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
Salt industry in Syracuse, New York Tully and the salt springs at the southeastern end of Onondaga Lake. The resulting Onondaga Formation was the source of salt belonging to the "Onondaga salt-group" which extends from the Hudson Valley through Syracuse to Wyoming County, New York, where salt wells were established in the early 1880s. From there, it continues through Southern Ontario to Saginaw, Michigan, and extends as far west as Wisconsin and Iowa. "Salt springs" are one of three sources from which salt is obtained; "rock salt (fossil salt)", "sea water" and "salt brine" which is derived from springs, lakes, or wells. The brine obtained from