Recent and Future Developments in Seawater Reverse Osmosis Peter Waldron The Maritime Alliance Symposium San Diego, CA J

1. Recent and Future Developments in Seawater Reverse Osmosis Peter Waldron The Maritime Alliance Symposium San Diego, CA January 28, 2011 1

2. Outline • Recent Developments • Future Developments 2

3. Recent Developments • Reverse Osmosis • Nanotechnology • New Technologies • Pressure Retarded Osmosis • Statkraft • Forward Osmosis • HTI • Oasys 3

4. Future Developments • Large Diameter Systems • 16” or 18” • Soreq, Israel – 400,000 m3/day 4

5. Future Developments • Pressure Vessels • Centerport vessel 5

6. Future Developments • Pretreatment • MF & UF • Emerging, but in infancy • Biological Filters 6

7. Future Developments • Marine-based Units • Barge-mounted • Ship-mounted • Water Standard 7

8. Summary • Continual improvements in existing equipment • U.S. continues to be one of technology leaders • San Diego County home to several key companies involved in desalination technology 8

9. Ultimate Goal Be able to implement in the U.S. what companies from here have brought to the rest of the world. 9

10. Questions? 10