MIDES partners from the University of Gabes in Tunisia participated in the 6th Maghreb Conference on Desalination and Water Treatment that took place from 17 – 20 December in Hammamet, Tunisia. The conference was described as “an excellent forum for scientists, professionals and technicians in particular the North African country…dedicated to fresh water for the Maghreb where the situation is much more serious with the rapid increase in population and much lower rainfall.”

See the MIDES poster from the conference

Along with related project and concept information, the University of Gabes communicated a core message of “Microbial Desalination Cell (MDC) is a newly developed technology considered a low-energy-consumption, clean technology to simultaneously purify wastewater and desalinate saline water by using the in situ energy source contained in wastewater. The principle of MDC is to use electricity-generating bacteria to consume organic matters in water and create an electrical field that separates salts in saline water.”

Aquatech in Amsterdam
Representatives of MIDES partner IHE Delft Institute for Water Education joined the Aquatech international trade show during Amsterdam International Water Week from 31 October – 3 November 2017 to present the MIDES demonstrator and project technology in the Innovation Lab section. The Aquatech website describes the conference as “the world’s leading water trade show for process, drinking and waste water,” and further “Aquatech Amsterdam 2017 offered a platform to explore the latest trends, products and services under one roof. At the InnovationLAB & the BlueTech Research Innovation pavilion, experts could see the latest innovations.”