention the astronomical amount of energy required to do that. Boiling water is insanely energy intensive at scale you would basically need to dedicate nuclear power plants to treatment facilities

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Not with a solar still. I mean sure it requires a lot of energy, but that energy is "free" for all intents and purposes

[-] LordKitsuna@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Sure but you're going to have fairly Limited flow rate or need an astronomically expensive solar still to be able to do the kind of volume at treatment plant needs to be able to do

[-] filcuk@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Certainly not free to build though

[-] kcuf@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

RO can't do it?

[-] JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

I wonder how much unwanted material would be left to deal with after you evaporate off the clean water? And what would you do with it?

I'm not saying this as a deterent or to suggest you are wrong to consider trying(its an interesting idea!) I'm just genuinely curious how much there'd be and what it would look like.

If you ever do this and find out please post it here!

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

But it back down the drain /s

[-] Cornpop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Reverse osmosis makes water pure.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Can these chemicals be separated by evaporation?

[-] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 14 points 3 days ago

Not sure, but one thing I do know: sewage treatment plants aren’t distilling the water before it it gets back into service. Guessing that would be very energy intensive at scale.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago
[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I could see these chemicals being airborne and binding with rain as it condenses, rather than evaporating with it, but I simply do not know. I'm trying to build my first home and pondering somewhat radical water processing features; extreme filtration and solar distillation of rainwater being key. I'm even looking into plastic eating mushroom beds.

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