Xevgenos, D.Marcou, MLouca, VasilisAvramidi, EleniIoannou, GArgyrou, MStavrou, PMortou, MKuepper, Frithjof2021-03-152021-03-152021-01-18Xevgenos, D, Marcou, M, Louca, V, Avramidi, E, Ioannou, G, Argyrou, M, Stavrou, P, Mortou, M & Kuepper, F 2021, 'Aspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination : Cyprus as a case study', Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 211, pp. 15-30. https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2021.269161944-3994ORCID: /0000-0001-9560-0479/work/162727202https://hdl.handle.net/2164/16040Acknowledgements The authors are grateful to the European Commission for supporting the activities carried out in the framework of the H2020 European project ZERO BRINE (project under grant agreement No. 730390). The authors would equally like to thank the TOTAL Foundation (Project “Diversity of brown algae in the Eastern Mediterranean”) and the UK Natural Environment Research Council for their support to FCK (program Oceans 2025 – WP 4.5 and grants NE/D521522/1 and NE/J023094/1). This work also received support from the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland pooling initiative. MASTS is funded by the Scottish Funding Council (grant reference HR09011) and contributing institutions. The authors would also like to thank representatives from competent authorities in Cyprus providing data, and specifically Nicoletta Kythreotou from the Department of Environment, George Ashikalis from the Transmission System Operator, Dr. DinosPoullis and Lia Georgiou from the Water Development Department.161347953engSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergySDG 14 - Life Below WaterCyprusBrineCarbon footprintDesalinationPosidonia oceanicaSeagrassQH301 BiologyGE Environmental SciencesNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/D521522/1NE/J023094/1Scottish Funding CouncilHR09011QH301GEJournal article10.5004/dwt.2021.26916http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100782694&partnerID=8YFLogxK211