Seawater Desalination
Engineered Systems
A seaside resort in Egypt required an alternative to the costly and often undependable method of trucking fresh water into their facility. Without local ground water resources available, desalination was the only alternative.
ITT Water Equipment Technologies designed a seawater reverse osmosis system capable of producing drinking water from the Red Sea. The Red Sea has an especially high salinity level, approximate 40,000 PPM, making it imperative that the system be designed to not only perform efficiently, but also be capable of withstanding the harsh conditions of the application. The system provided is now producing 134,000 GPD of high purity drinking water at one-third the cost of alternative sources.
Location: Egypt
Application: Drinking Water
Start up date: September, 1998
Capacity: 134,000 GPD
Operating Data
Feedwater TDS: 40,000 mg/L
Permeate TDS: 390 mg/L
Feed Pressure: 980 PSI
Recovery: 35%
Water Equipment Technologies
ITT Water Equipment Technologies (WET) has provided reliable membrane-based water purification technology and components worldwide since 1975. WET was an early innovator in membrane technology systems designed to produce high purity water, purify water for reuse, and create fresh water from the world’s oceans.