Characteristics of desalination brine and its impacts on marine chemistry and health, with emphasis on the Persian/Arabian gulf: a review

M Omerspahic, H Al-Jabri, SA Siddiqui… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
At a time when worldwide water shortage is increasing, seawater is being viewed as an
inexhaustible supply of freshwater via the process of seawater desalination. As a result …

[HTML][HTML] Can seawater desalination be a win-win fix to our water cycle?

A Pistocchi, T Bleninger, C Breyer, U Caldera, C Dorati… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
While we increasingly turn to desalination as a secure water supply, it is still perceived as an
expensive and environmentally damaging solution, affordable only for affluent societies. In …

Seawater quality at the brine discharge site from two mega size seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants in Israel (Eastern Mediterranean)

N Kress, Y Gertner, E Shoham-Frider - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Two mega-size seawater desalination plants, producing 240 Mm 3/y freshwater, discharge
brine into the Mediterranean coast of Israel through two marine outfalls, located 0.8 km …

Impacts of Desalination Brine Discharge on Benthic Ecosystems

R Sirota, G Winters, O Levy, J Marques… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination facilities produce freshwater and, at the
same time, discharge hypersaline brine that often includes various chemical additives such …

Sustainable desalination: Long-term monitoring of brine discharge in the marine environment

I Sola, Y Fernández-Torquemada, A Forcada… - Marine Pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
The environmental impact of desalination is the most important concern related to its
sustainable development. We present the results of a long-term environmental plan to …

Biological and physical effects of brine discharge from the Carlsbad Desalination plant and implications for future desalination plant constructions

K Lykkebo Petersen, N Heck, B G. Reguero, D Potts… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination is increasingly used as a technology for
addressing shortages of freshwater supply and desalination plants are in operation or being …

Aspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study

D Xevgenos, M Marcou, V Louca, E Avramidi… - Desalination and Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cyprus relies on seawater desalination for a large part of its drinking water supply, with
reverse osmosis providing more than 95% of the total desalination capacity in the country …

Antiscalants used in the desalination industry impact the physiology of the coral Montipora capricornis

JA Marques, A Gafni, O Adler, O Levy, E Bar-Zeev - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Many coral reefs are found in arid and semi-arid regions that often face severe water scarcity
and depend on seawater desalination for freshwater supply. Alongside freshwater …

Prevention is better than cure: Persian Gulf biodiversity vulnerability to the impacts of desalination plants

M Sharifinia, Z Afshari Bahmanbeigloo… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Due to extremely high rates of evaporation and low precipitation in the Persian Gulf,
discharges from desalination plants (DPs) can lead to ecological stresses by increasing …

Impact of brine on the marine environment and how it can be reduced

Y Fernández-Torquemada, A Carratalá… - Desalination and water …, 2019 - Elsevier
Seawater desalination is a potential solution for addressing water shortages. The number of
desali-nation plants projected and constructed in some regions has substantially increased …