Paper presents graphs, equations, and case studies to demonstrate how to operate RO water treatment facilities, what data to collect and trend, and how to apply that information to successful full scale plant operations....

Operators of RO plants used to be dependent on outside consultants for data analysis of their system performance. Computer software is now readily in operators hands to help analyze data and trouble shoot operations. This has taken a lot of the decision making that once fell on utility managers and moved it to site managers....