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I looked up your claim that desalination plants produce "toxic wastewater" and I found nothing to support it. The output appears to be simple concentrated ocean

• culi 3y ago
  I'm more interested in what you possibly looked up that made it hard to find... > Furthermore, chemicals such as biocides, surface−active agents, anti-scale additives, and solid residues from filter backflushing may be present in the effluent discharge on a continuous or periodic basis, posing a risk to the environment > Brine effluents from RO desalination plants not only have a high salt content but typically also contain compounds from the desalination process, such as phosphonate-based antiscalants and ferric (or alum) sulphate-based coagulants [1] https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.845113/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.8451... [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135418310649?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00431... > However, concern also exists regarding the use and release of toxic anti-foulants and anti-scalants to maintain plant infrastructure [3] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135410002903 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00431... > The super-salty substance is made even more toxic by the chemicals used in the desalination process, researchers reported in the journal Science of the Total Environment. > Copper and chlorine, for example, are both commonly used. [4] https://phys.org/news/2019-01-brine-highlights-toxic-problem.html https://phys.org/news/2019-01-brine-highlights-toxic-problem...