Seawater RO treatment of RO concentrate to extreme silica concentrations

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 22, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 286-291

  Ning, Robert Y ^a   Tarquin, Anthony J ^b   Balliew, John E ^c  

^a King Lee Technologies   (United States)

^b 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^c El Paso Water Utilities   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrate disposal; Deep well injection; Evaporation pond; High silica; RO Concentrate; Seawater RO; Tandem RO; Zero liquid discharge

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649347052     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2010.1877     Document Type: Article

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