[BitWielder1]

...the desalination process itself pollutes the ocean with high concentration salt brine...

Bunk. Even if, so what?
The same salt that's already in the ocean is hardly a pollutant.
The volume of the ocean is so much more than the entire brine output of all the desalination plants, so it should not be a problem.
If it's really a concern, they can just mix the brine with unprocessed sea water to dilute it to some acceptable level.
Or spread the output over a larger area and it will be not much different than what happens naturally when ocean water evaporates.
Or put the desalination plant near a river mouth where it can mix with the fresh water.
There are solutions to every one of these problems, if they are even problems at all, but Libs are always inventing new problems to hamper any progress, not fixing them.
And they call themselves "Progressive". BAH!

[TheDon]

If it's really a concern, they can just mix the brine with unprocessed sea water to dilute it to some acceptable level.

Correct. This was done successfully at the Tampa Bay desal plant and their outlet is in a bay. You are correct about the misinformation libs use to stop progress on desal.

[txhurl]

nail!