Operation of the Largest Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant in the World
世界最大の逆浸透法海水淡水化プラントの運転

Hideo IWAHASHI, Masahiko NAGAI
1990 Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan  
A 5-MGD MSF seawater desalination plant built in 1970 in Saudi Arabia was rehabilitated in 1989 with the largest reverse osmosis unit in the world . Commercial operation started in May 1989 and at present maintains a constant recovery ratio of 35 percent with 15-MGD production.
doi:10.11457/swsj1965.44.146 fatcat:xjffpcew5rdyhdxpinosizrxeu