Nanofiltration technology in water treatment and reuse: Applications and costs

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 309-319

  Shahmansouri, Arash ^a   Bellona, Christopher ^a  

^a Wallace H Coulter School of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Desalination; Economic analysis; Nanofiltration; Wastewater reuse; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ESTIMATING; COSTS; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER; WAGES; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

COST-EFFECTIVE TECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; INFLUENT WATER QUALITY; SEAWATER DESALINATION; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES; WASTEWATER REUSE; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEAWATER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; COLOR; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DESALINATION; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; NANOFILTRATION; SANITATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925238698     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.015     Document Type: Article

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