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Reverse osmosis is tightening its grip on the Middle East water market. Utilities Middle East asks a selection of industry experts why.

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a well-tested technology that has been around for three decades or so. In recent years evolutions in membrane technology and the addition of energy recovery devices have made the technology more commercially and operationally efficient. Efficiency of operation will continue to drive advances in these areas, to further reduce power costs and usage.

The ability to fit the technology into a shipping container has helped move desalination from being something that happened alongside city-scale power plants, to something that can be small enough to be mobile.

Acceptance of treated water has grown too. Treated sewage effluent (TSE) is finding more uses, especially for industrial applications, such as district cooling and providing demineralised water for power operations. Some applications of RO technology even include providing feedstock water, which can then be used to produce drinking water for
desert camps.

Utilities Middle East learns more about what RO technology can offer the region from a selection of experts...

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