Dear Mr. Ali,  If your water ...

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Dear Mr. Ali,  If your water contains high organic levels - i.e., total organic carbon (TOC) concentration higher than 2 mg/L and it has algae in it, membrane pretreatment will not work well.  The problems with membrane pretreatment are not pertinent to Dow's model of UF - membranes - if your source water TOC is higher than 2 mg/L, no membrane pretreatment system available on the market will work well.  In this case, the best technology will be deep dual media gravity filter - preferably pumice and sand. 

For more informaiton take a look at this bbok:

https://www.elsevier.com/books/pretreatment-for-reverse-osmosis-desalination/voutchkov/978-0-12-809953-7