Desal plants - good or bad? Find out at Open Day

The Forum will be held from 1.00pm to 2.00pm on Sunday 17 August on Open Day.

The Forum will be held from 1.00pm to 2.00pm on Sunday 17 August on Open Day.
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Friday, 15 August 2008

Are water desalination plants a solution to water shortages or a drain on the environment?

That's the question being asked at - a free public talk being held at the 成人大片 as part of this Sunday 17 August.

In The Forum, leading 成人大片 researchers address big community issues in a panel format that gives members of the community the chance to interact, ask questions and have their say.

Apart from the obvious benefits of desalination plants, what are the negative implications? Have governments considered the high energy consumption levels and high costs of establishing and maintaining desalination plants? And what of the direct and indirect environmental effects?

These and other issues will be addressed in The Forum.

The panellists are:

  • (Director, Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
  • (Co-Director, Water Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)
  • (Professorial Research Fellow, Discipline of Geographical and Environmental Studies, and Director, National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems)
  • (Professor of Natural Resource Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences)

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the 成人大片's Open Day this Sunday 17 August.

WHAT: Water Desalination Plants: A Solution to Water Shortages or Drain on the Environment?
The Forum (free public talk) at Open Day 08

WHERE: Room LG 29, Napier Building Lower Ground, North Terrace Campus, 成人大片

WHEN: Sunday 17 August
The Forum: 1.00pm to 2.00pm (part of Open Day: 10.00am to 4.00pm)

COST: Entry is free - all welcome

For full details, visit the Open Day 08 website:

 

Contact Details

Professor Barry Brook
Email: barry.brook@utas.edu.au
Director of Climate Science, Environment Institute
The 成人大片
(now at University of Tasmania)
Mobile: +61 420 958 400


Associate Professor David Chittleborough
Email: david.chittleborough@adelaide.edu.au
Soil and Land Systems
Geology and Geophysics
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Business: +61 8 8313 6703 or 8313 3873
Mobile: 0438 803 904


Professor Graeme Hugo
Email: graeme.hugo@adelaide.edu.au
Website:
Director, Australian Population and Migration Research Centre
School of Social Sciences
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Business: +61 8 8313 5646
Mobile: 0416 205 181


Professor Wayne Meyer
Email: wayne.meyer@adelaide.edu.au
Professor of Natural Resources Science
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Business: +61 8 8313 8110
Mobile: 0407 953 544


Mr David Ellis
Email: david.ellis@adelaide.edu.au
Website: /newsroom/
Deputy Director, Media and Corporate Relations
External Relations
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Business: +61 8 8313 5414
Mobile: +61 (0)421 612 762