Controlled Thermal Resources developing a geothermal lithium project in Salton Sea recycles a gallon of water at least eight times and will produce water via steam from its geothermal power process.
E3 Lithium deployed third party DLE pilot plant within 3 months in merely $6M CAD
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/lithium-tech-developers-eye-ways-boost-water-recycling-2023-09-13/
