Themes

Thrust Area

• Novel water treatment options for sustainable solutions to clean water scarcity

• Water desalination

• Wastewater treatment and management

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Sub Themes to be addressed in this conference include, but not limited to the following:

• Membrane and thermal desalination technologies

• Electrochemical systems in water treatment​

• Renewable energy-based water treatment technologies and Low-cost solutions

• Novel hybrid systems and module design

• Emerging desalination technologies

• Novel materials for water treatment

• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning application in water

• Pre-treatment and post-treatment processes

• Membrane fouling and control

• Brine/concentrate management

• Resources recovery from brine

• Water recycling and reuse

• Wastewater treatment using immobilized microorganism technology

• Sustainability and water management

• Cost effective methods for removal of heavy metals

• Phytoremediation technologies for contamination of organic pollutants

• Bioremediation of contaminated water or wastewater

• Constructed wetlands for dealing with emerging problem of polluted water

• Ex-situ/ In-situ phytoremediation for treatment of polluted water

• Energy and sustainability, economic evaluation, case studies

• Water policies, governance and planning

• Water, food, energy nexus towards circular economy

• Future trends in water security

• Energy needs for the water sector

• Green technologies for sustainable water resources

• Water and energy in context of industry 4.0

• Decarbonization and future energy systems

• Energy-saving technologies

• Nanotechnology applications in water

• Biomimetics/Nature-based solutions

• Sustainable development goals implementation

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