TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of large scale desalination on water quality
T2 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change
AU - Avni, Noa
AU - Eben-Chaim, Moshe
AU - Oron, Gideon
PY - 2010/8/2
Y1 - 2010/8/2
N2 - Israel's water crisis has accelerated the development of alternative water sources. Desalinated sea-water has been accepted as a suitable solution providing the required quantities. Its quality, however, arise major problems, having extremely low concentration of some minerals essential to both plants and humans. Attaining adequate mineral content can be achieved by blending high-mineral with low-mineral content water and/or by adding minerals at different locations in the distribution system. The work develops a management model to supports decision-making in Regional Water Distribution System (RWDS), when quality requirements are to be met. The decisions to be made are water source production and remineralization policy. Applying the model to a part of a RWDS resulted in remineralization policy that combined both blending and mineral addition. The key factors affecting the policy were the distribution system's layout and the different consumers' quality standards.
AB - Israel's water crisis has accelerated the development of alternative water sources. Desalinated sea-water has been accepted as a suitable solution providing the required quantities. Its quality, however, arise major problems, having extremely low concentration of some minerals essential to both plants and humans. Attaining adequate mineral content can be achieved by blending high-mineral with low-mineral content water and/or by adding minerals at different locations in the distribution system. The work develops a management model to supports decision-making in Regional Water Distribution System (RWDS), when quality requirements are to be met. The decisions to be made are water source production and remineralization policy. Applying the model to a part of a RWDS resulted in remineralization policy that combined both blending and mineral addition. The key factors affecting the policy were the distribution system's layout and the different consumers' quality standards.
KW - Desalination
KW - Salt water intrusion
KW - Water quality
KW - Water shortage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77954971655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1061/41114(371)290
DO - 10.1061/41114(371)290
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954971655
SN - 9780784411148
T3 - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010: Challenges of Change - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010
SP - 2810
EP - 2819
BT - World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010
Y2 - 16 May 2010 through 20 May 2010
ER -
