The potential of groundwater desalination using forward osmosis for irrigation in Egypt

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1883-1895

  Nasr, Peter ^a   Sewilam, Hani ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Desalination; Fertigation; Fertilizer drawn forward osmosis; Forward osmosis; Groundwater; Irrigation

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; MEMBRANE FOULING; OSMOSIS; WAGES;

BRACKISH GROUND WATER; FERTIGATIONS; FORWARD OSMOSIS; GROUNDWATER DESALINATION; HIGH POTENTIAL; IRRIGATION WATERS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; SELECTION CRITERIA;

GROUNDWATER;

EID: 84922356462     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-015-0902-4     Document Type: Article

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