The International Desalination Association announced that attendance at the recently concluded 2015 IDA World Congress surpassed 1,700, with delegates from 63 countries representing Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia, and such countries as Russia, Ukraine, South Africa, Côte D’Ivoire, Chile and Argentina.

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