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It came from the ocean. Put it back in the ocean.
by unchocked 8y ago
It came from the ocean. Put it back in the ocean.
- lightbyte 8y agoFrom TFA: >The stuff sinks to the seafloor and wreaks havoc on ecosystems, cratering oxygen levels and spiking salt content. >Because this stuff is denser than typical seawater, it sinks to the seafloor and disrupts vibrant communities of life, which find themselves wanting far less salt and far more oxygen. >But brine is more than just hypersaline water—it can be loaded with heavy metals and chemicals that keep the feedwater from gunking up the complicated and expensive facility. “The antifoulants used in the process, particularly in the pretreatment process of the source water, accumulate and discharge to the environment in concentrations that can potentially have damaging effects on the ecosystems,” says Jones.
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- loco5niner 8y agoThat's exactly what the article is about. Putting it back in the ocean is the problem.