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Water, the essence of life, and a dwindling resource that has now produced what is termed a "World Water Crises" is the subject of a two-day conference now taking place at the Renaissance Convention Center. Water-en Energiebedrijf Aruba, N.V. (W.E.B.) Aruba's water and power provider, and its Director, Jossy Lacle are the official hosts for the event, which also marks its diamond jubilee anniversary. Mr. Lacle welcomed the delegates on behalf of Aruba during the opening ceremonies last night, giving a brief history of Aruba's water plants in 1932, and the establishment of W.E.B. N.V., including its evolution from a government agency to privatization in 1992. A festive evening opened what will be two days of intensive lectures by experts in the field of seawater desalination, which will likely be the primary source of water for future generations. The Governor of Aruba, Mr. Fredis Refunjol, and the Minister of Labor, Culture and Sport, Ramon Lee, were present on behalf of Aruba and the government, with Minister Lee making a brief welcome speech. Governor Refunjol joined Mr. Lacle in officially opening the conference by sharing a Balashi Cocktail. Keynote Speaker for the evening was Mr. Emilio Gabrieli, seen in photo at left with his wife, Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership, (GWP) an organization founded by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Sweden in 1996. He gave a fascinating and startling presentation of the history of the development of wide scale desalination since the late fifties with the development of the Multi Flash Evaporator by Dr. R.S. Silver of the Weir Group of Glasgow, Scotland in 1957. Many of the technical experts present expressed there were a number of revelations in Mr. Gabrieli's presentation of the desperate situation that the world faces in regards to potable water, and the inevitability of desalination as a solution. In the past twenty years, the world population has doubled, but its water use has increased by six to what it was two decades ago. The implications of these figures are sobering, particularly as fresh water is only 2.5% of all water on the planet, and of that, two-thirds is encased in ice caps and glaciers. Of the remaining freshwater sources, only 20% is actually available for human use, which is a scant 1/1000th of the freshwater on Earth. Humankind has further complicated matters by taking these sources for granted and freely polluting them with technological and human wastes. Thus, the preservation of resources, and development of technology for water recycling, sewage treatment and desalination became recognized globally as an imperative, and the GWP was founded.
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