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Professor Barry Brook (email)
website Sir Hubert Wilkins Chair of Climate Change Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8303 3745 Mobile: 0420 958 400 Associate Professor David Chittleborough (email) Soil and Land Systems Geology and Geophysics The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8303 6703 or 8303 3873 Mobile: 0438 803 904 Professor Graeme Hugo (email) Professor, Geographical & Environmental Studies Director, National Centre for Social Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GISCA) The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8303 5646 Mobile: 0416 205 181 Professor Wayne Meyer (email) Professor of Natural Resources Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8303 8110 Mobile: 0407 953 544 David Ellis (email) website Media Officer and Editor, Adelaidean Marketing & Strategic Communications The University of Adelaide Business: +61 8 8303 5414 Mobile: +61 421 612 762
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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 The Forum - a free public talk being held at the University of Adelaide as part of Open Day this Sunday 17 August. In The Forum, leading University of Adelaide 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:
More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the University of Adelaide's Open Day this Sunday 17 August. WHAT: Water Desalination Plants: A Solution to Water Shortages or Drain on the Environment? WHERE: Room LG 29, Napier Building Lower Ground, North Terrace Campus, University of Adelaide WHEN: Sunday 17 August COST: Entry is free - all welcome For full details, visit the Open Day 08 website: www.adelaide.edu.au/openday |
