The Sultanate of Oman’s rather unique geography does not always allow easy and economical connection to a municipality water network. To serve the more isolated and remote villages with freshwater our client, a governmental entity, implements small to medium size Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants across the country.

An example is the coastal village of Khuwaimah. The village is located around 300 km south of Muscat, and has no access to municipality water. Therefore, the best solution to serve the village with for potable and drinking water is to desalinate seawater. A challenge is the regular high variations in the feed water quality in the area, which creates a demand for an effective pre-treatment method.