Does the proposed system produce any by-products?
Membrane filtration backwash and desalination concentrate are produced by the purification process. The membrane filtration backwash may be disposed of by recycling the backwash through a lagoon and sending the settled solids to the wastewater treatment plant. The desalination concentrate, produced by the reverse osmosis process, could be discharged into naturally occurring saline streams (like Beals Creek) or injected into deep wells, similar to excess water from oil production operations. Disposal of these by-products is an issue still to be determined, and you will hear more about disposal options during the preliminary design stage.
