American Work Water Association Research Foundation (AWWARF)
Lots of work on Membrane technology including a report on Concentrate Disposal by Mickley (1993), excellent search engine.

American Desalting Association Homepage (ADA)
May be a good point to contact the Association about their publications and works

SOUTHEAST DESALTING ASSOCIATION (SEDA)
Affiliate of ADA, good contacts and links (most of them being included in the present list).

International Desalting Association Homepage (IDA)
More articles available than its American counterpart, excellent browsing engine, however, only few articles related to concentrate disposal specifically.

European Desalination Society
Newsletter format, no real resources, good contact list.

Florida Department of Environmental Protection
A huge reference sites for regulation and raw data (plant listing, R/O and conventional), bioassays of some of the R/O plants in Florida, Membrane Technology Toxicity Test.
Membrane Technology Toxicity Test (FDEP) (Biology Section Library)
Download Homepage for the report (ROREPT.zip)
Membrane Technology Toxicity Test/SOPs (FDEP)
Download Homepage for the SOPs related to the previous report

St. Johns River Water Management District

Environmental Protection Agency
NPDES Standards, and disposal regulations

Water Desalination Research and Development Program
The Water Desalination Research and Development (DesalR&D) Program was authorized by Congress under the Water Desalination Act (Act) of 1996, one chapter on Concentrate Disposal.

Bureau of Reclamation
I contacted them in order to get the report on Desalination Plant and Cost in the US.
Water Desalination Research and Development and Water Treatment Technology Programs Reports Library
Report from Bureau of Reclamation, none of them related to Concentrate Disposal.
Yuma Desalting Plant Homepage
Homepage of the Yuma R/O treatment plant [the biggest in the world (72.4 MGD)] from the Bureau of Reclamation.

California Urban Water Conservation Council
California Water Policies and links (EPA, Bureau of Reclamation...), mostly planning and management program, very few technical data.

San Diego County, Urban Water Management Plan

Arabnet Search
Search Engine of the Arab.net site, desalination as a query gives a series of articles on desalination in the Arab world (water as a political resource, membrane technology research...)

Water Research Institute (Israel)
Good search engine, few articles related to disposal, first foot in Israel.

Desalco Home Page
Cayman Island Company that build Desalination plant in Bermuda and in several islands of the Caribbean, Dr. Andrews answered right away my questions, they use Deep Well injection for Concentrate Disposal.

Green Pages, Water Purification
Lists and links of the professionals of desalination and Membrane Technology online.

Camp Dresser and McKee (CDM Homepage)
Consulting/Enginnering agency, department of desalination (built Desalination plants all over the world), have a specialist in Vero Beach.

SEPA Waste Water Treatment
Waste Water Reuse system in Australia, indirect interest for the project.

Sunshine General, R/O units
Professional of R/O units, prices of personal units.

World Wide Water
Good background on Membrane Processes, good reference for R/O blue prints.
 

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