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Effect of temperature on seawater desalination-water quality analyses for desalinated seawater for its use as drinking and irrigation water

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The effect of feed seawater temperature on the quality of product water in a reverse osmosis process was investigated using typical seawater at Urla Bay, Izmir region, Turkey. The tests were carried out at different feed seawater temperatures (11–23°C) using two RO modules with one membrane element each. A number of variables, including pH, conductivity, total dissolved solids, salinity, rejection percentage of a number of ions (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Cl−, HCO3 −, and SO4 2−), and the levels of boron and turbidities in collected permeates, were measured. The suitability of these permeates as irrigation and drinking water was checked by comparison with water quality standards.

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This research was financially supported by Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) (Project No: MEDRC-04-AS-004) and Scientific Research Projects of Ege University (Project Numbers: EU-2007-MUH-015 & EU-2008-MUH-029). We are grateful to the Faculty of Fisheries of Ege University for their kind support to perform our RO tests in Urla. We thank M. Akçay for the AAS analyses.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, Izmir, 35100, Turkey

    Enver Guler, Mithat Yuksel & Nalan Kabay

  2. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Izmir, 35100, Turkey

    Deniz Ozakdag & Muserref Arda

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Guler, E., Ozakdag, D., Arda, M. et al. Effect of temperature on seawater desalination-water quality analyses for desalinated seawater for its use as drinking and irrigation water. Environ Geochem Health 32, 335–339 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-010-9294-x

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Keywords

  • Drinking water
  • Irrigation water
  • Reverse osmosis
  • SWRO
  • Water quality standards