An Intro to Pretreatment Desalination

Course Description:

Water desalination systems may employ different technologies depending on a variety of technical and economic factors. To one degree or another of these technologies may require pretreatment of the feed water stream in order to produce potable water that is healthy and has a pleasant taste.  This course will introduce you to pretreatment techniques such as solids removal, chemical treatment, filtration, coagulation, pH adjustment, scale inhibition, degasification, desecration, disinfection and ultraviolet irradiation.

Learning Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the principles
• Know the techniques for solids removal
• Understand the methods for scale inhibition