Research Papers by Thomas Hoepner

Seawater desalination facilities range from heavy coastal industry to small local plants, with the majority being either thermal multi-stage flash (MSF) or membrane-based reverse osmosis (RO) plants. Irrespective of the process, pretreatment chemicals are added to the intake water to improve plant p

The proposed EIA procedure follows a minimal guideline which consists of 1) analysis of the source of impacts, 2) analysis of the impacted ecosystem, 3) definition of the links between source and targets, 4) recommendation of mitigation measures and 5) sustainability of the environmental protection