Performance and cost effectiveness of reverse osmosis and electrodialysis reversal for desalination of brackish groundwater containing high silica

2009 AWWA Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Badruzzaman, Mohammad ^a   Decarolis, James F ^a   Subramani, Arun ^a   Pearce, William ^b   Jacangelo, Joseph ^c  

^a MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

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

^c MWH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; BRACKISH WATER DESALINATIONS; CLEANING FREQUENCIES; CONCENTRATE DISPOSAL; COST ESTIMATE; COST ESTIMATIONS; DRINKING WATER SOURCES; ELECTRODIALYSIS REVERSAL; FEED FLOWS; HIGH SILICAS; PILOT TESTING; RO PROCESS; SAN DIEGO , CA; WATER BASINS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER SCARCE;

ARID REGIONS; COST ESTIMATING; DESALINATION; ELECTRODIALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILICA; WATER FILTRATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84874733108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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