UN warns of rising levels of toxic brine as desalination plants meet growing water needs
Monday, January 14, 2019 - 10:20
in Earth & Climate
The fast-rising number of desalination plants worldwide—now almost 16,000, with capacity concentrated in the Middle East and North Africa—quench a growing thirst for freshwater but create a salty dilemma as well: how to deal with all the chemical-laden leftover brine.