A 28-member Board of Directors governs the organization. To assure proper representation of the global community in the association, directorships are apportioned between the five regions (Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa, North America and Pacific and Asia) in proportion to the number of Class I and Class II members in good standing in each region.
USE OF DESALINATION TECHNOLOGY IN WATER PURIFICATION, WATER POLLUTION CONTROL, WATER SUPPLY, WATER REUSE AND WATER TREATMENT
The goals of the association are the development and promotion of the appropriate use of desalination and desalination technology worldwide in water supply, water reuse, water pollution control, water purification, water treatment, and other water sciences and technology. Our objectives include:
- Encouraging research, development and the appropriate utilization of desalination, desalination technology and water reuse
- Exchanging and promoting communication, and disseminating information
- Serving as a public forum by providing information on related subjects and water reuse
- Encouraging and promoting the establishment of standards, specifications, and procedures
- Cooperating and communicating with national and international governmental, institutional, and private agencies in matters relating to research, development, and appropriate utilization of desalination, desalination technology and water reuse
- Promoting operator training and certification
- Encouraging and promoting the efficient use of water for energy
Our strategies include:
- Coordinating meetings on an international basis
- Sponsoring or co-sponsoring major international and regional conferences
- Promoting and encouraging the establishment of affiliate organizations
- Arranging and conducting regional technical, training, management and technical transfer seminars, workshops and courses
- Publishing a technical journal, a newsletter, and/or other publications
- Assisting and establishing institutes, research foundations, and research and testing centres
- Assisting universities in developing and conducting courses and/or curriculum
- Contracting specific studies and projects to generate specific information needed for regional development or for the industry as a whole
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