Desalination processes have environmental impacts. The brine water discharge has an impact on marine ecosystem. This is mostly due to the highly saline brine that is discharged into the sea, which may be increased by ...Desalination processes have environmental impacts. The brine water discharge has an impact on marine ecosystem. This is mostly due to the highly saline brine that is discharged into the sea, which may be increased by temperature, contain residual chemicals from the pretreatment process, heavy metals from corrosion or intermittently used cleaning agents. The effluent from desalination plants is a multi-component waste, with multiple effects on water, sediment and marine organisms. Therefore, it affects the quality of the resource which it depends on. In this study, selected water quality parameters in the seawater and the presence of heavy metals of concern in the sediments and algae were monitored to investigate the impacts of the discharges by seawater desalination plants using reverse osmosis on the receiving marine environment. In light of the results obtained, the analyzed water has a physicochemical quality more or less adequate, moreover, chemical analyzes in seaweed and sediments show relatively low levels of heavy metals.展开更多
文摘Desalination processes have environmental impacts. The brine water discharge has an impact on marine ecosystem. This is mostly due to the highly saline brine that is discharged into the sea, which may be increased by temperature, contain residual chemicals from the pretreatment process, heavy metals from corrosion or intermittently used cleaning agents. The effluent from desalination plants is a multi-component waste, with multiple effects on water, sediment and marine organisms. Therefore, it affects the quality of the resource which it depends on. In this study, selected water quality parameters in the seawater and the presence of heavy metals of concern in the sediments and algae were monitored to investigate the impacts of the discharges by seawater desalination plants using reverse osmosis on the receiving marine environment. In light of the results obtained, the analyzed water has a physicochemical quality more or less adequate, moreover, chemical analyzes in seaweed and sediments show relatively low levels of heavy metals.
