membrane biofouling
requires frequent chemical cleaning, which ultimately shortens
the operational period of the RO membrane modules and consequently
imposes a huge economic burden on RO desalination
processes [1,3,33,34]. Thus, when analyzing the role of antiscalants
in preventing membrane scaling it is important to analyze the
biofouling potential of these additives. Yet, quantitative data on the
contribution of anticalants to biofilm growth potential and their
consequent effects on biofouling of RO membrane installations is
limited [27,30]. The main goal of this work is to investigate the
biofouling potential of antiscalants during their usage in RO
brackish water desalination processes, both on lab and industrial
scale levels.