A Closer Look at Desalination: Environmental Impacts of Brine Discharge/Effluents

Concerns over increase in toxic brine from desalination plants
(Matt MC GRATH, BBC UK; January 14, 2019)
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46863146

N. B.:  The featured Research article entitled, "The state of desalination and brine production:  A global outlook" (JONES et al., 2019) published in the journal Science of the Total Environment is available for download at the end of the aforementioned BBC UK News report.


Featured Research Article:


The state of desalination and brine production:  A global outlook
 (JONES et al., 2019)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vladimir_Smakhtin/publication/329476006_The_state_of_desalination_and_brine_production_A_global_outlook/links/5c1e939892851c22a33fcf61/The-state-of-desalination-and-brine-production-A-global-outlook.pdf


Selected Research Articles:


Environmental issues in seawater reverse osmosis desalination:  Intakes and outfalls
(MISSIMER and MALIVA, 2018)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0011916417307750/pdfft?md5=7b531a32d110b2da95fedacc6aa2e3f8&pid=1-s2.0-S0011916417307750-main.pdf&isDTMRedir=true&download=true

Brine Effluents:  Characteristics, Environmental Impacts, and Their Handling
(ARIONO et al., 2016)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/I_Gede_Wenten/publication/310246896_Brine_Effluents_Characteristics_Environmental_Impacts_and_Their_Handling/links/588e7525a6fdcc8e63cac58a/Brine-Effluents-Characteristics-Environmental-Impacts-and-Their-Handling.pdf

Environmental Issues of Desalination
(YOUNOS, 2005)
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2005.mp132001003.x

Impact of land disposal of reject brine from desalination plants on soil and groundwater
(MOHAMED et al., 2005)
http://atominfo.ru/files/brine/Brine%20from%20desalination%20plants_03.pdf


Video:


How Seawater Desalination Works (DVS Marketing; May 1, 2013)

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