Environmental impacts of reject brine disposal from desalination plants

Autor: Jonath Werissimo da Silva Gomes, Francisco Souto de Sousa Junior, Bruno Goulart Azevedo de Souza, Claudio Rodrigues Anders, Nildo da Silva Dias, Mikhael Rangel de Souza Melo, Cleyton dos Santos Fernandes, Ana Cláudia Medeiros Souza
Přispěvatelé: Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido, Universidade do Estado de São Paulo
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scopus
Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
instacron:UNESP
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2020.25055
Popis: Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:29:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-03-01 The chemical composition and the impacts of reject brine disposal from desalination plants on soils of the west of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, were evaluated. Soil samples in the 0.0–0.2 and 0.2–0.4 m profiles were collected at three points of reject brine influences (0, 0.8 and 1.6 m of reject brine site) and a point in the native forest (without the influence of reject brine) for chemical characterization. The analysis showed that 25% of the native forest soils have problems of salinity and/or sodicity, suggesting that salt-affected soils already existed in some communities even without the disposal of brine. The variability between the results on analysis of soil chemical properties from study lands suggests an individual assessment of potential risk of soil salinization due to the disposal of reject brine from desalination plants. Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido Universidade do Estado de São Paulo
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