Seawater Reverse Osmosis Designs and Costs to Meet Water Quality Specifications

This paper presents the results of the analysis of alternative membrane plant design approaches to meeting three water quality specifications. This document provides meaningful guidance regarding the differences in design alternatives and costs to meet differing water quality goals. It also provides updated feasibility level cost estimates for two key sites in Florida for which seawater desalination is being considered: Florida Power and Light’s Cape Canaveral location and the Progress Energy facility north of Tampa, Florida.