Concentrate management represents the greatest barrier to the implementation of desalination technologies. This paper summarizes 22 configurations and technologies which may prove to minimize concentrate issues. Planning level cost estimates are developed for selected options....

The Donna Bay Estuarine System located near Sarasota Florida was identified as a potential source of potable water. This project developed a treatment train comprised biological roughing filter for taste and odor reduction, anion exchange for organics and color reduction, ultrafiltration for particle and pathogen reduction, and reverse osmosis for ...

Presents the process train selection process and pilot results for a multi-step surface water application in Western Florida in Sarasota County. Discussion on performance and results on the IX - UF - RO process along with a feedwater charachterization stufy...