Preliminary results of the monitoring of the brine discharge produced by the SWRO desalination plant of Alicante (SE Spain)

One year after the plant operation, the results obtained at these campaigns have shown that dilution of the brine may be lower than the usually accepted and it may affect significant extensions of marine communities. Due to the recent development of the desalination activity in our country the information obtained in this work can be considered really useful for its application to future similar projects in the Mediterranean Sea.