TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparative assessment of advanced membrane treatment of municipal wastewater for reuse in Kuwait
AU - Abusam, Abdallah
AU - Shahalam, Abulbasher
N1 - Funding Information:
Data used in this study were collected during the execution of one of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research projects entitled ‘‘Development of Wastewater Quality Database and Assessment of Effluent Quality for Potential Reuse in Kuwait (WT013C)’’. This project was partially financed by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - This study compared characteristics of municipal sewage treated up to advanced level, using ultra filtration and reverse osmosis (UF+RO) membrane filtration, to that treated up to conventional tertiary level. Data from Kuwait's municipal wastewater treatment plants were used to assess the two types of effluents which are used as irrigation water in Kuwait. Obtained results revealed that conventional membrane treatment deprives the water from the essential nutrients and results in loss of higher amounts of water (>15%) than tertiary treatment (4%). Considering these observations, for agricultural irrigation, tertiary effluents should be preferred over conventional RO effluents. However, the advanced effluents can be utilized beneficially in other suitable urban, industrial or environmental applications.
AB - This study compared characteristics of municipal sewage treated up to advanced level, using ultra filtration and reverse osmosis (UF+RO) membrane filtration, to that treated up to conventional tertiary level. Data from Kuwait's municipal wastewater treatment plants were used to assess the two types of effluents which are used as irrigation water in Kuwait. Obtained results revealed that conventional membrane treatment deprives the water from the essential nutrients and results in loss of higher amounts of water (>15%) than tertiary treatment (4%). Considering these observations, for agricultural irrigation, tertiary effluents should be preferred over conventional RO effluents. However, the advanced effluents can be utilized beneficially in other suitable urban, industrial or environmental applications.
KW - Advanced treatment
KW - Municipal wastewater
KW - Reuse
KW - Tertiary treatment
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U2 - 10.5004/dwt.2010.1096
DO - 10.5004/dwt.2010.1096
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77954239696
SN - 1944-3994
VL - 13
SP - 254
EP - 258
JO - Desalination and Water Treatment
JF - Desalination and Water Treatment
IS - 1-3
ER -
