High Pressure Membrane Applications
Discussion on when to apply NF/RO systems in water and wastewater treatment applications, alogn with the limitations of the technology
Brackish Water Desalination in Florida: A Tale of Two Coasts, East and West
Florida leads the nation in the number of municipal potable water desalination plants with more than 140 producing more than 515 million gallons per day. Florida’s water demand is expected […]
Testing of Biofouling Resistant Nanocomposite Membranes in Jordan
Green nanoparticles as a biofouling resistant agent in reverse osmosis desalination
Planning, Design, CMAR Delivery, and One-Year Operation of An Integrated Membrane Surface Water Treatment Plant: City of Sugar Land?s Experience
Surface water treatment plant in Sugarland, TX to reduce dependence on groundwater resources. Use of an integrated membrane system to provide multiple barriers.
Emerging Desalination Technologies – An Update
This paper updates the current status of the new desalination technologies and provides comparison with respect to the principles of operation, source(s) of energy required, scalability to large scale applications, […]
Optimization of Conventional Surface Water Treatment for Hollow-Fiber Ultrafiltration
Surface water fed ultrafiltration (UF) membrane backwash water is frequently recycled back to the front of the system to improve system recovery. The impact of recycled membrane backwash water is […]
Forward Osmosis for Brine Concentration in Industrial Applications
Forward osmosis is a technology which uses a customized reverse osmosis membrane and a draw solution for desalination. It becomes viable when conventional reverse osmosis is limited by a high […]
Moving Fouling Away from Membrane: Microgranular Adsorptive Filtration and Fouling Isolation
Pilot and lab tests were ran to prove effectiveness of HAOPs for removal of Natural Organic Matter (NOM) from surface waters. HAOP can be used as an adsobent in a […]
Treatment Trifecta: West Basin Wins Big with Ozone, Coagulation, & PVDF Membranes
West Basin Municipal Water District (West Basin) is known as an early adopter of membrane technologies for both industrial and potable reuse. West Basin has experienced severe fouling of its […]
10 Years of Lessons Learned at the Lakeview WTP
This paper shares ten years of lessons learned and the value of integrating system design and project delivery approaches for the OBM2 treatment expansion to maximize the value delivered to […]
