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SUMMARY:ATS WA & ICE - Desalination The Sustainable Solution
DESCRIPTION:Overview \nThe Australian Tunnelling Society and Institution of Civil Engineers invite you to an evening of knowledge sharing\, Q&A\, and networking. \nEvent Synopsis \nLiving in the world’s driest continent\, we need to understand how climate change is impacting us and how we can live more sustainably. \nMajor water shortages are being encountered around the world in both developed and developing nations. \nDesalination offers a reliable source of water supply that is not climate dependent. \nAs a result\, many utility providers and organisations are turning to desalination to improve the security of their water supply and to avoid major social and economic disruption. \nWestern Australia is ahead of the curve currently having two operational desalination plants: \n\nIn 2020-21 water produced by 2 desalination plants made up 45% of Perth’s water supply.\nIn late 2017 Water Corporation started to look at the feasibility of new desalination plants north and south of the Swan River\, one near Kwinana close to the existing Perth Seawater Desalination Plant and the other in the northern suburb of Alkimos.\n\n  \nEvent Timeline \n5.30pm – 6.00pm:       Networking and refreshments \n6.00pm – 7.00pm:       Presentation \n7.00pm – 8.00pm        Networking and refreshments \n  \nSpeaker \nMr Gary J Crisp \nQualifications:           CEng MICE CPEng FIEAust PMP \nCurrent Role:             Principal Engineer\, Water Corporation \nGary graduated from the University of Pretoria as a Civil Engineer and has over 35 years of water engineering experience. \nHe prepared the Water Corporation’s desalination strategy report in 2000\, titled “A Strategic Review of Desalination Application in Western Australia”. \nGary was an integral member of all Water Corporation desalination projects (thermal and membrane separation)\, including the Perth Seawater Desalination (2007 GWI Desalination Plant of the Year) and the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant (2012 GWI Desalination Plant of the Year). Burrup Fertilisers\, Kwinana Water Reuse\, and numerous small reverse osmosis projects. \nHe has also worked on numerous desalination projects worldwide and was previously a Director of the International Desalination Association. \nCareer Highlights \n2007      Gary was voted as Engineer Australia’s Western Australian Professional Engineer of the Year \n2009      Invited to Address potential investors in New York prior to ERI NASDAQ listing.  Attended listing and bell ringing ceremony at NASDAQ.  ERI now the world ‘s prime suppliers of energy recovery devices. \nThanks to Austunnel for sponsoring this event
URL:https://australiantunnellingsociety.com.au/ats-event/ats-wa-ice-desalination-the-sustainable-solution/
LOCATION:Little Shoe\, 1st Floor\, Yangan Square\, Perth\, Western Australia\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Western Australia
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