Development of a Knowledge Base on Concentrate and Salt Management Practices

A critical issue for the estimated 320 U.S. municipal desalination facilities (96% of which are inland brackish water plants) is that few, if any, cost-effective environmentally sustainable concentrate management (CM) options exist for inland desalination facilities. In the past decade, increasing CM challenges have led to some plants not being built. The challenges continue to increase resulting in the need for a comprehensive knowledge base to define and characterize CM issues. This reference and a future CM guidance manual will support utility decision making relative to desalination (and more specifically CM) planning.

Originally funded as WERF project Desal-07-02.