TROMBAY SYMPOSIUM 'ON DESALINATION & WATER RE-USE'

摘要

Indian Desalination Association (InDA), in association with Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, organised the Trombay Symposium on "Desalination & Water Re-use (TSDWR-05)" at the Multipurpose Hall of BARC Guest House & Training School Hostel, Anushaktinagar, during February 10-11, 2005. The symposium was inaugurated on February 10, 2005 by Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC & Secretary, DAE, Government of India. In his inaugural address, Dr Kakodkar highlighted the pressure on water resource with increasing population. He stressed the need for having residential colonies with minimal water discharge and rain water harvesting and said it may be cheaper to desalinate sea water than transport potable water through tankers. He mentioned about BARC technology of producing dual quality desalinated water for process requirement from low pressure waste steam from nuclear power plants and mixing it with reverse osmosis (RO) water to provide potable water. He emphasised the need fer R&D activities to develop better long lasting RO membranes and effective heat transfer surfaces and making linkages with conventional knowledge.