Rapid sand filtration pretreatment for SWRO: Microbial maturation dynamics and filtration efficiency of organic matter

Desalination

Volumn 286, Issue , 2012, Pages 120-130

  Bar Zeev, Edo ^a   Belkin, Natalia ^a   Liberman, Boris ^b   Berman, Tom ^c   Berman Frank, Ilana ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b IDE Kadima ^*  (Israel)

^c ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biofilm; Filtration efficiency; Maturation period; Rapid sand filtration; SWRO pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL FILTERS; CHLOROPHYLL A; DESALINATION FACILITIES; DESALINATION PLANT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FEEDWATER; FILTRATION EFFICIENCY; INNOVATIVE DESIGN; INTERSTITIAL WATER; MATURATION PERIOD; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; PRE-TREATMENT; PRETREATMENT PROCEDURE; RAPID SAND FILTRATION; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEM ANALYSIS; SOURCE WATERS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL FILTER BEDS; CHLOROPHYLL; DESALINATION; DESIGN; DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; METABOLISM; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER FILTRATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CHLOROPHYLL A; DESALINATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FILTRATION; MATURATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLE; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84856037240     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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