Editing Brine (section)

=== Characteristics ===
The characteristics of the [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] depend on different factors, such as the desalination [[technology]] used, [[salinity]] and [[Water quality|quality]] of the water used, [[Natural environment|environmental]] and [[Oceanography|oceanographic]] characteristics, desalination process carried out, among others.<ref name="Panagopoulos 111773">{{Cite journal |last1=Panagopoulos |first1=Argyris |last2=Haralambous |first2=Katherine-Joanne |date=December 2020 |title=Environmental impacts of desalination and brine treatment - Challenges and mitigation measures |url=https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111773 |journal=Marine Pollution Bulletin |volume=161 |issue=Pt B |pages=111773 |doi=10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111773 |pmid=33128985 |bibcode=2020MarPB.16111773P |issn=0025-326X}}</ref> The discharge of desalination plants by [[Seawater Reverse Osmosis|seawater reverse osmosis]] (SWRO), are mainly characterized by presenting a salinity concentration that can, in the worst case, double the salinity of the seawater used, and unlike of [[thermal desalination]] plants, have practically the same [[temperature]] and [[Oxygen saturation|dissolved oxygen]] as the seawater used.<ref name="Abessi 2018 259–303">{{Citation |last=Abessi |first=Ozeair |title=Brine Disposal and Management—Planning, Design, and Implementation |date=2018 |work=Sustainable Desalination Handbook |pages=259–303 |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-809240-8.00007-1 |access-date=2024-04-09 |publisher=Elsevier |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-809240-8.00007-1|isbn=978-0-12-809240-8 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mezher |first1=Toufic |last2=Fath |first2=Hassan |last3=Abbas |first3=Zeina |last4=Khaled |first4=Arslan |date=January 2011 |title=Techno-economic assessment and environmental impacts of desalination technologies |url=https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2010.08.035 |journal=Desalination |volume=266 |issue=1–3 |pages=263–273 |doi=10.1016/j.desal.2010.08.035 |bibcode=2011Desal.266..263M |issn=0011-9164}}</ref>