Water. Desalination + reuse
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IDA Knowledge Management • Data access • Integration • Interpretation and application Technology and Innovation • Management of waste streams • Innovative treatment processes • Resource recovery and energy efficiency Water Sources and Integration • Decentralisation • Stormwater treatment and reuse • Industrial water reuse Further details can be obtained from: Linda Kerr, events@awa.asn. au, tel: +61 2 9436 0055 MIAc EuropEAn DEsAlInAtIon socIEty sEDA EDs publishes details of design course The European Desalination Society (EDS) has published details of its first event in 2013, a three-day intensive course on Membrane Technology Process & System Design. Dr Mark Wilf will lead the course on 11-13 March 2013 in L'Aquila, Italy. The seminar will include practical information about performance and operating conditions of reverse osmosis (RO) and nanofiltration technology for brackish and seawater desalination. The program includes introduction to membrane technology, description of commercial membrane elements, illustration of the membrane system design process and overview of systems operation. Calculations of the investment and operating cost of membrane plants, based on design cases will be illustrated. A section of the seminar is dedicated to the modern microfiltration (MF) and ultrafiltration (UF) technology applied for treatment of potable water and as a pretreatment of feedwater for RO systems. Course material also includes information on process and equipment applied in membrane bioreactor systems. An overview of commercial MF and UF membrane products will be provided. It will be followed by a description of the implementation process in large membrane treatment plants. The seminar is directed toward professionals who are familiar with membrane technology, with the objective of providing practical information on commercial products, the design process, operation conditions of membrane systems and economics of the membrane desalting and water treatment applications. Mark Wilf , who is a regular contributor to professional journals, wrote chapters on membrane technology processes and applications for a number of books. He edited and wrote with other co-authors The Guidebook to Membrane Desalination Technology, published in 2006. He also edited and contributed to The Guidebook to Membrane Technology for Wastewater Reclamation, published in 2010. Wilf regularly presents and teaches desalination and membrane technology subjects to engineers and water professionals. His teaching activity includes teaching courses on membrane technology and desalination for the EDS in L'Aquila, another annual course in San Diego and other courses for industrial companies and engineering organizations. Details and registration are available at www.desline.com/ courses.php. sEDA spring symposium set for Delray Beach The Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) is to hold its 2013 Spring Symposium in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, on 16-19 June 2013. The venue will be the Delray Beach Marriott. Details when available and registration can obtained at registration@ southeastdesalting.com or via the SEDA website. | 50 | Desalination & Water Reuse | February-March 2013 MIAc confirmed as IDA affiliate in china The Membrane Industry Association of China (MIAC) is the latest affiliate to join the International Desalination Association (IDA). MIAC held a successful forum on Seawater desalination – industry on 27-29 October 2012 in Beijing, addressed by the president of IDA, Dr Corrado Sommariva; the president of the Asia Pacific Desalination Association, Masaru Kurihara; and Dr Yang Shangbao of the Environment Resources Division of China's National Development & Reform Commission. MIAC's contact details are: Address: No 19 Beisanhuan Road (E), Chaoyang District, Beijing, China (100029); tel: +86 10 6445 2310; email: youjd@membranes.com.cn; web: www.membranes.com.cn. scMA scMA launching membrane operator certification The South Central Membrane Association (SCMA) is kicking off a membrane operators certification program in January 2013 that will have four modules currently being developed by Southeast Desalting Association (SEDA) with SCMA and other affiliates of the American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA). SCMA is offering Module I of a Membrane Operators Certificate Short School on 22 January 2013 at the City Of Mansfield Water Treatment Plant. Plans for additional courses are underway for 2013 to include Module I and Module II. In addition, SEDA and the other affiliates are currently working on Module III and Module IV and hope to have the courses available later in 2013-2014. The modules are: • Module I - Membrane Basics • Module II - High-Pressure Membranes • Module III – Low-Pressure Membranes • Module IV- Wastewater/MBR SCMA has posted three other events for 2013 prior to its annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, on 31 July 2013. Immediately prior to the AMTA/American Water Works Association membrane conference in San Antonio at the end of February 2013, SCMA will be holding a Preconference Workshop on Membrane Cleaning & Troubleshooting for Operators on 25 February at the San Antonio Convention Center (see AMTA listing). On 7 May 2013, SCMA is staging a SWAT Training For Operators workshop split between the Acton Municipal Utility District in Granbury, Texas, and the Granbury Surface Water Advanced Treatment System. Two days later, on 9 May 2013, a Membrane Operators Workshop will be held in Oklahoma at WH Braums in Tuttle. Details on both these events will be available soon. Information and details on all SCMA events can be obtained from Cathie Kellett at registration@scmembrane.org or on the SCMA website. l