Water is one resource that’s indispensable and something that no one can live without. Yet surface water sources have been gradually depleting both due to long-term drought conditions and fresh groundwater aquifers being over-pumped, thus brackish groundwater is now being considered as the next best available water source for states with a fast-growing population.
A Background on Brackish Groundwater
Brackish groundwater contains more salinity than fresh water and less than seawater, and typically has 1,000 to 10,000 ppm of dissolved solids. This is known to underlie over 70 percent of the United States, and usually occurs in aquifers and coastal areas, wherein fresh water meets saltwater.
How RO Systems Help
A solution being eyed by most states to turn brackish groundwater supplies into potable drinking water is to utilize a reverse osmosis facility, developed and implemented quickly while featuring modular designs to allow efficient upgrades when the time comes. Moreover, desalination technologies like reverse osmosis also help remove contaminants, something that most traditional water systems aren’t able to do.
Three states have already constructed Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis facilities, namely Texas, California and Florida. Though their efforts have been largely successful, there are still opportunities to improve upon these systems to meet the water needs of the growing populations in these three states.
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