Meeting on Unconventional Water Resources for Water Supply (Water Management in the Arid Zones. Role of Unconventional Water Resources)

Moroccan Membrane and Desalination Society (MMDS) announced upcoming meeting on unconventional water resources. MMDS is organizing this meeting on unconventional water resources for water supply on March 21-22, 2008 in the Palais des congrès, Laayoune City. This meeting will gather the major Moroccan specialists in the field of desalination and water re-use from public and private companies. The meeting will take place in the region which contains the largest desalination plants in Morocco. A visit is planned to the two largest desalination plants of Laayoune: drinking (ONEP) and process (OCP).

Participation is free of charge and the conference will be sponsored by several organizations.

Topics of the meeting:

    *  State of Water resources in the region of Laayoune-Boujdour Sakia El Hamra and the needs if development
    * The new technological orientations if the desaliantion
    * Membrane technologies for lasting development
    * Energy recovery in desalination if seawater by reverse osmosis
    * Desalination for potabilisation in Morocco
    * Desalination for industry
    * Water Desalination cost
    * Specific treatments for production of potable water in the south if Morocco
    * The pretreatment in reverse osmosis
    * Technical and economical comparison of distillation and reverse osmosis
    * Wastewater treatment
    * Wastewater treatment and reuse in Morocco
    * Water treatment and reuse
    * Wastewater reuse
    * New technology of wastewater treatment and reuse
    * Wastewater reuse by membrane technologies
    * Treatment of industrial effluents by membrane processes