DOH! *Wince*

Well, since I won't be able to partake, I might as well explain what I was thinking. In developing nations, they all seem to have the same problems. They need more electricity, more clean water, and more money. What if you could solve or partially fill all three in one shot?

I was thinking of a shore-based geothermal plant. Piping would pump brine deep underground, heating to near-steam, then looped back up to the surface, driving a turbine for the electricity portion. Then, the water is cooled by piping in plain seawater from offshore and run through a heat exchanger. The "open" seawater system would allow evaporation, and the steam distilled into pure drinking water. The resulting waste salt could be refined and sold as sea salt. There you have it. One plant, three badly needed resources.

I would have had to research the feasibility of it all, and cost comparisons of course, but it seems viable to me.