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X-WR-CALNAME:CEE 269 EnvEng Seminar - David Sedlak "Water for All: Global S
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DESCRIPTION:Abstract: As the cumulative effects of population pressure\, in
 creasing wealth and a changing climate intersect with water policies and i
 nvestments that fail to consider impacts on human health and the natural e
 nvironment\, the world will experience more severe water crises in the com
 ing decades.  To provide transformative solutions that are likely to be ad
 opted\, research and development is needed that employs the latest technol
 ogies\, embraces systems-level thinking and considers the way in which new
  technologies diffuse into practice.  The recent movement towards closed-l
 oop municipal water systems being pioneered in water stressed places like 
 Southern California and Singapore provide an example of the ways in which 
 research and development can support new solutions to coping with water sc
 arcity.  In the future\, the focus of research and development in urban sy
 stems is likely to shift from centralized treatment to premise-scale water
  recycling systems that offer new opportunities to optimize water use\, en
 ergy efficiency and resource recovery.  Opportunities also will arise from
  decreases in the costs of established desalination technologies\, like re
 verse osmosis.  In this area\, innovation is needed to manage the brine pr
 oduced by desalination and to develop more flexible separation methods.  I
 f researchers can identify cost-effective approaches for handling desalina
 tion brines or minimizing their production\, crises related to water scarc
 ity\, soil salinization and the degradation of ecosystems could be prevent
 ed.  The successful development and deployment of such approaches will req
 uire collaborations among scientists\, engineers and policy experts to con
 nect fundamental research with actions that will alter the way that the wo
 rld obtains\, treats and uses water. Bio: David Sedlak is the Plato Maloze
 moff Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and 
 the Director of the Berkeley Water Center at UC Berkeley where he conducts
  research on the fate\, transport and treatment of chemical contaminants. 
  Dr. Sedlak is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering\, chair 
 of its Water Science & Technology Board and recipient of numerous awards i
 ncluding the Paul Busch Award for Innovation in Applied Water Quality Rese
 arch and the Clarke Prize for Excellence in Water Research.  He is also th
 e author of “Water for All: Global Solutions for a Changing Climate.
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SUMMARY:CEE 269 EnvEng Seminar - David Sedlak "Water for All: Global Soluti
 ons for a Changing Climate"
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 d-sedlak-water-for-all-global-solutions-for-a-changing-climate
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