[mc32]

I think the problem with brine salinity is that it’s dumped in concentrated areas which might be teeming with sea life. If they evaporated it and dumped huge salt blocks in ocean deserts it could have less impact on marine life.

[close04]

I imagine this isn't a hard problem to solve, there are no major technical limitations to doing something like this and might not even drive the cost up that much.

There are other aspects of desalination that seem far more critical, like the ones related to efficiency and the scale of the required infrastructure.

[mrguyorama]

You'd think it would be profitable to turn that brine into sea salt starter