Long term experience with membrane performance at the Larnaca desalination plant

The Larnaca SWRO desalination plant has successfully operated for more than 6 years. It was one of the first major SWRO plants to have a tight boron specification. With some management of the membrane elements at the site, the plant has consistently met the water quality and quantity requirements of their customer. The unique plant design allows for changes in the second pass that optimize the power requirements, while ensuring boron quality is just made. This has made the plant very efficient and cost-effective. The performance of the SWRO and BWRO elements has met expectations and performed stably for a number of years. As a result, this process design has become a proto-type for other SWRO plants with tight (especially boron).

The Larnaca plant is an example of a more advanced design that can be used to meet the more strict regulations for salinity and boron. The innovative RO process design and plant operation allows the plant to run with improved performance and meet the stringent product water and energy requirements. As a result of good process engineering design, process optimization, well-tuned pretreatment and plant operational and management strategy, the membranes have had relatively good performance and expected