Desalination Engineering: Planning and Design

An in-depth guide to reverse osmosis desalination

This Water Environment Federation and WateReuse Association publication provides comprehensive information on the planning and engineering of brackish and seawater desalination projects for municipal water supplies. After a brief overview of widely used desalination technologies, Desalination Engineering focuses on reverse osmosis desalination. The book discusses basic principles, planning and environmental review of projects, design and selection of key desalination plant components, desalinated water posttreatment, and concentrate management. Guidelines on sizing and cost estimation of desalination plant facilities are also included in this practical resource.

COVERAGE INCLUDES:

Source water quality characterization

Fundamentals of reverse osmosis desalination

Planning considerations

Environmental review and permitting

Intakes for source water collection

Intake pump stations

Source water screening and conditioning

Sand removal, sedimentation, and dissolved air flotation

Pretreatment by granular media filtration

Pretreatment by membrane filtration

Comparison of granular media and membrane pretreatment

Reverse osmosis separation

Post-treatment of desalinated water

Desalination plant discharge management

Desalination project cost estimates