Ion Exchange as Pretreatment of Municipal Wastewater Effluent for Reverse Osmosis Desalination: Assessment of treatment performance and prediction of fouling potential on downstream reverse osmosis

Biofouling and scaling are ongoing challenges for reverse osmosis (RO) membranes application in wastewater reclamation. Adequate RO feed pretreatment is necessary for biofouling and scaling control. The objective of this thesis was evaluated the effectiveness of ion exchange treatment with weak acid cation (WAC) and strong base anion (SBA)...