desalination plant
Ocean water processor
A desalination plant is a facility that removes salt and other minerals from seawater or brackish water to produce fresh water suitable for drinking or irrigation.
These plants use processes like reverse osmosis or distillation.
Desalination plants are common in arid coastal regions where freshwater sources are scarce: The city relies on its desalination plant for drinking water.
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
- pretreatmentPreparatory processing step
osmotic pressure · permeate · energy recovery · concentrate · remineralization · pressure vessel · hollow fiber · brackish water
Drainage discharge point
- pump stationFacility that moves fluids
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- storage tanksContainers for bulk materials
- distribution systemChannels for delivering goods
control room · water supply · potable water · capacity · throughput · industrial scale · water treatment · sedimentation
Rate of power use
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- environmental assessmentAnalysis of ecological consequences
- aquatic lifeCreatures dwelling in water
- thermal pollutionHarmful temperature increase in water
entrainment · habitat protection · water scarcity · water security · climate adaptation
reverse osmosis
Pressure-driven membrane filtration
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- distillationPurification via vaporization
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
pretreatment · osmotic pressure · permeate · energy recovery · concentrate · remineralization · pressure vessel · hollow fiber · brackish water
outfall
Drainage discharge point
- pump stationFacility that moves fluids
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- storage tanksContainers for bulk materials
distribution system · control room · water supply · potable water · capacity · throughput · industrial scale · water treatment · sedimentation · coagulation
energy consumption
Rate of power use
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
- environmental assessmentAnalysis of ecological consequences
- aquatic lifeCreatures dwelling in water
thermal pollution · entrainment · habitat protection · water scarcity · water security · climate adaptation
- factoriesfactory, car factory, plants, toy factory, steel mill
- water supplydrinking water, potable water, tap water, municipal water, water tanks
- utility facilitiespumping station, water tower, substation, pump house, boiler house
- Island facilitiesferry terminal, ferry dock, water tank, cistern, diesel generator
- desalinationreverse osmosis, salt removal, desalting, solar still, concentrate
- water agencieswater authority, water board, water department, water district, water utility
desalination plantreservoir
Large water storage basin
aquifer · freshwater lake · water tower · cistern · natural spring
plant, saline, saltiness, salinity, desalination, desalinate, salinization, desalinated, desalinator