Brine leaking from a pipe. The pipe is transporting brine (water saturated with salt) from beneath the ground to a chemical factory. The brine is used

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Brine leaking from a pipe. The pipe is transporting brine (water saturated with salt) from beneath the ground to a chemical factory. The brine is used in the manufacture of soda ash (sodium carbonate), calcium chloride and calcium hydroxide. Photographed near Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.

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