報告題目： Achieving the Targets of Sustainable Development Goal-6 through Research and Development

報告人：Veeriah Jegatheesan（Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University）

時間：2019年9月6日（周五）下午2:30

地點：水利館402

報告人簡介：Veeriah Jegatheesan，澳大利亞皇家墨爾本理工大學（RMIT）教授。Jega對膜生物反應器、海水淡化和礦山尾礦池處理的應用進行了廣泛的研究。Jega的工作吸引了超過150萬美元的研究和咨詢基金。另外，他對消毒過程中生物膜生長和脫落模型、循環水産養殖系統、洗車廢水處理及回用也有一定建樹。

Abstract

The 17 Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs) are the continuation of 8 Millennium Development Goals and were developed by the United Nations with the support of member nations and international organisations. One of the important SDGs is SDG-6 which is aimed at “Ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”. Utilising alternative water resources such as rain/storm water, treated wastewater and desalinated water along with freshwater resources leading to integrated water management is essential to sustain the freshwater reserves. This presentation will discuss how research and development can contribute to sustain freshwater reserves through zero-liquid discharge (ZLD) and resource recovery. Our technologies, utilising membranes along with physico-chemical and biological processes, which can be applied in industries such as agriculture, aquaculture, textile, mining and carwash will be introduced. They will contribute to integrated water management through which SDG-6 goals can be realised. Other technologies to harvest stormwater for urban greening and aquifer recharge will also be evaluated. How the success in achieving SDG-6 targets will help to full-fill the targets of other SDGs will also be considered in the presentation.

Keywords: Freshwater reserves; Integrated water management; Membranes; Sustainable development goals (SDGs); Zero-liquid discharge (ZLD)