Resilient desalination pre-treatment of secondary effluent by ceramic membranes

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Background and Relevance

This project explores ceramic membrane technology as a novel desalination pre-treatment process that can lead to cost and maintenance savings compared to conventional polymeric membranes. Saline secondary effluent is a viable source of water, but reverse osmosis (RO) desalination of this water requires robust upstream pre-treatment. To achieve this, polymeric membranes require large quantities of cleaning chemicals and regular replacement.