Sunday, 05 September 2010 – 14:00-17:30 / Room K21
Convenors:
• UNESCO International Hydrological Programme
• EUREAU European Union of National Associations of Water Suppliers and Waste Water Services
• Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
The seminar aims at deepening the understanding on the occurrence, fate and accumulation of emerging pollutants in water resources, with a specific focus on pharmaceuticals, and their impact on human health and the environment and to discuss with stakeholders a life-cycle appraisal. The seminar will address main challenges, approaches and perspectives in monitoring, prevention, control and removal of emerging pollutants in water and wastewater. The seminar keynote by Prof Malin Falkenmark addresses the important topic of xenobiotics abatement, setting the scene for the seminar discussions. The first part of the seminar focuses on the occurrence and fate of emerging pollutants in water and wastewater, as well as in wastewater reuse and soils irrigated with untreated wastewater. The presentations provide an overview of emerging...more
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Desertification is a worldwide problem with many and complex causes. On the World Day to Combat Desertification "Enhancing soils anywhere enhances life everywhere", EUREAU, the European Federation of National Associations of Water and Wastewater Services, wants to join with others to call for action to combat desertification and to promote the reuse of water as a solution to water scarcity.
EUREAU and its Members support water recycling and reuse to combat water scarcity and desertification. “We recommend the development of an EU water reuse guidance framework to promote safe best practice for irrigation applications” highlights Klara Szatkiewicz, President of EUREAU. “We perceive the need to develop a European Guidance framework to be produced for all irrigation applications as this would be most supportive of the water framework directive objectives and food production.”
The River Basin Management Plans launched by the European Commission as a measure within the Water Framework Directive play an important role but alone are not enough to solve the problem of scarcity. EUREAU urges the Commission to take timely action to tackle adaptation...more
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On the occasion of the World Environment Day (WED) “Many Species. One Planet. One Future.”, EUREAU, the European Federation of National Associations of Water and Wastewater Services, underlines the increasing endeavors the water and wastewater utilities are making all over the European Union to improve the quality of the wastewater discharges.
Furthermore, huge efforts on investments in the collection and treatment of rainfall are needed. The better performance of the wastewater collection and treatment systems during dry weather make visible the impact of the untreated waste and rain water in periods of heavy rainfall.
Some ongoing human activities have drained half of the world’s wetlands, speeding up the process of extinction of some species. Therefore, to protect the aquatic ecosystem and respect the natural flows, the water and wastewater utilities have decided to protect those wetlands in order to preserve biodiversity and to complete the treatment of the wastewater treatment plants.
“For the water utilities the protection of the environment is of great importance”, states Klara Szatkiewicz, President of EUREAU. The European...more
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