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IDRA has listed the following referenced texts as useful for the desalination engineer as well as others interested in learning more about desalination.

Desalination Engineering: Planning and Design

1st Edition, by Nikolay Voutchkov. Click here.

Pretreatment for Reverse Osmosis Desalination

1st Edition, by Nikolay Voutchkov. Click here.

A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Desalination

Editor: Alireza Bazargan, Head of Research and Development, NVCo, Iran (ISBN: 978879337954), click here

Sustainability, A Way to Abundance

1st Edition, by Corrado Sommariva (ISBN: 9780815361688), click here

Desalination Project Cost Estimating and Management

1st Edition, by Nickolay Voutchkov, click here

An Engineer’s Guide To Desalination

Joachim Gebel and Süleyman Yüce, VGB PowerTech, Essen, Germany, published 2008, click here

Annual Book of ASTM Standards

Section 11, Water and Environmental Technology, Volume 11.01 and 11.02, West Conshohocken, PA USA

D 1141 – Standard Practice for the Preparation of Substitute Ocean Water
D 2035 – Standard Practice for Coagulation-Flocculation Jar Test of Water
D 3739 – Practice for Calculation and Adjustment of the Langelier Saturation Index for Reverse Osmosis
D 3923 – Practice for Detecting Leaks in Reverse Osmosis Devices
D 4189 – Test Method for Silt Density Index (SDI) of Water
D 4194 – Test Methods for Operating Characteristics for Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Devices
D 4195 – Guide for Water Analysis for Reverse Osmosis Applications
D 4472 – Guide for Recordkeeping for Reverse Osmosis Systems
D 4516 – Practice for Standardizing Reverse Osmosis Performance Data
D 4582 – Practice for Calculation and Adjustment of the Stiff and Davis Stability Index for Reverse Osmosis
D 4692 – Practice for Calculation and Adjustment of Sulfate Scaling Salts (CaSO4, SrSO4, BaSO4) for Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration
D 4993 – Practice for Calculation and Adjustment of Silica (SiO2) Scaling for Reverse Osmosis
D 5090 – Practice for Standardizing Ultrafiltration Permeate Flow Performance Data
D 5615 – Test Method of Operating Characteristics of Home Reverse Osmosis Devices
D 6161 – Standard Terminology Used for Microfiltration, Ultrafiltration, Nanofiltration and Reverse Osmosis Membrane Processes
D 6908 – Standard Practice for Integrity Testing of Water Filtration Membrane Systems

Concise Dictionary of Environmental Engineering

Thomas M. Pankratz, Lewis Publishers, New York, NY USA

Desalination Management & Economics

Corrado Sommariva, Faversham House Group, United Kingdom

Disinfection, Sterilization and Preservation

4th Edition, Seymour Block, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA

Handbook of Drinking Water Quality

Johm DeZuane, American Water Works Association, Denver, CO USA

NSF International Standards

Ann Arbor, MI USA
Standard 42 – Drinking Water Treatment Units – Aesthetic Effects
Standard 44 – Residential Cation Exchange Water Softeners
Standard 53 – Drinking Water Treatment Units – Health Effects
Standard 55 – Ultraviolet Microbiological Water Treatment Systems
Standard 60 – Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals and System Components – Health Effects
Standard 61 – Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects
Standard 62 – Drinking Water Distillation Systems

Water Supply Development for Membrane Water Treatment Facilities

Thomas M. Missimer, Lewis Publishers, New York, NY USA

Water Treatment Handbook

Degremont, Cedex France

Water Treatment Operator Handbook

Nicholas G. Pizzi, American Water Works Association, Denver CO USA

WTCost©, Water Treatment Cost Estimating Program

I. Moch & Associates, Inc. and US Bureau of Reclamation, Wilmington, DE USA

Membrane Practices for Water Treatment by Duranceau

(ISBN 1-58321-147-0)  (no seawater?)

A Desalination Primer

Spiegler and El-Sayed (ISBN 086689-034-3)

Desalination Technology

Porteous (ISBN 0-85334-175-3)

Reverse Osmosis; A Practical Guide for Industrial Users

Byrne (ISBN: 0927188031)

Reverse Osmosis: Membrane Technology, Water Chemistry, and Industrial Applications

ISBN: 0442239645

Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration

(AWWA Manual, M46) ISBN: 0898679788

Reverse Osmosis

S. Sourirajan ASIN: 0236308386

Desalination Processes and Multistage Flash Distillation Practice 1986

Khan A.K.  ISBN     0-444-42563-2 Hardbound Out of print

The Handbook of Desalination and Water Purification – in two volumes

Arshad Hasan Khan and Noam Lior published by Elsevier ISBN? avail from  munaf@vsnl.com

Fundamentals of Salt Water Desalination

Hisham T. El-Dessouky, H. M. Ettouney (ISBN: 0444508104)

Desalination.com – an environmental primer

T. Pankratz and J. Tonner

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