Why cant Water Desalination Plants store excess Salt on land somewhere?

Question

Brine, salt water, things that come out of Desalination plants are normally put back in the ocean at an environmental cost. Why cant the brine be pumped somewhere safe, or have the salt removed and put somewhere safe? Arent there plenty of places on land to put all of that salt? Why cant the brine be pumped into the desert to evaporate?

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Answer 1

It’s circular. If you desalinate sea water, the desalinated water will eventually end up back in the sea. So if you took the salt out and stored it on land, the salinity of the sea would slowly go down.