Seawater intake and pre-treatment/brine discharge - environmental issues

Desalination

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 576-584

  Peters, Thomas ^a   Pintó, Domènec ^b  

^a Dr Ing Peters Consulting for Membrane Technology and Environmental Engineering   (Germany)

^b Catalana de Perforacions ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Brine discharge; Environmental impact; Reverse osmosis; Seawater desalination; Seawater intake; Seawater pre treatment

Indexed keywords

BRINES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

BRINE DISCHARGE; HORIZONTAL DIRECTIONAL DRILLING (HDD); SEAWATER DESALINATION PLANTS;

DESALINATION;

BRINES; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

BRINE; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; HORIZONTAL DRILLING; MEMBRANE; SEAWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 38349100551     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.04.066     Document Type: Article

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