The link does not really show any evidence that marine ecology at brine outlets is disturbed. It does however suggest that pouring the brine on land or roads (f

The link does not really show any evidence that marine ecology at brine outlets is disturbed. It does however suggest that pouring the brine on land or roads (for de-icing) are alternative solutions, which I doubt ;). I was more thinking of proper studies, such as reviewed in [0], which says in the abstract: "Ecological monitoring studies have found variable effects ranging from no significant impacts to benthic communities, through to widespread alterations to community structure in seagrass, coral reef and soft-sediment ecosystems when discharges are released to poorly flushed environments. In most other cases environmental effects appear to be limited to within 10s of meters of outfalls." So, impact yes, but "release area is just dying", probably not. [0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135410002903 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00431...