Swro desalination process:on the beach-seawater intakes

摘要

When is a beach well intake the right choice for a seawater desalination plant?Nikolay Voutchkov,senior vice president,technical services at Poseidon Resources Corp,discusses the options.The recent worldwide trend towards development of large seawater desalination plants in highly urbanised coastal areas worldwide brings into the limelight the need for selecting seawater plant intake type and configuration that allows the production of desalinated water at minimum cost and impact on the environment (see 'Singapore shines at desalination conference',pages 20-23).