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News Call for Papers for the Conference: Water is Necessary for LIFE, WIN4LIFE

A Call for Papers is launched for the Conference entitled: Water is Necessary for LIFE, WIN4LIFE that will be held in Tinos Island, Greece from 19th to 21st September 2013.

The conference participants will have the opportunity to exchange views and ideas about water management, advanced wastewater treatment processes & sustainable brine management practices.

Authors wishing to submit a paper should send an Abstract to the Scientific Secretariat (konmoust@central.ntua.gr) by 15th May 2013.

There is no registration fee. Advanced registration is strongly recommended. More information is available at:

http://win4life.uest.gr/

Papers on the following topics are welcome:

 Water resources: challenges and management

 Industrial wastewater management and reuse

 Integration of wastewater reuse in the overall water resources management

 Zero Liquid Discharge Applications and Best Available Techniques (BAT)

 Role of desalination in addressing water challenges

 Advanced Desalination Techniques

 Desalination powered by Renewable Energy Sources (RES)

 Solar Desalination applications

 Environmental pressures associated with brine production

 Success stories on brine management within EU (cases for islands will be favored)

 Materials and corrosion resistance considerations

 Chemical free desalination

 Barriers and suggestions for full-scale implementation of ZLD approaches

« Development of an advanced, innovative and energy autonomous system for the treatment of brine from desalination plants », LIFE+ Environment project: LIFE09 ENV/GR/000299

Contact information Dr. Konstantinos Moustakas Chemist National Technical University of Athens School of Chemical Engineering Unit of Environmental Science & Technology 9, Heroon Polytechniou Street Zographou Campus, Athens (email: konmoust@central.ntua.gr ; d.xevgenos@gmail.com)
Phone: +30 2107723108, Fax: +30 2107723285
News type CallForPaper
File link http://win4life.uest.gr/
File link local WIN4LIFE_Call for papers.pdf (PDF, 974 Kb)
Source of information National Technical University of Athens
Keyword(s) desalination, EU-LIFE
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INDUSTRY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , INFRASTRUCTURES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , TOOL TERMS , TOURISM - SPORT - HOBBIES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://win4life.uest.gr/images/pdf/form_en.pdf
Geographical coverage Greece,
News date 29/03/2013
Working language(s) ENGLISH
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