As the year comes to an end, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for the trust you’ve placed in us, the positive feedback we’ve received, and the unwavering optimism we’ve shared in shaping a sustainable future together. Your collaboration and support have been invaluable to us.

We wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season and a successful start to 2024! As a small token of our appreciation, we’ve created a festive greeting card blending holiday spirit with themes of seawater desalination. It reflects the global nature of our work and our commitment to innovation.

Thank you once again for being part of this journey. Together, we look forward to embracing new opportunities and challenges in the coming year.

Warm regards,
The Team at Desalination Institute DME

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On February 3rd, 2023, Claus Mertes gave two successful lectures on the topic of „EPC in for desalination projects in practice“ at the University of Dresden. The lectures were well attended and received positive feedback from the students and faculty.

Claus Mertes is an expert in the field of desalination and has extensive experience in managing EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects. During his lectures, he shared his practical insights and real-world examples to help the students understand the various aspects of EPC in desalination projects.

The students were especially impressed by Claus’s in-depth knowledge and practical approach to the topic. They appreciated the hands-on examples he used to illustrate the concepts, and his ability to simplify complex ideas made the material easily accessible to everyone in the audience.

The professors at the University of Dresden were also impressed by Claus’s presentation, and they praised his ability to engage the students and make the material interesting and relevant to their fields of study.

Overall, the two lectures were a huge success and provided the students with a valuable opportunity to learn from an experienced professional in the field. The students and faculty at the University of Dresden are looking forward to more opportunities to learn from Claus Mertes in the future.

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CRIFAX added a report on ‚Europe Desalination Plants Market, 2021-2028‘ to its database of market research collaterals consisting of overall market scenario with prevalent and future growth prospects, among other growth strategies used by key players to stay ahead of the game. Additionally, recent trends, mergers and acquisitions, growth analysis along with challenges that are affecting the growth of the market are also stated in the report.

The growth of the Europe Desalination Plants market is anticipated to observe a moderate phase, with various efforts initiated by governments across the region by framing energy policies that are encouraging the movement towards alternative and clean energy solutions. The targets of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations (UN) in September, 2015 is pushing the nations in the region to reduce the consumption of fossil fuels and work on producing alternative sources of energy by achieving the targets set by UN by 2030. The consumption of primary energy has increased only by a small percentage to 2050.7 million tonnes per oil equivalent in 2018. The region imports about 55 percent of its energy use as of 2017. About 30 percent of the total EU energy production comes from Solar Inverters/PV Inverters, which is the highest share of production as of 2017. As of 2018, 4077.3 TWh of fuel-based electricity was generated as compared to about 4061.8 TWh generated in 2017.

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‚Reverse Osmosis Systems: Design, Optimisation and Troubleshooting Guide‘, is published by Elsevier, the largest science publisher.
Available online, the book is authored by Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi, and co-authored with Haleema Saleem from the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), QU.
Water security has been identified as one of the Grand Challenges of Qatar National Vision 2030.
“The book is an essential reference for professionals, researchers, and students in environmental engineering practices and related fields. It is also a helpful tool for managers and official decision-makers that face water scarcity issues worldwide.” said Prof. Mariam al-Maadeed, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies at QU.
„The book is timely as Qatar’s desalination industry shifts from thermal-based to membrane based RO technology and will help develop technological solutions and enhance production”, noted Dr Mohamed Irshidat, acting director of CAM, which has been engaged in cutting-edge research in nanomaterials for energy and environment.
CAM supports local oil and gas, desalination and water treatment, processing industries as well as the Qatari society. The materials research contributes to economic progress by developing advanced materials for new technologies and enhancing the performance of established technologies.

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Wasserversorger versuchen bereits heute, das Wasser mit unterschiedlichen Maßnahmen zu schützen, indem sie die darüber liegenden Flächen selbst pachten, Brunnen verlagern oder belastetes mit unbelastetem Wasser mischen. Auch diese Kosten fließen bereits heute in den Trinkwasserpreis mit ein.

Doch derartige Maßnahmen werden in Zukunft in hochbelasteten Regionen nicht ausreichen, um den Nitratwert im Trinkwasser niedrig zu halten. Die UBA-Studie hat dies mit Daten von und in Kooperation mit drei großen Wasserversorgern untersucht: OOWV (Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband), Rheinenergie und RWW (Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerksgesellschaft). Ergebnis: In einigen Gebieten könnte bald der Fall eintreten, dass das Wasser zusätzlich gereinigt werden muss. Dazu gibt es unterschiedliche Verfahren: Elektrodialyse, Umkehrosmose, biologische Denitrifikation oder das CARIX-Verfahren. Welches Verfahren zur Anwendung kommen kann, wird durch lokale Faktoren wie der Wasserhärte oder der notwendigen Vor- oder Nachbehandlung des Wassers bestimmt.

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