WSP03528

• File Number: 8271.300
• Description: Salinity
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 11/1/1970
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Office of Saline Water Special Report on Status of Desalting
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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CONTENTS
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3.2 Reverse Osmosis
3.2.1 Basic Principles of the Reverse Osmosis Process
3.2.2 RO Membrane Design Configurations
3.2.3 Energy Supply
3.2.4 Pretreatment of Feed Water and Pacification of
Product Water
3.2.5 Commercial and Developllental Status of RO
3.3 Membrane Process Costs
3.3.1 Cost Estimating Ground Rules and Assumptions
3.3.2 Water Costs

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4. FREEZING PROCESSES 61
4.1 Pretreatrent of Feedwater and Passivation of Product Water 67
4.2 Vacuum Freezing-Vapor Compression Process 67
4.2.1 Vacuum Freeze-Vapor Compression Plant Costs 70
4.2.2 Analysis of the Freezing Process 70
4.2.3 Commercial and Developmental Status of VF 74

5. SPECIAL PRE AND POST TREATMENT PROBLEMS 74
5.1 Pretreatment 74
5.2 Post Treatment 75
5.3 Removal of Trace Minerals 76
5.4 Special Treatment for Reuse of Municipal Sewage 78

6. NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND THEIR SITING 82
6.1 Nucle ar Power Plants 82
6.2 Nuclear Power Reactor Plant Siting 83
6.2.1 Siting Considerations 83
6.2.2 AEC Siting Criteria for Licensing 86
6.2.3 Population Density and Use Characteristics 86
of Site Environs
6.2.4 Natural Environmental Characteristics of a Site 88

7. DESALTING PLANT SITING 90
7.1 Siting of Dual-Purpose Plants 90
7.1.1 General Site Description 91
7.1. 2 Suitability of Land 91
7.1.3 Site Physical Characteristics 92
7.1.4 Effluent Characteristics 93
7.1.5 Intake-Outfall System Design 93
7.1.6 Water Storage 94
7.2 Siting of Plant for Producing Desalted Water 94
for Irrigation
7.2.1 Proximity to Suitable Land 94
7.2.2 Blending to Upgrade Water Quality 94
7.3 Area Required for Siting of Desalting Plants 94

8. EFFLUENT DISPOSAL 96
9. GLOSSARY 99

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