We are running out of drinkable water. LFTR reactors can use sea water as coolant, creating pure drinkable distilled water as a byproduct. Check out this article from Mercola.com regarding the water crisis:
"By Dr. Mercola
Clean, pure water — in sufficient amounts — is one of the most important foundations for optimal health.
Unfortunately, most tap water is far from pure, containing a vast array of disinfection byproducts, fluoride, radiation, heavy metals, agricultural runoff, pharmaceutical drugs and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used in the production of Teflon and flame retardants.1
And that's the short list. What's worse, more than half of the 300-plus chemicals detected in U.S. drinking water are not even regulated.2
Each year, red flags over toxic drinking water are raised across the U.S., with reasons varying from location to location. The poisoning of Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to the problem in the U.S., while also exposing the political inertia and outright lies that allow these things to happen.
Olympic Games Highlight Brazil's Water Pollution ProblemIn Brazil, the Summer Olympic Games have brought renewed attention to that nation's horrendous water pollution problem.3,4
According to reports, 30 percent of the sewage lines in Rio de Janeiro are exposed, allowing raw sewage to flow openly through the streets, and Guanabara Bay, where sailing competitions will be held, is severely contaminated with fecal matter.
Only half of the city's sewage is ever treated before spilling into waterways. But Brazil certainly is not alone. Water pollution is a significant problem around the world, including the United States. Deteriorating infrastructure only adds to an already challenging problem.
Safe Drinking Water Is Becoming More Difficult to ObtainAccording to a recent study, contamination of water supplies around the globe has increased the cost of water treatment by 50 percent in some areas, making it increasingly difficult to provide safe drinking water for all residents.
According to the researchers, two major culprits contributing to the contamination and subsequent price hikes are farms operating in areas that supply water to surrounding cities, and large numbers of people living on and around underground watersheds. As reported by Reuters:5
"Nearly 90 percent of the world's urban watersheds face some level of degradation from agricultural chemicals and increased sediment, making water treatment more expensive, the study said ...
When someone upstream decides to expand agriculture or build more houses it will have a cost (on water treatment) which is not accounted for in the market place,' said McDonald, lead scientist at The Nature Conservatory, an environmental group."
The answer is better land-use management that addresses fertilizer runoff. Dramatic reduction in fertilizer use is also recommended. These remedies are equally costly, but at least they provide a more long-lasting solution.
In some areas, farmers are trying new conservation methods to ward off toxic runoff and protect water quality. Strategies include the construction of artificial wetlands and underground "bioreactors" hooked up to drainage systems to capture nutrients.6
Others have started using cover crops and no-till methods to slow fertilizer and pesticide runoff. The Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative alone spends $30 million a year to curb agricultural pollution in its high-priority watersheds.
According to one study, it would cost as much as $2.7 billion a year to shrink the dead zone in the Gulf, created by agricultural pollution washing down the Mississippi river....
see the full article at Mercola.com
"By Dr. Mercola
Clean, pure water — in sufficient amounts — is one of the most important foundations for optimal health.
Unfortunately, most tap water is far from pure, containing a vast array of disinfection byproducts, fluoride, radiation, heavy metals, agricultural runoff, pharmaceutical drugs and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used in the production of Teflon and flame retardants.1
And that's the short list. What's worse, more than half of the 300-plus chemicals detected in U.S. drinking water are not even regulated.2
Each year, red flags over toxic drinking water are raised across the U.S., with reasons varying from location to location. The poisoning of Flint, Michigan, brought much-needed attention to the problem in the U.S., while also exposing the political inertia and outright lies that allow these things to happen.
Olympic Games Highlight Brazil's Water Pollution ProblemIn Brazil, the Summer Olympic Games have brought renewed attention to that nation's horrendous water pollution problem.3,4
According to reports, 30 percent of the sewage lines in Rio de Janeiro are exposed, allowing raw sewage to flow openly through the streets, and Guanabara Bay, where sailing competitions will be held, is severely contaminated with fecal matter.
Only half of the city's sewage is ever treated before spilling into waterways. But Brazil certainly is not alone. Water pollution is a significant problem around the world, including the United States. Deteriorating infrastructure only adds to an already challenging problem.
Safe Drinking Water Is Becoming More Difficult to ObtainAccording to a recent study, contamination of water supplies around the globe has increased the cost of water treatment by 50 percent in some areas, making it increasingly difficult to provide safe drinking water for all residents.
According to the researchers, two major culprits contributing to the contamination and subsequent price hikes are farms operating in areas that supply water to surrounding cities, and large numbers of people living on and around underground watersheds. As reported by Reuters:5
"Nearly 90 percent of the world's urban watersheds face some level of degradation from agricultural chemicals and increased sediment, making water treatment more expensive, the study said ...
When someone upstream decides to expand agriculture or build more houses it will have a cost (on water treatment) which is not accounted for in the market place,' said McDonald, lead scientist at The Nature Conservatory, an environmental group."
The answer is better land-use management that addresses fertilizer runoff. Dramatic reduction in fertilizer use is also recommended. These remedies are equally costly, but at least they provide a more long-lasting solution.
In some areas, farmers are trying new conservation methods to ward off toxic runoff and protect water quality. Strategies include the construction of artificial wetlands and underground "bioreactors" hooked up to drainage systems to capture nutrients.6
Others have started using cover crops and no-till methods to slow fertilizer and pesticide runoff. The Mississippi River Basin Healthy Watersheds Initiative alone spends $30 million a year to curb agricultural pollution in its high-priority watersheds.
According to one study, it would cost as much as $2.7 billion a year to shrink the dead zone in the Gulf, created by agricultural pollution washing down the Mississippi river....
see the full article at Mercola.com