SWRO feed water quality improvement using subsurface intakes in Oman, Spain, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Saudi Arabia

Desalination

Volumn 351, Issue , 2014, Pages 88-100

  Rachman, Rinaldi M ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Missimer, Thomas M ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Feed water quality improvement; Natural organic matter; Seawater reverse osmosis; Subsurface intake systems; Transparent exopolymer particles

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOPOLYMERS; INTAKE SYSTEMS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; FEED WATER QUALITIES; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES; WATER QUALITY SAMPLING;

HORIZONTAL WELLS;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANIC MATTER; OSMOSIS; POLYMER; REDUCTION; SEAWATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OMAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA; SPAIN; TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS;

EID: 84905700641     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.07.032     Document Type: Article

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