The International Desalination Association is pleased to present the Call for Papers for the IDA World Congress 2011 on Desalination and Water Reuse. This biennial event will be held from 4 - 9 September at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth Australia. Themed, "Desalination: Sustainable Solutions for a Thirsty Planet" the Congress is the premier global event on desalination and water reuse.  Printed copies of the Call for Papers are being mailed to all current IDA members. Extended abstracts will be accepted online beginning July 15 and ending October 1, 2010.

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Ozwater is an event like no other, organised by the industry for the industry where the issues that drive the industry are discussed and future directions decided. Ozwater '11 will address the wide ranging issues that face the water industry today. These include major national water reforms, climate change and its impacts, technological advances and the challenges of human resources to name a few.

It is a long time since AWA convened a specialist Conference on Odours but the subject gets more difficult to ignore by the day.  “It smells” is the most frequent complaint that water industry professionals hear from the public and even their own colleagues.

This Conference will be of special interest to Wastewater treatment engineers, olfactory specialists and scientists, chemical and industrial engineers, food, feed lot and petrochemical industry managers.

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Call for abstracts for this conference are now open. This specialty conference will focus on practical aspects of water reuse and desalination as well as relevant research being conducted in the U.S. and Australia. The conference theme is Water Reuse and Desalination: Water Scarcity Solutions for the 21st Century.  The conference will feature a blue ribbon assemblage of world class experts on these two vital components of the water supply equation.

For more information: WateReuse.org

The conference will discuss and explore new and innovative methods of treatment, better understanding and assessment of resources and their supporting ecosystems, proper management for conservation and approaches to achieve the dual aim of economic development and ecological sustainability. The focus is the necessary infrastructure to provide good quality water, in sufficient quantity, in the most sustainable manner.

For more information: murdoch.edu.au