Recent Trend to Reverse Osmosis for Water Desalination in Saudi Arabia

Conference Paper

Al-Mutaz, Ibrahim S. . 1986

• Conference Name: First International Conference on Separation Science and Technology
• Conference Location: New York, USA
• Conference Date: Sunday, April 13, 1986
• Sponsoring Organization: American Chemical Society

Publication Abstract

Saudi Arabia experiences a large need for water supplies to provide continued growth, development and industrialization all
over the country. It is aimed to have desalting water replace natural water resources, which are quite few and diminishing, for municipal and industrial use. By the recent advances in membrane ·technology, desalination of sea water by reverse osmosis is a practical and economical method of providing fresn water in Saudi Arabia. Reve~se osmosis was only used to provide potable water to small dis~ersed communities as well as individuals.
This paper reviews the latest teohnologioal development in the field of water desalting by reverse osmosis which are presently use or. planned to be established in Saudi Arabia.