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by gimme_treefiddy 1349 days ago
Any idea why it would require this much water?
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It gets ultrapurified and used to wash _everything_ all the time, lots of steps are chemically nasty and need to be completely gone before production proceeds.
Can they recycle it on site?
Yes, and they (universally?) already do recycle substantial fractions (>30%) of their wastewater. It’s a hot area of development. Truly enormous amounts of rinsing, mindboggling.
This video from YouTube talks a bit about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3RzODSR3gk