A Diversified Approach to
Water Security:
desalination and water reuse
Wednesday 12 August
6.00pm - 7.00pm
Mawson Centre Lecture Theatre
Mawson Centre
Mawson Lakes campus
Australia's punishing drought coupled with the increasing impact of climate change and its effects on rainfall patterns are compelling researchers to examine new sources of water to supplement traditional supplies.
A diversified approach is considered the most viable option, and promotes dam water, water reuse and recycling, desalination and improved water efficiency as the next frontier of long term water security.
This lecture will discuss membrane filtration technologies, seaweed desalination and brackish ground water desalination, industrial and domestic wastewater reuse as well as current and future research in the desalination and water reuse technologies.
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Science & Engineering for a Sustainable
Future.
Division of
Information Technology, Engineering & the Environment
Associate Professor Linda Zou
Since receiving her PhD in applied chemistry from Monash University, Associate Professor Zou has worked as a senior lecturer at Deakin University and a full capacity researcher at Victoria University.
She brought her extensive skills to UniSA in 2008. She is the Chief Investigator of eight national ARC Linkage and Discovery Projects, and is committed to developing innovative solutions to water pollution problems such as advances in water purification and desalination.
In her other capacity as an inventor, her research has led to three provisional patents, and in 2005 she was awarded the prestigious NanoVic Prize for Innovation in Nanotechnology.