Water Desalting Planning Guide for Water Utilities

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• Preface. Acknowledgments.Chapter 1: Introduction.Development of Desalting Processes and Plant Inventory.Handbook Synopsis.Chapter 2: Regulatory Issues.Drinking Water Standards.Environmental and Siting Issues.Chapter 3: Treatment Technologies.Applicability of Desalting Technologies.Pretreatment Requirements.Posttreatment Requirements.Membrane Technology.Thermal Processes.Other Desalting Processes.Chapter 4: Concentrate Disposal.Introduction.Concentrate Disposal Methods.Innovative Approaches.Treatment Requirements.Chapter 5: Process Selection.Desalter Utilization.Treated Water Quality Goals.Source Water Quality.Pretreatment Considerations.Contaminant Removal.Recovery.Product Water Posttreatment.Pilot Testing.Split Treatment.Waste Disposal.Energy Usage.Site Development.Chapter 6: Desalting Costs.Definition of Capital Cost and Operation and Maintenance Cost.Construction Costs.Estimating Capital Costs.Estimating Operation and Maintenance Costs.Financing Cost.Cost of Water.Total Treated Water Costs.Summary.Chapter 7: Project Implementation.Defining the Project.Public Involvement.Environmental Documentation.Permitting.Financing.Design.Obtaining Construction Bids.Prepurchasing of Equipment.Construction.Operating a Desalter.Obtaining the Required Expertise.Project Delivery Alternatives.Comparison of Desalter Implementation Alternatives.Case Study 1: Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Seawater Reverse Osmosis Facility.Purpose.Technical Discussion.Economics.Environmental Considerations.Conclusions.Case Study 2: Two Years of Operating Experience at the Port Hueneme Brackish Water Reclamation Demonstration Facility.Background.Project Benefits.Project Timeline and BWRDF Cost.BWRDF Overview.Two Years of Operation.Comparison of Membrane System Performance.Summary.Case Study 3: Desalting a High Total Dissolved Solids Brackish Water for Hatteras Island, North Carolina.Case Study 4: Desalination for Texas Water Supply.Reverse Osmosis Desalination Basic Concepts.Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Project.Siting Issues Assessment.Desalination Cost Impacts Identified.Example Seawater Desalination Sites on the Texas Coast.Conclusions.Case Study 5: Ultrafiltration as Pretreatment to Seawater Reverse Osmosis.SWRO Pretreatment.Conventional Seawater RO Pretreatment Options.UF for Seawater RO Pretreatment.Hollow Fiber Membrane Filtration.Norit UF Technology.Pilot Testing of UF on Seawater.Results and Discussion.Conclusions.Summary.Case Study 6: Performance and Economic Evaluation of a 16-Inch-Diameter Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Surface Water Desalting.Backgroud.Experimental Methods.Results and Discussion.Conclusions.Case Study 7: Membrane Integration for Seawater Desalting.Tradition or Perdition?The Road Less Traveled . . . .For Want of a Map . . . .A Bridge Across an Ocean . . . .The Design of the Road . . . .Coming Down the Home Stretch . . . .The End of the Journey?Case Study 8: Implementation of an Enhanced Multieffect Distillation Process for Seawater Desalination.Project Background.Commencement of the Design Effort: Early Design Basis Modifications.The Huntington Beach Desalination Test Units.Aluminum Evaporator Effects.Project Cost Projections.Conclusions.Glossary of Desalting Terminology.Index.