UAEU organizes a webinar: ” Journey to Sustainable Water Management”

UAEU organizes a webinar: ” Journey to Sustainable Water Management”

Al Ain: The National Water and Energy Center at the United Arab Emirates University has organized a webinar "Journey to Sustainable Water Management", with participation of the Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology at the National University of Malaysia, and in the presence of Dr. Dalal Matar Al Shamsi - Director of the National Water and Energy Center - and several professors and students from the College of Science.

The webinar addressed many issues including clean water, latest technologies, and applications to reach sustainability in water supply and discussed the three main objectives related to clean water: technical feasibility, social responsibility, and environmental safety.

Dr. Teo Yee Han, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Pioneer of Water Solutions and Technology at the National University of Malaysia Research Centre for Sustainable Process Technology, gave a presentation on wastewater treatment technologies, and explained the “dominant membranes” in water purification and reuse. Dr. Han presented a life cycle assessment case study to assess membrane technology on the environment. Dr. Teo Yit Han leads a research group specializing in water technology.

Dr. Bobby Mathew, a researcher at the National Water and Energy Center, said: “The search for clean water is a crisis in many countries.