Brine Brine is used for food processing and cooking (pickling and brining), for de-icing of roads and other structures, and in a number of technological processes. It is also a by-product of many industrial processes, such as desalination, and may pose an environmental risk due to its corrosive and toxic effects, so it requires wastewater treatment for proper disposal. Saline water with relatively high concentration of salt (usually sodium chloride) occurs naturally on Earth's surface (salt lakes), crust, and within brine pools on ocean bottom. Numerous processes exist which can produce brines in nature. Modification of seawater via evaporation results in
Brine shrimp For example, "A. franciscana" of the Americas has been widely introduced to places outside its native range and is often able to outcompete local species, such as "A. salina" in the Mediterranean region. Among the highly localized species are "A. urmiana" from Lake Urmia in Iran. Once abundant, the species has drastically declined due to drought, leading to fears that it was almost extinct. However, a second population of this species has recently been discovered in the Koyashskoye Salt Lake at the Crimean Peninsula. "A. monica", the species commonly known as Mono Lake brine shrimp, can be found in Mono