Seawater Desalination Explained for Water Management

Course Overview

• Course Title: Seawater Desalination Explained for Water Management
• Instructor: Green Courses
• Target Audience:
  • Consultants
  • Professionals looking for general knowledge about desalination, reverse osmosis, and membrane fouling
• Prerequisites: None

Curriculum Highlights

• Key Topics Covered:
  • Introduction: Why Do We Need Desalination?
  • How Much Desalination Is Being Used Worldwide?
  • Why Should We Desalinate Seawater Before Using It?
  • What Is Membrane Filtration?
  • What Is Membrane Fouling?
  • How Does Pretreatment Work?
  • How Does Reverse Osmosis Desalination Work?
  • How Does Post-treatment Work?
  • What Are The Energy Consumption and Cost of Reverse Osmosis Desalination?
  • What Are The Environmental Impacts Of RO Desalination?
  • Conclusion
• Key Skills Learned:
  • Understand the importance and relevance of water conservation and management
  • Learn why we need desalination to produce safe water
  • Learn the importance of desalination for water management worldwide
  • Learn the steps of Desalination technology and how it works: pretreatment, reverse osmosis filtration, and post-treatment
  • Learn energetic, economic, and environmental aspects of reverse osmosis desalination

Course Format

• Duration: 1.5 hours on-demand video
• Format: Self-paced online course
• Resources:
  • 1 article
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Certificate of completion