Feasibility of reverse osmosis desalination of brackish agricultural drainage water in the San Joaquin Valley

Desalination

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-250

  McCool, Brian C ^a   Rahardianto, Anditya ^a   Faria, Jose ^b   Kovac, Kurt ^b   Lara, David ^b   Cohen, Yoram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brackish water; Desalination; Mineral scaling; Recovery limits; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALCITE; DESALINATION; GYPSUM; MINERALS; OPTIMIZATION; RECOVERY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATER; BRACKISH WATER; MINERAL SCALING; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; SPARINGLY SOLUBLE SALT; THERMODYNAMIC SOLUBILITY; WATER QUALITY MONITORING; WATER QUALITY VARIABILITIES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

DESALINATION; DRAINAGE; OPTIMIZATION; OSMOSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY;

CALIFORNIA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049444581     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2010.05.031     Document Type: Article

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