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Scope of the MDIW2010 conference
The World is running out of clean, safe, fresh water. By 2025 one third of humanity – almost three billion people – will face severe water scarcity. This has been described as the "single greatest threat to health, the environment and global food security". Water is fundamental for life, is by far the most important food item and a commodity that modern societies rely on in many aspects including potable water, agricultural water, industrial water and recreational water. Adding to this current status, global climate change is expected to have both quantitative and qualitative impacts on available water resources. The water supply and sanitation sector will face enormous challenges over the coming decades where the water industry will need to meet the fast growing needs in a global perspective. Membrane separation technologies have been identified as one of the possible solutions to meet the future demands with regard to water supply and sanitation, and membranes are increasingly becoming an important component in integrated treatment schemes for advanced water treatment.
The scope of this conference is therefore to present the latest research and development of membrane technology applied to advanced water treatment and to highlight the implementation of these solutions by the water and sanitation industry. Below is a list of topics to be covered in the conference with a few keywords to identify possible themes.
Topics of the MDIW2010 conference
Desalination:
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Advances in module designs and new membrane types
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Pretreatment and process configurations
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Brine/concentrate disposal and waste management
Drinking water treatment
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New developments in MF / UF / NF systems
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NOM removal in drinking water production
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Dealing with priority compounds (micro-pollutants, pharmaceutical etc.)
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Membrane as hygienic barriers, emerging pathogens
Production of high quality water
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Advanced treatment of process water / water recycling
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Membrane systems for boiler feed water production
Wastewater reuse / recycling
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Paradigm shifts in treatment of wastewater for reuse purposes
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Technologies for wastewater reuse and recycling
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Potentials for "sewer mining", strategies and solutions
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Is MBR state-of-the-art, the treatment scheme of the future?
Membrane fouling
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Fundamentals of fouling / understanding fouling mechanisms
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Fouling mitigation and control
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Membrane modifications to minimize fouling
Hybrid membrane processes
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Coupling membranes with conventional unit processes
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Catalytic membrane processes, i.e. photo-oxidation
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Adsorptive membrane processes, ion exchange membranes
Novel membrane systems and configurations
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Membrane technology in new applications
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Implementation of alternative concepts, i.e. forward osmosis, membrane distillation etc.
Integrated treatment concepts
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Retrofitting and improvement of conventional treatment schemes with membrane processes
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Membranes as a key component in a treatment scheme / strategy
Case studies
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Advances and development of membrane processes applied to advanced water treatment
