중동 담수화 연구센터(MEDRC)가 해상의 녹조에 대한 가이드 매뉴얼에 포함될 사례 연구를 제출해달라고 담수화 산업계의 도움을 요청했다.

MEDRC에 따르면 이 매뉴얼은 유해 조류와 관련해 증가하는 부유물질 및 유기오염물을 처리하기 위한 전략 및 전처리 방법을 포함하며, 이는 특히 해수RO 플랜트에서 사용된다.

 

 

 

The Middle East Desalination Research Centre (MEDRC) is calling on the desalination industry to submit case studies that might be included in a guidance manual on marine algal blooms.

 

The manual will include "strategies and pretreatment methods, particularly in seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plants, to treat the increased suspended solids and organic loads associated with harmful algal blooms (HABs)," said MEDRC. The research body said case studies from around the world and from thermal as well as SWRO desalination plants were required.

 

MEDRC said the manual would include discussions on risk assessment frameworks to ensure drinking water safety is maintained in the face of a toxic marine HAB along with HAB management response plans.

People wishing to contribute should contact Kevin Price at MEDRC. Don Anderson, Siobhan Boerlage, and Mike Dixon will edit the manual.

 

The manual will accompany a MEDRC-led international research project to develop capabilities for remote sensing, modelling, and forecasting to inform desalination plants of the presence and transport pathways of HABs. This current pilot project is focused on the Arabian Gulf and Sea of Oman region and is led by Don Anderson.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 4월 14일]