Melbourne hosts corrosion management seminar

Corrosion can cause dangerous and expensive damage to many types of structures including pipelines, bridges, buildings, water and wastewater systems. One of the most recent estimates indicates that corrosion costs the Australian economy between 3 and 5% of GDP each year.

Australia is the driest, inhabited continent on Earth and among the world’s highest consumers of water, which presents the need to protect and maintain our water assets from corrosion. The Australasian Corrosion Association (ACA) holds a number of seminars and training courses throughout the year to inform and guide organisations and practitioners about ways to combat corrosion with the next ACA event to cover ‘Corrosion Management in the Water and Wastewater Industry’ to be held at the Marriott Hotel, Melbourne, Australia on 26 March 2015. Places are still available for the seminar and bookings can be made via the ACA website.

The ACA is a not-for-profit, membership association that provides training, seminars, conferences, publications and other activities to disseminate information about corrosion and its prevention or control. The industry association was formed in 1955 and represents companies, organisations and individuals involved in the fight against corrosion and promotes cooperation between academic, industrial, commercial and governmental organisations.