Comparative seawater RO pretreatment evaluation using bench- and pilot-scale testing

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kumar, Manish ^a   Adham, Samer ^b   DeCarolis, James ^b   Pearce, William ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MWH ^*

^c City of San Diego Water Dep   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; SEAWATER; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

PILOT-SCALE TESTING; PRETREATMENT OF SEAWATER; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

EID: 34948819262     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2007.tb08038.x     Document Type: Article

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