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US 12,227,442 · App. 18/515,814 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Treatment of saline water for agricultural and potable use

Inventors: Gary C. Ganzi (Lexington, MA); Frederick C. Wilkins (Pepperell, MA)
Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC
C02F9/00B01D61/027B01D61/08B01D61/46B01D61/54B01D61/58B01D2311/06B01D2311/08B01D2311/12B01D2311/2642B01D2311/2649B01D2311/2684B01D2317/025B01D2317/08C02F1/004C02F2001/007C02F1/008C02F1/20C02F1/442C02F1/4674C02F1/4693C02F1/66C02F2101/103C02F2101/106C02F2101/108C02F2101/12C02F2101/163C02F2103/08C02F2209/40
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Patent No.
US 12,227,442
App. No.
18/515,814
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Water treatment systems including electrically-driven and pressure-driven separation apparatus configured to produce a first treated water suitable for use as irrigation water and a second treated water suitable for use as potable water from one of brackish water and saline water and methods of operation of same.

Claims (25)

1. A method of treating saline water to produce potable water and irrigation water, the method comprising:

directing water to be treated having a concentration of dissolved salts of between 500 mg/L and 10,000 mg/L to an inlet of an electrodialysis apparatus including one or more monovalent cation selective membranes;

treating the water to be treated in the electrodialysis apparatus to produce a diluate;

determining an amount of the diluate to direct to an irrigation distribution system and an amount of the diluate to direct to an inlet of a low-pressure nanofiltration apparatus;

treating any diluate directed to the inlet of the low-pressure nanofiltration apparatus in the nanofiltration apparatus to produce a permeate and a retentate;

directing at least a portion of any permeate produced in the nanofiltration apparatus to a concentrating compartment of the electrodialysis apparatus; and

combining any retentate with any of the diluate directed to the irrigation distribution system at the irrigation distribution system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein producing the diluate in the electrodialysis apparatus comprises producing treated water having a SAR value of less than about 10.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein producing the diluate in the electrodialysis apparatus comprises producing treated water having a SAR value of less than about 5.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein producing the retentate in the nanofiltration apparatus comprises producing treated water having a SAR value of less than the SAR value of the diluate.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising directing at least a portion of the diluate to the irrigation distribution system.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein combining any retentate with any of the diluate directed to the irrigation distribution system comprises producing irrigation water with a SAR value intermediate of a SAR value of the diluate and a SAR value of the retentate.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein combining any retentate with any of the diluate directed to the irrigation distribution system comprises producing irrigation water with a SAR value of less than about 8 and a total dissolved solids level of greater than about 750 ppm.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting an amount of diluate from the electrodialysis apparatus directed to the irrigation distribution system and the amount of diluate from the electrodialysis apparatus directed to the nanofiltration apparatus based on one of one or more parameters of the diluate from the electrodialysis apparatus and flow rate of retentate from the nanofiltration apparatus.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising adjusting one or more operating parameters of the electrodialysis apparatus based on one or more parameters of one of the diluate from the electrodialysis apparatus and any retentate from the nanofiltration apparatus.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pre-filtering the water to be treated prior to directing the water to be treated to the inlet of the electrodialysis apparatus.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising directing permeate suitable for use as potable water from the permeate outlet of the nanofiltration apparatus to a potable water point of use.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a pH of the water to be treated is reduced prior to introduction into the electrodialysis apparatus such that a concentration of bicarbonate ions in the water to be treated is reduced.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the pH is reduced using a controlled amount of one of either hydrochloric or sulfuric acid.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein an amount of hydrochloric or sulfuric acid added to the water to be treated is determined based on a relationship between the pH of the water to be treated, and one of either of a concentrate water recovery of the electrodialysis apparatus or a SAR value of diluate of the electrodialysis apparatus.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the reduced pH level water to be treated is treated in an air stripping apparatus to remove a portion of dissolved or gaseous carbon dioxide prior to introduction of the water to be treated into the electrodialysis apparatus.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the water to be treated is subjected to aeration followed by filtration such that a portion of one or more of elements or compounds of iron, manganese, arsenic, or sulfur are reduced in concentration prior to introduction of the water to be treated into the electrodialysis apparatus.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of retentate outlet flow to permeate flow through the nanofiltration apparatus is controlled so as to limit a scaling potential of dissolved constituents of the nanofiltration retentate.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein effluent from one of more of the nanofiltration permeate stream or the electrodialysis diluate outlet stream is further treated to reduce a concentration of dissolved boron compounds.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein a system including the nanofiltration apparatus and the electrodialysis apparatus is controlled and operated such that permeate from the nanofiltration apparatus meets water quality standards for potable drinking water.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 16641026
Provisional Application 62547971 · Aug 21, 2017
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