A. Definitions and Resources - Brine definitions & classifications - Brine management concepts & misconceptions - Brine management role in water planning - Brine sources - Brine resources
B. Management Issues - Snapshots - Brine and climate change - Brine disposal – current practices & issues - Brine and dryland salinity - Brine and municipal water desalination
C. Management Issues - Industry Based Analysis - Brine and petroleum (oil/gas) industry - Brine and methane gas production - Brine and coal mining industry - Brine and precious/base metal mining - Brine in non-fossil energy industy
D. Management Issues - The Regional Context - USA (municipal water production) - USA (coalbed methane production) - USA (oil/gas production) - USA (irrigation) - USA (coal & base metal mining) - USA (biofuels and solar energy) - USA (water softening) - USA (other industries) - Australia (dryland salinity & salt interception) - Australia (coalbed methane production) - Australia (mining & mineral processing industries) - Australia (coal mining & washeries) - Australia (urban salinity control) - Australia (salt production) - Australia (biofuels and solar energy) - ME (desalination) - ME (power generation) - ME (oil/gas & enhanced oil recovery) - ME (food industry) - Central Asia (irrigation) - Central Asia (food & textile industries) - Central Asia (desalination & power generation) - China and SE Asia (water production) - China and SE Asia (other industries) - India (all industries) - CIS (all industries)
E. Beneficial Uses of Brine & Case Studies - The value as a resource - Current users - Current and emerging markets - Why to use it? - Use options and options planning - Brine use in solar energy generation - Brine use in carbon capture & storage - Brine use in biofeuls production - Brines use in aquaculture industry - Brine use in salt industry - Brine use in building industry - Brine use in construction industries - Brine use in other industries - Benefits of brine use
F. Treatment Technologies and Systems - Why treatment is needed? - Degree and type of treatment - Brine reuse/recycle in industrial processes - Brine reduction technologies for regulated discharge - Brine in zero liquid discharge (ZLD) processes - Brine as a resource for recovery of byproducts - Brine in integrated recovery systems - Brine in integrated reduction systems - Techno-economic assessments (case studies)
