"While most studies focus on salinity as the
primary cause of biological effects, many chemicals are used in the desalination process (e.g.
antiscalants, biocides, etc.), some of which can be toxic."[1]
Currently building a small (real small by US standards) 95 sqm. passive house in Romania. I dared to do this by myself as I'm a trained structural engineer (now a SW developer).
I can not emphasize enough on the energy efficiency of the house as energy costs are high. Take a look on how and why to build a passive house, it will change your life.
I'm a 30 yo self-taught programmer from Romania and I've found this page a couple of months ago... since then this is my point of entry to the WWW, this is really adictive! :D
[1] https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/ocean/d...