Experience in desalination training and know-how in the Canary Islands

Abstract

A brief review of desalination in the Canary Islands has been presented, from the point of view of technological status: training capabilities, as well as expertise developed. Thus, under-graduate and postgraduate (MSc, PhD) courses at the University are described, both on desalination and on environmental engineering. Also, a number of non-academic' training programs are described such as desalination, water treatment biological control.