ABU DHABI, 6th June, 2024 (WAM) — ADNEC Group and the Abu Dhabi Department of Energy today announced their partnership at a signing ceremony, appointing Capital 360 Event Experiences as the Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) for the prestigious International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) World Congress at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi from 8th-12th December 2024....
The IDRA Seville Summit stands as an unequivocal call to action, acknowledging the profound influence of climate change on our planet’s most precious resource: water. The Summit discussion will focus on climate change adaptation and explore the critical interplay between mitigation and adaptation strategies to ensure increased availability of clean water by integrating unconventional water resource...
Canada Ocean Racing today unveils its new team name Be Water Positive. With their mission still to be the first Canadian team to complete the Vendée Globe, they will also be raising awareness and promoting what it is to Be Water Positive. The team’s performance goals remain the same; aiming to be the first Canadian...
Published in Pump and Systems. SYDNEY, Australia. – The International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) announces that Fady Juez, managing director of Metito Overseas, has been elected President by the Term 20 IDA board. Shannon McCarthy has been re-appointed as the Secretary General of the Association. “I aim to ensure IDRA continues the tremendous global recognition...
The event will be held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Jeddah between May 30 – June 1, 2022 Saudi Arabia is hosting an Innovation Driven Desalination conference with an aim to secure climate-change resilient water supplies on a global scale. Organized by The Saudi Saline Water Conversion Corporation, or SWCC, and the International Desalination Association,...
Dubai – 07, November 2021: Dubai Municipality, represented by the Sewerage Treatment Plants and Drainage Network Department, won the first place in the International Water Reuse and Recycling Award, organized by the International Desalination Association. The Jebel Ali Sewage Treatment Plant Expansion Project (Phase 2) won the award in the Exceptional Utility Leader category The project...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2021 Issue By Dr. Domingo Zarzo, President of the Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association (AEDyR) Water scarcity and imbalance between regions have forced many countries to include in their hydrological planning non-conventional water resources such as desalination and reuse, which will be increased without doubt due to the effects of climate change, population growing and water demands...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2021 Issue By Dr. Ahmad Al Amoudi and Eng. Nikolay Voutchkov, Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI) of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Saudi Arabia Over the past decade seawater desalination has experienced an accelerated growth driven by advances in membrane technology and material science. Recent technological advancements such as advanced...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2021 Issue By Dr. Ahmad Al Amoudi, Dr. Seungwon Ihm and Eng. Nikolay Voutchkov, Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI) of the Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), Saudi Arabia The Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI) of Saline Water Conversion Corporation of Saudi Arabia (SWCC) has recently initiated a comprehensive program for the development of advanced technologies for...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2021 Issue An exclusive interview with Eva Jalón Gonzalez, Managing Director, SACYR Water 1. What brought you to the water sector? After more than twenty years working in the civil infrastructure sector, firstly in the construction stage and then in the PPP sector for the last 15 years, I assumed the general management...
