In January 2004, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Desalination and Water Purification Research and Development (DWPR) program began working in collaboration with Carollo Engineers
(Carollo), the Des Moines Water Works (DMWW), Kansas Board of Public Utilities (BPU), and the
Louisville Water Company (LWC) to pilot test the long-term ability of riverbank filtration (RBF) to
provide a cost-effective, stand alone pretreatment for membrane desalting. As a part of this study, bank filtration was compared against microfiltration/ultrafiltration (MF/UF) and conventional technology
pretreatment both in terms of membrane operational performance and economics including life
cycle capital and operation and maintenance (O&M) expenses. The results show that use of bank filtration can provide life cycle
savings of nearly 20% over MF/UF pretreatment. Overall recommendations are provided to help
utilities evaluate this technology as a potential alternative to minimize nanofiltration/reverse osmosis (NF/RO) treatment facility
costs. Includes tables, figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
file
, 1.1 MB |
| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 19 |
| Published : | 06/17/2005 |
