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Desalting—a water supply alternative for Virginia Beach
Author(s) -
Robinson Millard P.,
Westerhoff Garret P.,
Leahy Thomas M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1983.tb05085.x
Subject(s) - reverse osmosis , water supply , environmental science , waste management , environmental engineering , scale (ratio) , engineering , membrane , chemistry , geography , biochemistry , cartography
Fundamental technical and economic issues related to large‐scale reverse osmosis desalting facilities are discussed. When conventional water supply sources are scarce, developing sources that require dissolved‐solids removal is increasingly attractive as improvements are made in commercially available membrane devices.