The paper describes the design, construction and operation of the City of Fort Lauderdale Peele-Dixie Membrane Plant....

This paper and presentation discuss past and present experiences with membrane plant operational assistance, including plant start-up and guidance, data normalization and evaluation, troubleshooting, process optimization, membrane cleaning assessment and optimization, membrane replacement, pilot testing, and energy savings optimization, among other...

Pilot testing of several scale inhibitors was conducted at the EWTP to determine suitability of these products with the existing water supply, treatment process recovery and new membrane elements. Initial testing of the latest scale inhibitor was conducted to provide a baseline membrane fouling rate for comparison to other inhibitors. Overall pil...