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Table 3.5  (continued)
           Treatment goal(s)   Treatment approach  Description      Treatment application    Limitations
                                                                    Cooling   Blowdown Boiler
                                                                    tower     water   make-up
                                                                    make-up           water
                                                                    water
           Removal of dissolved   Reverse  osmosis   Membrane system to separate   X   X     Potential for fouling of RO membranes.
           solids. organics,                ions from solution basedon                       Brine requires treatment/disposal
           pathogens                        reversing osmotic pressure
                                            differentials
                             Nanofiltration and   Pressure-driven membrane    X       X      Potential for fouling of membranes.
                             ultrafiltration   processes to remove                           Reject stream requires
                                            constituents based on charge                     treatmentjdisposal
                                            and molecular size
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