Drinking water scarcity is an ever-increasing global concern. This issue appears as a
greater threat to the countries with no access to sea water resources or rivers, since their …

Produced waters generated in oil industries are a significant issue of environmental
concerns. Various physical, chemical, and biological methods are applied to treat produced …

Freshwater shortages in the United States have led to increased use of treated brackish
groundwater for domestic, agricultural, and municipal uses. This increased use highlights …

While iodide (I–) is critical for biological systems, it can serve as a precursor to organic
iodinated disinfection byproducts (I-DBPs) of human health concern during water treatment …

Groundwater resources in Kuwait are almost brackish to saline. There is a concern that the
shallow aquifers in Kuwait are polluted with high levels of salinity. The brackish groundwater …

ABSTRACT A 4 L/min pilot study of a pretreatment process for brackish water desalination,
known as the Mineral Recovery Enhanced Desalination process, was designed and tested …

A fit for purpose (FFP) framework has been developed to evaluate the suitability of brackish
water resources for various competing uses. The suitability or the extent of unsuitability for …

Desalination of water containing high concentrations of calcium, dissolved carbon dioxide,
sulfate, silica and other sparingly soluble salts is difficult because of the scaling potential. An …

Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes
containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the …

Investigations on a solar-powered vacuum membrane distillation (SVMD) system were
conducted for removal of fluoride, iron and manganese from brackish groundwater. A …