In the original version of this Review Article the affiliation and address for Lorenzo Rosa were incorrectly given as "University of Parma, Department of Information Engineering, Parma 43121, Italy"

Albert Boretti

Buthayna Al-Ghafri

Joydeep Dutta

Lorenzo Rosa

Mohammed Al-Abri

Sergey Dobretsov

Stefania Castelletto

Tanujjal Bora

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AUTHOR CORRECTION OPENAuthor Correction: Chlorination disadvantages andalternative routes for biofouling control in reverse osmosisdesalinationMohammed Al-Abri1,2, Buthayna Al-Ghafri2, Tanujjal Bora3, Sergey Dobretsov4,5, Joydeep Dutta6, Stefania Castelletto 7,Lorenzo Rosa 8 and Albert Boretti9npj Clean Water             (2019) 2:8 ; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-019-0033-2Correction to: npj Clean Water ; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-018-0024-8, Published online: 16 January 2019.In the original version of this Review Article the affiliation andaddress for Lorenzo Rosa were incorrectly given as “University ofParma, Department of Information Engineering, Parma 43121,Italy”.These have now been corrected to “University of Modena andReggio Emilia, Department of Engineering “Enzo Ferrari”, viaVivarelli 10, I-41125 Modena, Italy” in the HTML and PDF versions.Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing,adaptation, distribution and reproduction in anymedium or format, as long as you giveappropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the CreativeCommons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third partymaterial in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unlessindicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in thearticle’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutoryregulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directlyfrom the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.© The Author(s) 20191Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 33, PC 123, Al-Khoudh, Oman; 2Nanotechnology ResearchCenter, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 17, PC 123, Al-Khoudh, Oman; 3Center of Excellence in Nanotechnology, Asian Institute of Technology, PO Box 4, KlongLuangPathumthani 12120, Thailand; 4Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agriculture and Marine Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 34, PC 123, Al-Khoudh, Oman; 5Center of Excellence in Marine Biotechnology, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 50, Al-Khoud, Muscat 123, Sultanate of Oman; 6Functional Materials,Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering Sciences, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Isafjordsgatan 22, Kista Stockholm SE-164-40, Sweden; 7School of Engineering,RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia; 8University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Department of Engineering Enzo Ferrari, via Vivarelli 10, Modena I-41125, Italy and9Independent Scientist, 14 Chancellor Avenue, Bundoora, VIC 3083, AustraliaCorrespondence: Mohammed Al-Abri (alabri@squ.edu.om)www.nature.com/npjcleanwaterPublished in partnership with King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Author Correction: Chlorination disadvantages and alternative routes for biofouling control in reverse osmosis desalination

With an ever-increasing human population, access to clean water for human use is a growing concern across the world. Seawater desalination to produce usable water is essential to meet future clean water demand. Desalination processes, such as reverse osmosis and multi-stage flash have been implemented worldwide. Reverse osmosis is the most effective technology, which uses a semipermeable membrane to produce clean water under an applied pressure. However, membrane biofouling is the main issue faced by such plants, which requires continuous cleaning or regular replacement of the membranes. Chlorination is the most commonly used disinfection process to pretreat the water to reduce biofouling. Although chlorination is widely used, it has several disadvantages, such as formation of disinfection by-products and being ineffective against some types of microbes. This review aims to discuss the adverse effect of chlorination on reverse osmosis membranes and to identify other possible alternatives of chlorination to reduce biofouling of the membranes. Reverse osmosis membrane degradation and mitigation of chlorines effects, along with newly emerging disinfection technologies, are discussed, providing insight to both academic institutions and industries for the design of improved reverse osmosis systems

Al-Abri, Mohammed

Al-Ghafri, Buthayna

Bora, Tanujjal

Dobretsov, Sergey

Dutta, Joydeep

Castelletto, Stefania

Rosa, Lorenzo

Boretti, Albert

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Chlorination disadvantages and alternative routes for biofouling control in reverse osmosis desalination

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Author Correction: Chlorination disadvantages and alternative routes for biofouling control in reverse osmosis desalination

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