Your water's full panel is the blueprint for clean water.
Every ion, every milligram per liter on a full-panel report is a line item in a recovery model. For inland brackish water at 5,000–50,000 mg/L TDS, Desalus reads that panel, then funds, builds, owns and operates the treatment — you buy only clean water at an attractive rate per thousand gallons, with 99%+ recovery and zero brine.
You can't model what you haven't measured.
A TDS number alone tells you a stream is salty. It doesn't tell you what's in it — and that detail is the difference between guesswork and a bankable recovery plan. The full panel is where the value hides.
- A single TDS figure averages away the economics. Two streams at 30,000 mg/L can recover and monetize completely differently depending on their ion makeup.
- Sulfates, chlorides, calcium, sodium, nitrates — each one is a clue to recoverable water and a specific fertilizer product.
- Without the full panel you're quoting a generic system; with it, Desalus engineers a model built around your exact chemistry.
The richer the panel, the sharper the model
A complete ion panel turns a vague estimate into a site-specific projection of recovery, your clean-water rate and the costs you avoid.
Read the panel right and it tells you exactly what your water is worth.
A full-panel analysis is a map of recoverable value. Here's what Desalus pulls out of it when it builds your site-specific model.
Recoverable water, quantified
Major ions and TDS reveal how much of your stream can become clean water — usually 99%+, not the fraction conventional RO leaves you.
The fertilizer your salts become
Calcium, sulfate, nitrate and potassium signatures define which farm-grade fertilizer products your dissolved solids yield — recovered and sold by Desalus, which is what keeps your water rate low.
Avoided cost, made visible
The panel shows what you're currently paying to pond, haul or inject — and how much of that disappears under zero-waste recovery.
Scaling & fouling risk, mapped
Hardness and silica readings let Desalus design around the scaling that quietly wrecks recovery in generic systems.
Fit to the 5k–50k band
Your panel confirms you sit in the inland brackish range Desalus is purpose-built for — where the full process earns its keep.
A defensible business case
Numbers, not narrative. The model that comes back is grounded in your measured chemistry, so it stands up to scrutiny.
The band where a full panel pays off most
Between 5,000 and 50,000 mg/L TDS, ion composition swings the economics hardest — which is exactly why a complete panel, not a single number, drives the model.
In this band, two waters at the same TDS can model very differently — the panel tells Desalus which is which.
A TDS reading vs. a full-panel model
The same sample of water, two very different levels of insight.
| Question | Desalus | Single TDS number | Partial test |
|---|---|---|---|
| How much water can I recover? | 99%+, quantified | Unknowable | Rough range |
| What fertilizer will it yield? | Named products | No idea | Guess |
| What scaling risk do I face? | Designed around | Hidden | Partial |
| What disposal cost disappears? | Calculated | Estimated | Approximate |
| Is it bankable? | Defensible | No | Weak |
| Net outcome | Site-specific plan | Guesswork | Estimate |
From full panel to clean water in four steps.
The whole thing starts with one document. Send Desalus your full-panel water quality and volume report, and you'll get a model built on your exact chemistry — not a template.
Send your full panelSend your full-panel report
Submit your complete water quality analysis and volumes through the Desalus contact form. The fuller the panel, the sharper the model.
Desalus reads every ion
Each constituent is mapped to recoverable water, a specific fertilizer product, and an avoided-cost figure.
Get your site-specific model
Recovery, your clean-water rate per thousand gallons, and the capital and disposal costs you avoid — quantified for your water, before any commitment.
Desalus builds & operates it
KNeW Process, Zix-Zak ion exchange and No-Briner systems turn the blueprint into clean water — Desalus funds, installs and runs it all, and you simply buy back clean water, zero brine. Recovered salts become fertilizer Desalus markets, which keeps your water price low.
Raise profit. Eliminate waste. Flourish community.
The full panel is where it begins — the award-winning systems behind Desalus are what turn those numbers into water and food security for generations.
What people ask about the full panel
What is a "full-panel" water report?
It's a complete water quality analysis — not just TDS, but the full set of constituents: major cations and anions (sodium, calcium, magnesium, chloride, sulfate, bicarbonate), nitrate, silica, hardness, pH and more, alongside your flow volumes. That detail is what lets Desalus model recovery and fertilizer yield precisely.
Why isn't a TDS number enough?
TDS tells you a stream is salty but not what it's made of. Two waters at the same TDS can recover differently and yield entirely different fertilizer products. The full panel resolves that ambiguity and turns a generic estimate into a site-specific model.
What if my panel is incomplete?
Send what you have. Desalus can work from a partial analysis and tell you which additional parameters would tighten the model. The richer the panel, the more precise the projection of recovery, your clean-water rate and the costs you avoid.
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?
Yes — Desalus is built for inland brackish water from 5,000 to 50,000 mg/L TDS, not seawater. Mines, municipalities, power and industry with no ocean to discharge to are exactly who the full-panel model serves.
Send the panel. Get the blueprint.
One full-panel water quality and volume report is all it takes to receive a site-specific model of the clean water — and the savings — waiting in the water you already manage.
No obligation. The panel drives a site-specific model of recovery, your clean-water rate per thousand gallons and the costs you avoid.
- Every ion mapped to recoverable clean water
- Your attractive clean-water rate per 1,000 gallons
- Avoided brine, pond, disposal and capital costs, calculated
- Zero capital outlay — Desalus funds, builds & operates it all