Successful First International Seminar in Water, Energy and Environment ‘ISWEE01’’, 1-3 March 2011 (Algiers) and launch of the Algerian Water Reuse and Desalination Association (ALWARDA).

The First International Seminar in Water, Energy and Environment ‘ISWEE01’’ took place in Algiers (Algeria) on 1-3 March 2011, with a focus on the following topics: water, energy and environment. This event organized by the Centre for Development of Renewable Energy (CDER) gathered more than one hundred of Algerian researchers & international experts in the field of desalination, renewable energy, water, membranes & water treatment. 

On the other hand, the International Desalination Association organised a special all-day session entitled "Desalination For A Better World", which provided one of the first opportunities to hear information about the details of the Algerian desalination plan and the situation of the country’s desalination plants with the presence of Mr. Messaoud Terra from the Ministry of Water Resources, "Director of Potable Water Feed", representatives from the World Bank the European Desalination Society (EDS), HYFLUX, the Algerian Energy Company, the Global Water Intelligence, ACUAMED, Synlift Systems, BEFESA Agua, SUEZ-Degrémont, CREG, TEDAGUA, KAUST, Alfaisal University, GENESYS International, CDER, Solar Institut Jülich, Bushnaq Group, the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (EMWIS) & many Algerian universities, etc.

Information was also provided on the Magtaa plant, currently the largest desalination plant in the world. 

The event was an occasion also to launch and present the Algerian Water Reuse and Desalination Association (ALWARDA).

Dr. Hacene Mahmoudi, ISWEE 11 chairman expressed his satisfaction at the end of that 1st international seminar on water, energy and environment, and expressed the will to follow up the efforts and encourage the research on the use of renewable energy in desalination, assessment of the environmental impacts of desalination, its economic cost, reinforce the exchange of information and good practices, and foster the linkage between water, energy and environment.