Water Production and Wastewater Treatment – Technologies, Advances, and Issues
Access to clean water is considered to be one of fundamentals of right individuals by the United Nations and its part of its Millennium Goals. Water scarcity and stringent environmental regulations have mandated treatment of saline, polluted, marginal waters for use and reuse within various (industrial, agricultural and municipal) sectors. Availability and production of water is directly in many cases is directly linked to the availability and amount of energy required for its treatment. Various technologies have emerged or are emerging. This symposium is dedicated to these issues and some of the advancements and challenges in securing this precious resource for human, industrial and agricultural consumption.
Confirmed keynotes
Noah Galil 
" Water and Wastewater Issues in the Paper and Oil Industry. "
Roya Sheikholeslami
" Water and Energy Integration in the Water Industry. "
Scope
This topical conference is dedicated to the advancements and challenges in securing water for human, industrial and agricultural consumption.
Publication
This symposium will be included in the WCCE8 proceedings. However, we encourage the submission of the full articles and for publication as fully reviewed papers will be published in conjunction with European Desalination Society – by Balaban Publishers, L’Aquila – Italy.
Call for papers closes: November 30, 2008
Conference: August 23rd-27th 2009.
Organizers
Professor Roya Sheikholeslami
Chair of Chemical Process Engineering
Address University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JL, United Kingdom
roya.sheikholeslami@ed.ac.uk
Dr. Mark Wilf, Director, Membrane Technology
Address Tetra Tech, Infrastructure Services Group, San Diego, CA, USA
Dr. Blanca Antizar-Ladislao
University of Edinburgh, UK
B.Antizar-Ladislao@ed.ac.uk
Members of the Scientific Committee
Dr. Volfango Bertola, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Dr. Alidad Amirfazli, University of Alberta, Canada
Dr. Hong Yu, Intellectual Property, Australia
Dr. Heike Glade, University of Breman, Germany