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ASSOCIATION
IDRA: Bringing people
and solutions together
to address water scarcity
The International Desalination Shannon McCarthy, Secretary General ses public and private utilities, developers,
IDRA
regulators, end-users, engineers, acade-
and Reuse Association (IDRA) mia, researchers, and scientists from go-
vernments and corporations across the
has been operating for he history of the International globe. It has been active for fifty years, is
present in more than sixty countries, and
50+ years since its inception Desalination and Reuse As- is allied with fifteen affiliated regional and
national associations.
sociation (IDRA) is extensive.
in 1973 with the singular The association was establi- The IDRA’s mission is to build a global net-
shed in 1973 and now cele-
work and advocate that desalination and
mission of bringing people and tion in desalination and water reuse. IDRA reuse can provide a new and sustainable
T brates fifty years of innova-
clean water source and that water reuse
solutions together to address is a connection point for the global desali- will help further meet water positive indu-
water scarcity nation and water reuse community and a strial operations and growing agricultural
United Nations Environmental and Social
needs.
Council (ECOSOC) accredited non-profit In addition, the IDRA strongly promotes in-
association. IDRA membership compri- novation in desalination and reuse techno-
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