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WWD 2010: Communicating water quality challenges and opportunities
Every year, 1,500 cubic kilometres of wastewater are produced globally. While waste and wastewater can be reused productively for energy and irrigation, it usually is not. In developing countries 80 percent of all waste is being discharged untreated, because of lack of regulations and resources. And population and industrial growth add new sources of pollution and increased demand for clean water to the equation. Human and environmental health, drinking and agricultural water supplies for the present and future are at stake, still water pollution rarely warrants mention as a pressing issue.
To do something about that UN-Water has chosen Communicating Water Quality Challenges and Opportunities as theme for World Water Day 2010. The overall goal of the World Water Day on 22 March 2010 campaign is to raise the profile of water quality at the political level so that water quality considerations are made alongside those of water quantity.
UNEP has responsibility for taking the lead in 2010, UN-Water announced at a session during the Stockholm World Water Week in August 2009. Keep an eye on their site
Decentralized Waste Water Treatment Solutions in Developing Countries
Updated - Friday 13 November 2009
Surabaya, Indonesia, 23-25 March 2010 |
Organised by: International Water Association (IWA) and Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA)
The conference aims to bring together top wastewater and sanitation experts, governments, utilities and international agencies to share and discuss their expertise, knowledge and experiences on decentralised wastewater treatment solutions. The Conference will consist of a single track with presentations. There will be an exhibition taking place alongside the Conference.
Proposed themes:
- Technical decentralized sanitation options
- treatment, sludge disposal, reuse, city-wide approaches
- Community-based sanitation options
- community selection, health & hygiene education, gender, community action planning, community management, O&M services, multi-stakeholder approaches
- Management options
- financing models, regulatory frameworks, marketing, contractual arrangements, controls, efficiency indicators, capacity development for mainstreaming
- Upscale and integration of decentralized systems
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Contact: Catherine Chan, Conference Secretariat, c/o Event Pulses Pte Ltd, secretariat@dewats-surabaya.com
More information
- Location: Surabaya, Indonesia
- Date: 23-25 March 2010 |
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