You have probably heard about desalination somewhere. It is a technology that has gone through a huge development since its apparition, and today it is a reliable water treatment technique that allows the production of drinking water from oceans and helps water conservation and security.

This course discusses water supply in the context of environmental, social, and governance challenges humanity faces today.

It covers mainly non-conventional desalination technology (reverse osmosis), an innovative approach to managing water resources while mentioning the environmental impact and sustainability angles of desalination.

In this course, we will discuss membrane desalination following the plan below:

01 Introduction: Why Do We Need Desalination?

02 How Much Desalination Is Being Used Worldwide?

03 Why Should We Desalinate Seawater Before Using It?

04 What Is Membrane Filtration?

05 What Is Membrane Fouling?

06 How Does Pretreatment Work?

07 How Does Reverse Osmosis Desalination Work?

08 How Does Post-treatment Work?

09 What Are The Energy Consumption and Cost of Reverse Osmosis Desalination?

10 What Are The Environmental Impacts Of RO Desalination?

11 Conclusion

After completing this course, you will better understand reverse osmosis desalination, how it works, and its energetic, economic, and environmental aspects.

You will also understand how important it is for many countries to deal with water scarcity and climate change.

I hope you enjoy the course.

(The course is better suited for beginners and non-specialists)

(No artificial intelligence tools (chatgpt...) were used in the development of this course, I believe this is important for providing an original learning experience for students).

keywords: water management, water conservation, water treatment, health, engineering, sustainability, ESG

Important Notice:

This course has been prepared with a specific audience in mind: learners looking for general knowledge about desalination, reverse osmosis, membrane fouling … and does not delve into engineering design and calculations of water treatment.

That’s why:

- The course is suited for general public and provides high quality and concentrated knowledge about how reverse osmosis desalination works, fouling, pretreatment, post-treatment and desalination environmental impacts.

- The course is not suited for professionals, engineers and researchers looking for calculations and designs of desalination facilities.