1. R&D RO PLANTS DESIGN Jorge J. Malfeito MEDITATE May 7th 2004

2. R&D 4Objective 4Demonstrate that the use of water from the spring could help to get a better RO design: 4Reduce the cost of permeate water 4Decrease the energy consumption 4Low salinity brines

3. R&D 4Study of the state of the art on desalination. 4Review of new technologies. 4Energy recovery systems 4Study of the potential cost reduction. 4Design study of an RO plant

4. R&D 4Deriverable: 4Report on the feasibility of new development for low cost desalination small unit 4Milestone: 4Design of an improve transportable desalination unit.

5. R&D 4Chemical characterization of the raw water 4Intake 4Pretreatment 4Number of membranes needed and type

6. R&D