Massive-Scale Dissolution, Conveyance, and Disposal of Dead Sea Potash Industry Halite Waste.

ABSTRACT: The Dead Sea (DS) potash industry halite waste accumulation rate is estimated at 0.2 m year^-1, across 140 km² of evaporation ponds in Israel and Jordan, totaling ∼28 million m³ year^-1. As accommodation in the southern DS basin space is nearly exhausted, it is planned in Israel to dredge newly precipitated salt and convey it in a solid state to the northern DS basin by constructing a 30 km conveyor to the northern DS basin where the salt will be disposed. Concerns regarding the environmental impacts of such massive undertaking led to the examination of alternative solutions. The alternative discussed in the paper, which takes into account the estimated halite waste volumes in Jordan as well, examines the feasibility for dissolution of the dredged

SUBMITTER: Reznik IJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249354 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature