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The
WaTeR Center presented over a dozen a series of research papers in two
special University Sessions: (a) RO Analysis and Modeling Session, and (b)
RO Membrane Process Development and Novel Membranes, at the CA-NV AWWA
Spring Conference, Hollywood, CA, April 21-24 (2008). |
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A ˝
day meeting at UCLA (March 29, 2007) was held with a delegation of
desalination researchers from Libya Tajura Renewable Energy and Desalination
Research Center and representatives from the Sandia National Laboratory and
the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The purpose of the meeting was
to exchange information regarding desalination technology and explore areas
of potential collaboration. |
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A one
day workshop was held (at UCLA) with a delegation from the Australia's
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),
Victoria University, Deaking University and Melbourne University on March
19, 2007. The workshop addressed issues of nanotechnology in membrane
development, advanced membrane water desalination processes and smart water
systems. |
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The WaTeR Center is co-sponsoring and
co-organizers the 2008 International Congress on Membranes (ICOM) which will
be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, July 12-18, 2008.
Details will be posted soon. |
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Dr. E. M. V. Hoek
co-Organized a workshop on “Membrane-Based Water Treatment,” North
American Membrane Society Annual Meeting, May 11-16, 2007, Orlando, FL.
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The WaTeR Center
workshop on Water Systems Research was held at UCLA on February 23,
2007. |
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WaTeR Center "Water Technology Research Workshop was held at UCLA, September
29, 2006 |
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WaTeR Center Faculty Y. Cohen
and E. Hoek co-organized and co-chaired the
2007 AIChE Topical
Conference on Water Resource Management: Production, Recycling, Purification
and Conservation, November 12-17, 2006 San Francisco Hilton San
Francisco, California.
Read more about the conference.
During the last
70 years, world population has tripled while per capita water consumption has
doubled, resulting in a 600% increase in total demand. For industrial,
municipal, and agricultural water users alike, the growing strain on water
resources has been accompanied by rising costs for fresh water, wastewater
treatment, pollution mitigation, and storm water discharge. There is also a
greater risk of disruption to supply, fiercer stakeholder disputes, and stricter
government regulation. The increasing scarcity of water coupled with escalating
cost of fresh water and its treatment has prompted industry to think of water
conservation, reuse, and recycling. This Topical addresses this important
issue. Two Plenary Sessions feature invited speakers who are leaders in the
water technology area and in water policy issues. There are seventeen
technical sessions that address various areas of water technology, resource
protection and sustainability.
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Dr. E. M. V. Hoek co-organized
(with Isabel Escobar) the
Desalinatin Workshop at the American Water Works Association Membrane
Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, March 5-9, 2005. |
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Dr. E. M. V. Hoek co-organized (with Sharon Walker) the
Symposium “Understanding and Controlling Biofouling in Aquatic
Systems,” AEESP/ACS Symposia, 232nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National
Meeting & Exposition, September 10-14, 2006, San Francisco, CA |
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