Comparison of slow sand filtration and microfiltration as pretreatments for inland desalination via reverse osmosis

Desalination

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Corral, Andrea F ^a,b   Yenal, Umur ^a   Strickle, Roy ^a   Yan, Dongxu ^a   Holler, Eric ^c   Hill, Chris ^d   Ela, Wendell P ^a   Arnold, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

^d Metropolitan Domestic Water Improvement District   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Economic analysis; Microfiltration; Silt density index; Slow sand filtration

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SILT;

ECONOMIC COSTS; INLAND DESALINATION; PRE-TREATMENT; PRE-TREATMENTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENTS; SILT DENSITY INDEX; SLOW SAND FILTRATION; TURBIDITY REMOVAL;

WATER TREATMENT;

DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; SILT; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84890815351     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2013.11.034     Document Type: Article

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