Activated carbon filtration process is one of the most widely used filtration techniques to remove a broad range of contaminants from drinking water such as natural organic matter, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, and petroleum related compounds. Organic compounds are mainly responsible for taste and odor issues in drinking water. Thus, activated carbon can be very...Continue Reading
Activated carbon filtration process is one of the most widely used filtration techniques to remove a broad range of contaminants from drinking water such as natural organic matter, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, and petroleum-related compounds. Organic compounds are mainly responsible for taste and odor issues in drinking water. Thus, activated carbon can be very useful...Continue Reading
The climate of Dubai, the most populous and important emirates of the United Arab Emirates is predominantly subtropical desert with very mild winters to scorching hot summers. Temperatures in Dubai have risen to as high as 50 °C in 2019. Temperatures between 35°C and 46°C are ideal for bacterial growth. Although the water quality leaving...Continue Reading
Dubai has witnessed exponential economic growth over the last three decades. This economic development has resulted in increased water demand. According to the State of Energy Report 2015, the demand for water grew largely at a rate of 35.8 percent from 2008 to 2012. The city of Dubai gets its drinking water from two main...Continue Reading
Remineralization is the process of adding the essential minerals back into desalinated or reverse-osmosis treated water. Reverse osmosis is not a selective process with respect to removing contaminants from the water. In addition to removing harmful constituents such as bacteria, heavy metals, etc. it also removes useful nutrients such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium from...Continue Reading
Desalination plants remove dissolved minerals (primarily salts) from seawater, brackish groundwater or treated wastewater to provide clean drinking water. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) predominantly uses the desalination process to treat seawater for drinking water purposes. Approximately 42 percent of the total water demand is met through 70 desalination plants. The water quality characteristics of...Continue Reading
Alkaline water is defined as water with a pH higher than 7.0. Alkalinity is the measure of the capability of water to neutralize acids or resist changes in pH that would make the water acidic (pH below 7.0). It primarily results from the presence of limestone or calcium minerals in the source water. Lower alkalinity...Continue Reading
Desalination Plant and Reverse Osmosis filters have proven very effective in removing bacteria (E. coli, Samonella), protozoa (Guardia, Cryptosporidium), and chemical inorganic contaminants such as sodium, chloride, lead, and fluoride from the water. However, some of the essential minerals such as calcium and magnesium can also get eliminated in the process. Desalinated water results in...Continue Reading
Desalination and Reverse Osmosis are some of the commonly adopted treatment techniques for provision of clean drinking water in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Desalination process removes or separates dissolved minerals (primarily salts) from seawater, brackish groundwater or treated wastewater to provide clean drinking water. Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a water treatment process in which...Continue Reading
The UAE (United Arab Emirates) consumes an average of 13 billion bags of plastic and approximately 450 billion plastic bottles every year as per data provided by the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment. A significant portion of plastic bottle consumption comes from bottled water use. The UAE had been ranked the eighth largest per-capita...Continue Reading
