• Home
  • Company
    • Company History
    • Company Management
    • Careers
  • Services
    • Membrane Support Services
    • Planning
    • Pilot Studies
    • Design Services
    • Construction Phase Services
  • Markets
    • Drinking Water
    • Water Reuse
    • Wastewater
  • Portfolio
  • News and Publications
    • News
    • Publications
  • Contact Us
SPISPI
  • Home
  • Company
    • Company History
    • Company Management
    • Careers
  • Services
    • Membrane Support Services
    • Planning
    • Pilot Studies
    • Design Services
    • Construction Phase Services
  • Markets
    • Drinking Water
    • Water Reuse
    • Wastewater
  • Portfolio
  • News and Publications
    • News
    • Publications
  • Contact Us

Low Fouling Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Evidence to the Contrary on Microfiltered Secondary Effluent

Low Fouling Reverse Osmosis Membranes: Evidence to the Contrary on Microfiltered Secondary Effluent

November 30, 2013 Publications

Orange County Water District and West Basin Municipal Water District recently conducted independent studies to determine if the latest RO membranes to hit the market, which claimed to be low fouling or fouling resistant membranes, actually achieved better operating characteristics and lower operating pressures than previous thin film composite membranes. In 2001-2002, OCWD tested three low fouling membranes on microfiltered secondary effluent from Orange County Sanitation District.

In 2001-2002, WBMWD under a research grant, operated two different low fouling membranes in parallel for a period of seven months; and compared the performance of these membranes with regular thin film composite membranes on full-scale MF/RO facilities. This paper will focus on OCWD and WBMWD and why both agencies continue to pilot test RO membrane before and after their projects are completed. The paper will address the results of the testing from both agencies, which have shown that the low fouling membranes did not operate at lower operating pressure than the previous membranes. Additionally, the paper will focus on the differences in the fouling characteristics of RO membranes for two different wastewater sources.

Get Manuscript Here

Share
0

You also might be interested in

AWWA MTC 2016 Presenters

Mar 30, 2016

SPI Engineers presented several presentations at the 2016 AWWA AMTA[...]

Comprehensive Results of West Basin Municipal Water District’s Multi-Year Ocean Water Desalination Demonstration Project

Feb 27, 2014

Authors: Diane Gatza, Frank Fuchs, Marc Serna – West Basin[...]

West Basin’s Universal Membrane System – Pressurized PVDF Performance Pilot Program Particulars

Mar 30, 2016

Introduction to West Basin West Basin is a public agency[...]

SPI ENGINEERING NEWS

  • SPI in the News August 20, 2020
  • Yucaipa Valley Water District Regional Water Filtration Facility September 25, 2019
  • West Basin Seawater Desalination Pilot Project September 25, 2019
  • Leo Vander Lans WTF Expansion September 25, 2019
  • BoR Pathogen Monitoring Prize Competition Winner April 19, 2019

Contact Us

We're currently offline. Send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap.

Send Message
Contact Us

Contact Info

  • SPI ENGINEERING
  • 277 Rancheros Dr., Suite 370, San Marcos, CA 92069
  • (760) 400-3660
  • (760) 400-3661

SPI RO Pilot System Available for Lease

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
Read More

© 2023 · spi-engineering.com

  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map
  • Contact SPI
Prev Next