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Why can't we use ocean water for irrigation?

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From my underground watering system for plants, trees, and grass, I discovered that my system could use sea-water for the same purpose and for farming. I pour sea-water into my underground watering pipes as is and the process of desalination of the sea-water is done by using evaporation to wet the ground. read more

In any of the water used for irrigation activities, the major constituents considered are dissolved solids present in it. The optimum Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) for plant growth & developments are less than 2100 mg/l. read more

Even with all of the water in Earth's oceans, we satisfy less than half a percent of human water needs with desalinated water.* We currently use on the order of 960 cubic miles (4,000 cubic kilometers) of freshwater a year, and overall there's enough water to go around. There is increasing regional scarcity, though. read more

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