Water Management

Iqbal M. Mujtaba, PhD, is a Professor of Computational Process Engineering in the School of Engineering at the University of Bradford. Thokozani Majozi, PhD, is a full professor in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at Wits University where he also holds the NRF/DST Chair in Sustainable Process Engineering. Mutiu Kolade Amosa, PhD, is currently a Research Fellow in Sustainable Process Engineering in the School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is a trained Chemical Engineer with Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Chemical Engineering from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology and Ahmadu Bello University, respectively. Dr. Amosa obtained his Ph.D. Degree in Environmental Process Engineering from the International Islamic University Malaysia and won the best doctoral award. He also won the most highly cited researcher award at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2017. Dr. Amosa is a permanent staff of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) – the Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency in Nigeria, where he works as a Senior Chemical Engineer at the agency’s headquarters in Lagos, Nigeria. He is also an International Research Expert and member of the Environmental Engineering and Management Research Group, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety at Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Previously, Dr. Amosa served as a Research Fellow between 2011 and 2012 under the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) endowment of the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria where he worked on drilling fluid technologies; and development of zeolites and molecular sieves for petroleum refining applications. He also served as research/teaching assistant under the Bioenvironmental Engineering Research Centre (BERC) at International Islamic University Malaysia where he worked on several research projects relating to environmental process engineering between 2012 and 2015. He currently serves as an Editor for Cogent Engineering Journal (Taylor & Francis Group), and he is an award winning reviewer (awarded by Publons in 2017) for many reputable journals and conferences. Dr. Amosa is a corporate member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE); Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers (NSChE); Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP); International Water Association (IWA); the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE); amongst others. Widely published and cited, he focuses his research on process design, modelling and optimization; environmental process engineering; sustainable process systems engineering; less common separation technologies and their wide applications; and development of micro- & nano-porous materials.

• Section 1: Social Perspective. Water security and the rise of sectarian conflict in Yemen. Water Diplomacy: Solving the equations of conflict, economic growth, social wellbeing and ecosystem demand. Achieving Effective Water Management and Access within Africa’s Socio-Political and Cultural Complexities: Issues and Policy Directions/Options. Section 2: Freshwater by Desalination. The Capability of Forward Osmosis in Irrigation Water Supply. Recent advancements in the application of microbial desalination cells for water desalination, wastewater treatment, and energy production. Effect of the Draw Solution on the Efficiency of Two-stage FO-RO/BWRO for Seawater and Brackish Water Desalination. Freshwater production using Multiple-Effect Evaporator. Freshwater Production by Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) Desalination Process. Section 3: Wastewater Treatment: Membrane and Polymer Based Process. Modelling of Pore-blocking Behaviors of Low-pressure Membranes during Constant-pressure Filtration of an Agro-industrial Wastewater. Sodalite and Chitosan based Composite Membrane Materials for Treatment of Metal-containing Wastewater in Mining Operations. The removal of phenol and phenolic compounds from wastewater using Reverse Osmosis: Process modelling, simulation, and optimization. Section 4: Wastewater Treatment: Oxidation and Electrochemical Process. Industrial Three Phase Oxidation Reactor for Wastewater Treatment. Electrolytic Treatment of Wastewater for Reuse Purposes, Case Study of the New Damietta Harbor Plants. Inactivation of waterborne pathogens in municipal wastewater using ozone. Photocatalytic oxidation of non-acid oxygenated hydrocarbons: Application in GTL process water treatment. Section 5: Wastewater Treatment: Adsorption Process. Bio-sorption of Methylene Blue Dye Using Anise Tea Residue. LIBS Technique as an Evaluation Tool for Improving Industrial Wastewater Quality by Different Adsorption Methods. Low cost adsorbent for ammonia nitrogen removal: A review. Section 6: Wastewater Treatment: Biological Processes. Application of natural zeolite in textile wastewater treatment: Integrated photodegradation and anaerobic digestion system. Mathematical Process Modeling and Biokinetics of Activated Sludge Processes. Hythane (H2 and CH4) production from petrochemical wastewater via anaerobic digestion process. Anaerobic degradation of lipid-rich wastewater. Section 7: Water Networks. Regeneration-Recycling of Industrial Wastewater to Minimise Usage of Freshwater Using Water Cascade Analysis. Total Site Water Integration Considering Multiple Water Reuse Headers. Exploring Water Reuse Opportunities in a Large-Scale Milk Processing Plant through Process Integration. Section 8: Water Management. A Case of Waste-Water Management Modelling at Southern Singapore Sea: Application for Coral Reefs Protection. Catchments as Asset Systems: A Transdisciplinary Approach for Integrated Water Resources Management. Water Efficiency Lapses and Sustainable Solutions: Educational Buildings in Johannesburg South Africa. Section 9: Water-Energy Nexus. Simultaneous Optimization of Water and Energy in Integrated Water and Membrane Networks: A Case for Water-Energy Nexus. Interaction of Energy Consumption, Energy Quality and Freshwater Production in Multi Effect Desalination Process.