Which are negative effects of desalination plants in the Middle East? Check all that apply.producing too much water that goes unused in the regiontaking a large amount of energy to start and operatecausing conflicts between countries over development rightsreleasing dangerous chemicals into the environmentadding a high concentration of salt back into the oceantaking up too much valuable real estate along the ocean

Desalination requires substantial energy to run, so taking a large amount of energy to start and operate is a negative effect. The process can also use treatment and cleaning chemicals that may harm the environment if released. In addition, it produces concentrated salty brine, which can raise salt levels in the ocean near discharge sites. Producing unused water, causing international development-rights conflicts, and taking up too much coastal real estate are not the main effects described here.

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