Pick up some oysters, for eating? If these oysters serve as a pre-filter for the plant, would you not want to eat them as these oysters would contain all sorts of pollution?
> This was the first oyster farm to feature an inventive “depuration and purification” process, which involves immersing the oysters in triple-filtered seawater once they reach full size. This ensures that the oysters are a completely safe, top-quality delicious shellfish product.
> That’s a really convoluted way to say they rinse them off in clean water.
It's more than rinsing them off. Oysters are filter feeders. They need to spend enough time in clean water to pump out any contaminants. It's an FDA regulated process:
If they were pulling disgusting water into the desalination plant, it would probably damage their equipment. If you watch the video, you'll find that macroscopic contamination is the first problem they have to solve, and the oysters should be fine for that.
> This was the first oyster farm to feature an inventive “depuration and purification” process, which involves immersing the oysters in triple-filtered seawater once they reach full size. This ensures that the oysters are a completely safe, top-quality delicious shellfish product.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/10best/2022/08/04/how-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depuration
TIL.