Pre Conference Workshop: Sunday 9 May 2010

10.00 - 16:00 Workshop A: A-Z of Effective Water Resource and Demand Management

Rationale

Water resource and demand management is often hampered for a number of reasons. This exclusive interactive session presents an easily transferable model that allows you to analyse your existing resources and infrastructure before quantifying future demand. You will discover innovative techniques that can be used to increase supply while drastically decreasing water usage.

Key Benefits

• Understand variables that impact future demand, including population growth and climate
• Reduce demand for agricultural, industrial and residential water by driving innovative tarriffs and public awareness campaigns
• Address technical and non-technical forms of water loss
• Analyse reverse osmosis and other innovative techniques that maximise water supply
• Build a comprehensive long-term strategy to ensure that future demand is met

Workshop Leader

Prof. Neil Kirkpatrick
Head of Environment and Sustainability
Royal Group

Post Conference Workshop: Wednesday 12 May 2010

10.00 - 16:00 Workshop B: Exploiting the latest advancements in water desalination technologies

Rationale

Uncover recent trends and latest developments in different desalination processes, allowing you to increase the efficiency and minimise the cost of desalination. This advanced workshop will explore the latest technical offerings and techniques for Multi-Stage Flash and SWRO.

Key Benefits

• Effective modeling of thermal desalination considering the temperature and salinity of feed seawater
• Optimal selection and design of intakes to achieve minimum operational cost
• Minimise the impact of thermal desalination plants on coastal environments
• Technical and economical comparison between common desalination processes
• Analyse latest research findings and their implications