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Desalination in Australia

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<strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> History<br />

• Aristotle described distillation - 400 BC<br />

• Distillation: <strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> on early ships - 200AD<br />

• Distillation: MED (Norbert Rillieux, 1806 - 1894)<br />

• Coolgardie Water Distillery (WA) - 1895<br />

• Distillation: <strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> MSF - 1956<br />

• Distillation: <strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> MED - 1960<br />

• Distillation: <strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> MVC, METC – 1960<br />

• Membrane: RO (Drs. Sourirajan & Loeb @ UCLA, 1959)<br />

• Membrane: RO (John Cadotte - FilmTec, 1970)<br />

• Membrane: <strong>Desal<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> RO and NF - 1970<br />

• Membrane: Pre-treatment (MF, UF) - 1990<br />

• Membrane: Wastewater (MBR) - 2000<br />

Dr. Sid Loeb<br />

2005 - 2008

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