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COMPARISON OF CHEMICAL AND PHOTOBIOLOGICAL METHODS FOR THE REMOVAL OF DISSOLVED SILICA AND CALCIUM HARDNESS FROM BRACKISH GROUNDWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS CONCENTRATE

IKEHATA, Keisuke1, PALMER, Jacob A.2, GAO, Han1, RODEN, Sara N.3, ROY, Emon1, GONZALEZ, Saul1, ADAMS, J. Hunter4, KULKARNI, Harshad Vijay5 and DATTA, Saugata6, (1)Ingram School of Engineering, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, (2)Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Program, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, (3)Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas State University, 601 University Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666, (4)Cypress Envrionmental Laboratory, City of Wichita Falls, 4801 Big Ed Neal Drive, Wichita Falls, TX 76307, (5)Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, (6)Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249