Looks like a variety of Datura (the Blackberry Swirl part just describes the color)... you wouldn't want to be eating THAT one! It is beautiful! I was only familiar with the ordinary white Datura.
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Originally Posted by Dollythehun
No, I asked. I've always thought it wasn't cost effective to desalinate sea water. I've never had to think about recycling every bit of waste water either (although the grass is greener over the septic drain field.) But, recycling grey water (if possible) makes good sense.
We have a well and septic. Recycling those would be against code (I believe.)
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Desal is on the expensive side but it's one of the ways of dealing with water uncertainty in a desert (like where I live)... there are a few desal plants along the California coast, and powers-that-be trying to get more. In my neighborhood, we have a cutting-edge reclamation plant that gets about 1/3 of the the secondary effluent from the Sanitation District up to, and well above, drinking water standards. Part goes to maintain the aquifer so that it is protected from seawater intrusion, the rest goes into the drinking water system. Since every drop of water on the planet is ultimately recycled (we haven't added any in a few billion years) we're just shortening the process (rather than dumping to the ocean and waiting for it to come back as rain, which can be a really long wait.) When it doesn't rain, people have to be creative!
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