Innovative strategy for salt management and water recovery from newsprint mill effluent using membrane processes

新闻纸米尔斯厂是澳大利亚地区的主要雇主。这些米尔斯位于环境敏感地区，消耗大量的水，并将高水平的盐返回到环境中。 为了保持竞争力，新闻纸行业，像澳大利亚地区的所有行业一样，必须制定新的水循环和盐管理战略。该项目的成功实施将最大限度地减少新闻纸生产中的水消耗，减轻工厂废水灌溉土壤中碱度增加的影响，并加速商业开发疏水微孔膜，用于澳大利亚内陆环境敏感地区的水循环和除盐。

Newsprint mills are a major employer in regional Australia. The mills are located in environmentally sensitive areas, consume large quantities of water and return high levels of salt to the environment. To remain competitive the newsprint industry, like all industries in regional Australia must develop new strategies for water recycling and salt management. Successful execution of this project will minimize water consumption in newsprint production, mitigate the effects of increased sodicity in soils irrigated with mill effluent and accelerate the commercial development a hydrophobic microporous membrane for water recycling and salt removal in environmentally sensitive areas of inland Australia.