Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Regulatory Issues -- Ch. 3. Treatment Technologies -- Ch. 4. Concentrate Disposal -- Ch. 5. Process Selection -- Ch. 6. Desalting Costs -- Ch. 7. Project Implementation -- Case Study 1. Lavaca-Navidad River Authority Seawater Reverse Osmosis Facility -- Case Study 2. Two Years of Operating Experience at the Port Hueneme Brackish Water Reclamation Demonstration Facility -- Case Study 3. Desalting a High Total Dissolved Solids Brackish Water for Hatteras Island, North Carolina -- Case Study 4. Desalination for Texas Water Supply -- Case Study 5. Ultrafiltration as Pretreatment to Seawater Reverse Osmosis -- Case Study 6. Performance and Economic Evaluation of a 16-Inch-Diameter Reverse Osmosis Membrane for Surface Water Desalting -- Case Study 7. Membrane Integration for Seawater Desalting -- Case Study 8. Implementation of an Enhanced Multieffect Distillation Process for Seawater Desalination -- Glossary of Desalting Terminology