Project 4163
                    
          Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination
$575,000
      
                Principal Investigator
                                            Rick Bond
                          Senior Account Manager
                                            Jennifer I Warner
                          Contractor
              Black & Veatch
          Abstract
Evaluates zero liquid discharge (ZLD) desalination of brackish waters with high concentrations of NOM. Provides concentrate management guidance for communities where evaporation ponds are not feasible due to climate, cost, and or space constraints. Also develops protocols that will allow utilities to evaluate ZLD processes in their own source waters. Tailored collaboration partners: Orlando Utilities Commission, Tampa Bay Water, City of Ormond Beach, St. Johns River Water Management District, South Florida Water Management District and Southwest Florida Water Management District. Published in 2011.