Brine is toxic. It’s heavier than water, very base and is found below the water table. Allowing it to evaporate allows for leakage and contamination of ground water and literally killing land that is surrounding the area
Wouldn’t it be better to pump it up from the deepest part of the Brine pool; process it to remove marketable products (Sodash, Potash, Lithium Carbonate, Magnesium, Graphitr, etc) and then pump it back down into a shallow area of the Brine Pool? Just go over a mile or two, and pump it back down? That’s one of the goals that is being promoted
They are done in regions where there is no environment to destroy, salt flats
Brine is toxic. It’s heavier than water, very base and is found below the water table. Allowing it to evaporate allows for leakage and contamination of ground water and literally killing land that is surrounding the area
Wouldn’t it be better to pump it up from the deepest part of the Brine pool; process it to remove marketable products (Sodash, Potash, Lithium Carbonate, Magnesium, Graphitr, etc) and then pump it back down into a shallow area of the Brine Pool? Just go over a mile or two, and pump it back down? That’s one of the goals that is being promoted
There is no ground water in salt flats.
I live just north of Salt Lake City, UT
Where do you think we get water for agriculture and the city? Yup, ground water down to about 75 feet. Much deeper than that you hit Brine