Water. Desalination + reuse
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February-March 2016 | Desalination & Water Reuse | 13 | BUSINESS Japan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, the UK and the US have already joined. Secretary general of the International Desalination Association (IDA), Patricia A Burke, said the IDA – a founding member of the Global Clean Water Desalination Alliance – included reducing emissions in desalination as "a goal of IDA's Energy and Environmental Task Forces, and we believe that the alliance's initiative will bring us ever-closer to realizing this objective." "Access to water of the populations of the South and many other areas even in industrialized countries will be secured in the future due to renewable energy and innovation," said president of France's Syndicat des Energies Renouvelables, Jean Louis Bal. DoN't lEt clImatE UNcErtaINty StymIE DESalINatIoN INvEStmENt SayS rISk ExpErt Water and wastewater utilities must view climate change as a "disruptive opportunity" and not allow uncertainty to stymie investments in desalination and other resilience measures according to a UK risk management expert. Climate change created a business opportunity where "the most resilient will have an implicit lead over their competitors," the expert told a recent international forum. Water companies face a challenge in determining the impacts of climate change but "uncertainty ought not to be the basis for delayed decisions," warned Cranfield University researcher, Simon Pollard, speaking at the recent International Water and Climate Forum at San Diego, California. Pollard said the water sector should be guided in its investment decisions by the risks to operations created by climate change to guard against long-term outages. "Let's be bolder about what we know instead of being paralyzed about what we don't know," he said. Even without a clear picture of how climate change might affect their operations, water firms can, according to Pollard, integrate it into their strategic planning through innovation and foresight. They should deploy "measured risks" derived from reasoned analysis of the range of situations to adapt their facilities and build more resilience into their operations he added. The Yarra Valley in Victoria, Australia, was presented as an example. An 11-year drought followed by flooding had forced the water utility to adapt its operations and build more resilience infrastructure. Yarra Valley Water's managing director, Pat McCafferty, said severe water shortages triggered conservation measures, but the company applied innovative solutions. For example it did not ban outdoor water use but set targets for users and offered to retrofit efficient appliances. Information was a key element in a water bill drawn up to address the crisis: "Large water users didn't know they were large water users," said McCafferty. Other measures by Yarra Valley included construction of a new desalination facility and integrated water management programmes. San Diego Water Authority's general manager, Maureen Stapleton, described a programme to reduce reliance on imported water and exposure to drought including the recently opened desalination plant in Carlsbad. www.LGwatersolutions.com All trademarks stated herein are the property of LG Chem, Ltd. All rights reserved. © 2016 LG Chem, Ltd. M u n i c i p a l P o t a b l e W at e r H i g h Puri t y W a t e r f o r M i cr o e l ec t r o n i cs Now just add water. From seawater desalination to waste water reuse, LG Water Solutions offers the right products to optimize your unique system. • Seawater RO membranes featuring the highest flux • Low energy brackish water RO membranes • Residential RO membranes In over 400 installations across 50 countries, customers trust the performance of our NanoH2O TM line of thin-film nanocomposite reverse osmosis membranes. Contact LG Water Solutions to find out how we deliver more water and less energy. S e a w a t e r De s a li na t i o n li na t i o I n du s tri a l Pr o c e s s W a t e r & W at er R e u s e LGChemWaterSolutions_124x178.indd 2 2/8/2016 10:14:51 AM