Sentences with phrase «brine evaporation ponds»

However, it doesn't tolerate any more lithium brine evaporation ponds, and water rights are very scarce as well.

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Nevertheless, the Lithium Triangle salars are beginning to show the strains of increased lithium production: Evaporation ponds litter the barren landscape, and pumping the brine may lower the water table — a major threat in a desert area.

Concentrated brine would either be sent back to the sea or to evaporation ponds.