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CHINA DESALINATION ASSOCIATION CDA WORKSHOP ON DESALINATION MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMICS The Chinese Desalination Association is to hold a workshop on Desalination Management & Economics following the 2012 Qingdao International Conference on Desalination & Water Reuse. Led by the president of the International Desalination Association, Dr Corrado Sommariva, the workshop will be held in Qingdao on 29 June 2012.
+86 532 86679768 8006; email: shiwenwen@cda-ida.org.cn; or cdasww@vip.126.com.
For further information, contact Shi Wenwen; tel: EUROPEAN DESALINATION SOCIETY AWA
EDS/WETSUS ISSUES MEMBRANE CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS A deadline of 30 June 2012 has been set for the eighth in the series of conferences on Membranes in Drinking & Industrial Water Production, which will take place at Leeuwarden in the Netherlands on 10-12 September 2012.
AFFILIATESIDA&AMTA AMTA
AEDyR APDA
American Membrane Technology Association, 2409 SE Dixie Highway, Stuart, FL 34996, USA TEL +1 772-463-0820 // FAX 772-463-0860 EMAIL admin@amtaorg.com // WEB www.amtaorg.com
C/Diego de León, 47, 28006 Madrid, Spain // TEL +34 91 838 85 17 EMAIL aedyr@aedyr.com // WEB www.aedyr.es
Asia Pacific Desalination Association, Beijing Office, Room 203 Xinhe Building No. 14 Sanyuanli Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China TEL +86 10 64661601 //
Qingdao Office: Room 1806 New World Build- ing, Fuzhou South Road, Shinan District, Qingdao, China TEL +86 532 86679768 //
FAX +86 10 64661601 EMAIL cdazwp@126.com // WEB www.apdadesal.org FAX +86 532-86679769
Australian Water Association, PO Box 222, St Leonards, NSW 1590, Australia // TEL+61 2 9436 0055 // FAX +61 2 9436 0155 EMAIL info@awa.asn.au // WEB www.awa.asn.au
CaribDA Caribbean Desalination Association, Janet Jaworski, 2409 SE Dixie Highway, Stuart , FL 34996, USA TEL +1 772 781 8507 // FAX +1 772 463 0860 EMAIL admin@caribda.com // WEB www.caribda.com
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Organised by the European Desalination Society and the Wetsus Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology The conference will give an overview of the most recent developments in membrane technology. This three-day event will bring together research scientists, engineers, managers and operators from water supply and wastewater treatment companies, industries, government departments, consulting firms, research institutes and universities.
Further information and registration are available online at www.desline.com/congress/Leeuwarden/home.shtml
NORTHWEST MEMBRANE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION NWMOA MAKES ITS BOW AS AMTA AFFILIATE The American Membrane Technology Association has admitted its latest affiliate, the Northwest Membrane Operators Association (NWMOA), which began life on 26 March 2012. NWMOA is dedicated to the Northwest United States region including, but not limited to, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
The membrane operators group has been formed to provide membrane operators with a forum to exchange information, share experiences and knowledge, obtain training and acquire continuing education credits necessary for Operator Certification requirements.
NWMOA's official address is: 12592 West Explorer Dr, Ste 200, Boise, ID 83713. Tel: +1 954 990 1260; email: admin@nwmoa.com; web: www.nwmoa.com. The association has a board meeting scheduled for 23 May 2012, following the AMTA/Water Environment Federation joint workshop in Seattle, Washington.
SOUTH WEST MEMBRANE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION
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Mr. Gong Haichen, Room 1003, No. 62 Beisihuanxi Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China (P.C.: 100080) TEL +86 10 8714 5144, 130 2124 9339 // EMAIL ghc@cda-ida.org.cn or edaghe@163.com // WEB www.cda-ida.org.cn/english/index.htm
Miriam Balaban, Abruzzo Science Park, Via Antica Arischia 1, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy // FAX +39 0862 3475 213 EMAIL balaban@aqila.infn.it // WEB www.edsoc.com
Dr. S. Prabhakar, Indian Desalination Association, c/o Desalination Division, BARC, Mumbai 400 085, India FAX +91 22 550 5151 EMAIL sprabha@apsara.barc.ernet.in // WEB www.indaindia.org
Japan Desalination Association, Toko Building, 6F, 2-10 Nihonbashi 1-chrome, Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 103-0027, Japan // TEL-FAX +81 3 5652 1026 EMAIL jda1026@y9.dion.ne.jp // WEB www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~jda-hp21
Levant Desalination Association, Mohamad Jaroudi, General Manager - Sales & Marketing, Future Pipe Industries Company – Qatar. TEL MAIN: +974 4768111;
TEL +974 4768105 (direct) or +974 5859026 (mobile) EMAIL m.jaroudi@futurepipe.com // WEB www.levantdesal.org
// FAX +974 4114772
NWMOA Northwest Membrane Operators Association, 12592 West Explorer Dr, Ste 200, Boise, ID 83713.
TEL +1 954 990 1260 // EMAIL admin@nwmoa.com // WEB www.nwmoa.com
FAX 772-463-0860
PakDA Fayyaz Mubeen, President PaKDA, B-138, Block 15, Gulistan Jauhar, Karachi - 75290, Pakistan TEL +92 21 463 1946/1947 // FAX +92 21 461 5643 EMAIL
WEB www.freewebs.com/pak-desalination SEDA SCMA SWA
Three other workshops are scheduled, one in August and two in September. See Conferences & Meetings (page 47) for details.
TWO SWMOA WORKSHOPS FOR CALIFORNIA The South West Membrane Operators Association is to hold two workshops in California in September 2012.
The first will be on 25 September 2012 in San Joaquin. The host organisation with be East Bay Municipal Utilities District. The second will be in Chino on 27 September 2012.
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Southeast Desalting Association, 2409 SE Dixie Hwy, Stuart, FL 34996, USA TEL +1 772 781 7698 // FAX 772 463 0860 EMAIL admin@southeastdesalting.com // WEB www.southeastdesalting.com
South Central Membrane Association, 314 E Highland Mall Blvd, Ste 400, Austin, TX 78752, USA // TEL +1 512 236 8500 EMAIL info@scmembrane.org // WEB www.scmembrane.org
ter Hub 80 Toh Guan Road East, Singapore 608575 TEL +65 6515 0812 //
Singapore Water Association, Freddy EMAIL enquiry@swa.org.sg // WEB www.swa.org.sg Soon, Wa- FAX +65 6515 0813
SWMOA Southwest Membrane Operator Association, 1035 E. Vis- ta Way, 103, Vista, CA 92084, USA // TEL +1 888 463 0830 EMAIL admin@swmoa.org // WEB www.swmoa.org
Water Desalination Engineering Chapter, HE Ahmed Al Mudaiheem, PO Box 5968, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia // TEL +966-1-4631111 EMAIL depgovtp@yahoo.com // WEB www.saudieng.org
Ali Redha Hussain, P.O. Box 833, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain TEL +973 842000 // FAX +973 840358 EMAIL ali.redha@mew.gove.bh // WEB www.wsta.org.bh