All our figuring out about how and where our treated water flows, we began realizing that the Mississippi River connects to the Gulf of Mexico, which is salt water. We're thinking that our water source (or where our clean water comes from) is most likely a body of freshwater, so this is puzzling to us that our freshwater might become salt water.
So we did some taste testing (fresh, salt, and fresh+saltwater) only to determine that YES, all freshwater becomes salt water. We built a 2D model to show our thinking at the particle-level. This was crazy to think about since we're pretty sure that most of the Earth is covered in salt water. Are we losing freshwater when it becomes salt water?!?!
So we did some taste testing (fresh, salt, and fresh+saltwater) only to determine that YES, all freshwater becomes salt water. We built a 2D model to show our thinking at the particle-level. This was crazy to think about since we're pretty sure that most of the Earth is covered in salt water. Are we losing freshwater when it becomes salt water?!?!