No waste. No brine. No compromise.
Most treatment trades one problem for another — clean water out, a brine stream you're stuck with. Desalus refuses the trade. For inland water at 5,000–50,000 mg/L TDS, Desalus funds, builds, owns and operates the treatment so over 99% becomes clean water you buy back at an attractive rate per thousand gallons, and every dissolved solid is recovered as farm-grade fertilizer. Nothing is dumped.
"High recovery" still leaves you holding the waste.
Conventional treatment is sold on recovery percentages — but the percentage it doesn't recover doesn't vanish. It concentrates into brine, and inland there's nowhere to send it. The compromise is baked in.
- Brine is the compromise. Every "90% recovery" claim is also a 10%-waste admission you pay to pond, haul or inject.
- Ponds and liners are permanent. Evaporation acreage only grows, and the liability rides on your books for decades.
- Disposal is a tax on operating. Trucking, injection wells and permits turn treatment into a cost that never ends.
Conventional "recovery" vs. zero waste
The orange band is the waste you keep paying for. Desalus removes it — not reduces it.
Zero waste isn't a stretch goal. It's the design.
Desalus doesn't minimize the reject stream — it eliminates it. Here's what "no waste, no brine, no compromise" actually buys you.
Truly zero brine
No reject stream exists at the end of the process. There is nothing to pond, line, haul or inject — full zero-liquid-discharge.
Lower water cost, zero capital
No capital outlay and no operating burden. Desalus funds, builds and runs everything — you pay only for clean water delivered, at an attractive rate per thousand gallons that beats your current all-in cost.
99%+ recovery, no asterisk
Almost every drop returns to use — and the small remainder doesn't become waste, it becomes fertilizer. No hidden compromise.
No brine, no permit fight
Without a brine stream there's no brine to permit, monitor or defend. Compliance gets simpler, not harder.
Clean by every measure
No ponds leaching, no trucks running, no disposal footprint. The community and the watershed both come out ahead.
Proven, not promised
Built on the IChemE award-winning No-Briner and KNeW Process — engineered and operated as a service around your water.
Zero waste across the whole brackish band
From mildly brackish groundwater to near-saturation mine and process water, Desalus holds zero waste from 5,000 to 50,000 mg/L total dissolved solids.
No matter where in the band your water sits, the answer is the same: no brine out the other end.
Where the waste ends up
The same feed water, three very different endings.
| Outcome | Desalus | Evaporation ponds | Conventional RO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brine / reject stream | None | Permanent pond | Yes — must be managed |
| Water recovery | 99%+ | Low — lost to air | Stalls inland |
| Disposal & hauling | None | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| Capital you outlay | None — Desalus owns & operates | You fund & build | You fund & build |
| What you pay for | Clean water, per 1,000 gal | Disposal, forever | Power + disposal |
| Compromise involved | None | Total | Built-in |
| Your all-in water cost | Lowest & predictable | Highest | High |
From feed water to zero waste in four steps.
It starts with your numbers. Send Desalus a full-panel water quality and volume report and see exactly how your waste stream disappears — replaced by water and fertilizer.
Start with your water reportShare your full-panel report
Send your water quality and volume data through the Desalus contact form. The richer the panel, the sharper the model.
Get a no-waste model
Desalus quantifies recovery, your clean-water rate per thousand gallons, and the disposal and capital costs that simply vanish for your exact water.
Desalus builds & operates it
Desalus funds, installs and runs KNeW Process, Zix-Zak ion exchange and No-Briner to leave no brine behind — no capex or operating burden for you.
Buy back clean water, waste-free
You purchase clean water at your agreed rate per thousand gallons, and there is no waste stream to deal with at all. The recovered salts become fertilizer Desalus markets, which keeps your water price low.
Raise profit. Eliminate waste. Flourish community.
No waste isn't only the right thing — it's the profitable thing. The award-winning Desalus systems prove it on your hardest water.
What "no waste" really answers
Does "no waste" really mean zero brine?
Yes — literally. There is no concentrate or reject stream at the end of the Desalus process. Over 99% of the water leaves as clean water and the dissolved solids leave as farm-grade fertilizer. There is nothing to pond, haul or inject: true zero-liquid-discharge.
Where's the catch — what's the compromise?
There isn't one on waste. The whole point is that you don't trade a brine problem for a water result. Because Desalus recovers and sells the salts as fertilizer, eliminating waste actually lets Desalus price your clean water below your current all-in cost rather than worsening the economics.
How does the Desalus model work — what do I actually pay?
Desalus capitalizes, builds, owns, operates and maintains the facility — you invest no capital and run nothing. You simply purchase the clean water Desalus produces, at an attractive rate per thousand gallons. Because Desalus recovers and sells the resulting fertilizer, we can price your water below conventional treat-and-dispose alternatives while leaving zero waste. The fertilizer revenue is Desalus'; your benefit is cheaper water and no liability.
Is this for inland brackish water or seawater?
Inland brackish water, 5,000–50,000 mg/L TDS. Seawater plants assume an ocean outfall for brine; inland sites have no such option, which is exactly why a genuinely zero-waste process matters here.
How do I find out what it does for my water?
Send Desalus a full-panel water quality and volume report through the contact form. You'll get a site-specific model showing recovery, your clean-water rate per thousand gallons, and the disposal and capital costs eliminated — before any commitment.
See your waste stream disappear.
Send Desalus a full-panel water quality and volume report and get site-specific insight into the clean water — and the savings — waiting where your brine used to be.
No obligation. The report drives a site-specific model of recovery, your clean-water rate per thousand gallons and the costs you avoid.
- Zero brine — the reject stream eliminated, not reduced
- Your attractive clean-water rate per 1,000 gallons
- Disposal, pond, hauling and capital costs taken to zero
- Zero capital outlay — Desalus funds, builds & operates it all