A pilot-scale membrane adsorption bioreactor(MABR) was carried out for the drinking water treatment from Dong River water with coagulation-sedimentation as pre-treatment.During the experiments,the MABR exhibited much higher capacity for organic matter removal as compared with the conventional sand-filtration and ultra-filtration alone,with the average removal efficiencies of 72.4% and 89.1% for CODMn and UV254,respectively.During the stable operation period after start-up,the MABR also achieved excellent removal for the influent NH3-N and NO-2-N,the effluent concentrations were maintained below 0.2 mg/L and 0.05 mg/L,respectively.In the investigation,the membrane in MABR was operated under the conditions of constant flux(20 L/(m2·h)),continuous aeration(12.5 m3/(m2·h),calculated based on the bottom area of the membrane tank),and backwashing for 5 min after every 8 h of filtration.Under these conditions,obvious membrane fouling was observed for the membrane,with the average trans-membrane pressure development rate of 0.51 kPa/d.To mitigate membrane fouling and to decrease the chemical cleaning time,it is required to further optimize relevant operating parameters of the membrane in MABR.