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I don't see a lot of discussion around the brine. In previous reading brine will eventually create areas in seas where fish and other life starts dying off beca
by bluejekyll 10y ago
I don't see a lot of discussion around the brine. In previous reading brine will eventually create areas in seas where fish and other life starts dying off because of the extreme salt content.
This article mentions the brine "is just pumped back into the Mediterranean", but don't they need to be concerned about killing fisheries?
- clsec 10y agoHere are a couple of reports on the marine impacts of desalination. Documents are in PDF form Key Issues in Seawater Desalination in California: Marine Impacts http://pacinst.org/app/uploads/2013/12/desal-marine-imapcts-full-report.pdf http://pacinst.org/app/uploads/2013/12/desal-marine-imapcts-... Desalination Plants: Potential impacts of brine discharge on marine life ftp://ftp.pcouncil.org/pub/Salmon%20EFH/338-Danoun_2007.pdf
- vessenes 10y agoThe article mentioned one installation was going to channel brine back to the dead sea, so if you've got a super salty body of water nearby, brine problem = solved!
- rshaban 10y agoFalse. The Dead Sea is already rapidly drying up due to climate change; pumping even more salt in will only hurt. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-dying-of-the-dead-sea-70079351/?no-ist http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-dying-of-th...
- vessenes 10y agoThis is only true if the brine content being offloaded is greater than that of the Dead Sea now.