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Original ArticlesInvestigation of environmental influences on membrane biofouling in a Southern California desalination pilot plant

S. Huang, N. Voutchkov and S.C. Jiang (USA) 1Preparation of new polymethylmethacrylate–silica gel anion exchange composite fibers and its application in making membrane

electrode for the determination of As(V)A.A. Khan and U. Baig (India) 10

Membrane fouling during ultrafiltration (UF) of surface water: Effects of sludge discharge interval (SDI)L. Bai, F. Qu, H. Liang, J. Ma, H. Chang, M. Wang and G. Li (China) 18

Theoretical and experimental investigation on double basin double slope solar stillT. Rajaseenivasan and K. Kalidasa Murugavel (India) 25

Application of progressive freeze-concentration for desalinationR. Fujioka, L.P. Wang, G. Dodbiba and T. Fujita (Japan) 33

Estimation of fouling stages in separation of oil/water emulsion using nano-particles Al2O3/TiO2 modified PVDF UF membranesX.S. Yi, S.L. Yu, W.X. Shi, S. Wang, N. Sun, L.M. Jin and C. Ma (China) 38

Preparation and characterization of PVDF-P(PEGMA-r-MMA) ultrafiltration blend membranes via simplified blend methodP.-Y. Zhang, Z.-L. Xu, H. Yang, Y.-M. Wei, W.-Z. Wu and D.-G. Chen (China) 47

Improving the performance of stepped solar stillA.S. Abdullah (Egypt) 60

Chemical treatment of commercial reverse osmosis membranes for use in FOX. Wang, E. Duitsman, N. Rajagopalan and V.V. Namboodiri (USA) 66

Winter and summer performance of single sloped basin type solar still integrated with extended porous finsP.K. Srivastava and S.K. Agrawal (India) 73

Calcium sulfate precipitation studies with scale inhibitors for reverse osmosis desalinationF. Rahman (Saudi Arabia) 79

Preparation and characterization of poly-silicic-cation coagulant from industrial wastesR. Li, C. He and Y. He (China) 85

Ceramic membrane fouling and cleaning in ultrafiltration of desulfurization wastewaterN. Yin, Z. Zhong and W. Xing (China) 92

Desalination of geothermal waters using a hybrid UF-RO process. Part I: Boron removal in pilot-scale testsB. Tomaszewska and M. Bodzek (Poland) 99

Desalination of geothermal waters using a hybrid UF-RO process. Part II: Membrane scaling after pilot-scale testsB. Tomaszewska and M. Bodzek (Poland) 107

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