Stockholm Water Week: "The Malin Falkenmark Seminar: Emerging pollutants in water resources – A new challenge to water quality"
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 pollutants in water and wastewater in developed and developing countries and present UNESCO case studies on the topic. The second part of the seminar focuses on pharmaceuticals in waters. This part of the seminar will discuss with the stakeholders a life-cycle appraisal of possible actions for reduction of pharmaceutical impacts on the environment, including actions to prevent the emission of pharmaceuticals into drinking water sources. Finally, a panel discussion will wrap up the seminar discussions and conclusions.
Registration to the Seminar: http://www.worldwaterweek.org/
Programme
Co-Chairs: Dr Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa, International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO
Dr Claudia Castell-Exner, EUREAU
| 14:00 |
Opening & welcome remarks Mr. Anders Berntell, Executive Director, SIWI Dr. Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa, International Hydrological Programme, UNESCO Mr. Pierre-Yves Monette, Secretary General, EUREAU |
| 14:15 |
Keynote lecture Xenobiotics abatement – a race with time: Pollution control or severe biotoxic damage. Prof. Malin Falkenmark, Senior Scientific Advisor, SIWI, Sweden |
| 14:30 |
Part I: The challenge of emerging pollutants in water and wastewater: setting the scene and UNESCO case-studies Chair: Dr. Sarantuyaa Zandaryaa, UNESCO • Fate of emerging pollutants in wastewater reuse and soil in the Tula Valley, Mexico. Prof. Blanca Jimenez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico • Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical and personal care products (PCPPs) in urban hydrological cycle: developed vs. developing countries perspectives. Prof. Tuula Tuhkanen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland • Emerging pollutants in rivers of Eastern Ukraine: monitoring, environmental risk assessment and socio-economic issues. Ms. Vystavna Yuliya, National Academy of Municipal Economy Kharkiv, Ukraine • Endocrine disruptors (hormonactive compounds) in our water systems. Prof. Patricia Holm, University of Basel, Switzerland |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
| 16:00 |
Part II: Pharmaceuticals in waters: European experiences Chair: Dr. Claudia Castell-Exner, DVGW Head Office, Germany • Pharmaceuticals in the environment – an overview by Dr. Frank Sacher, DVGW Water Technology Center, Germany. • The reduction of pharmaceutical residues in waters – We need a sustainable approach! – the PILLS-Project. Dr. Issa Nafo, Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband, Germany |
| 17:00 | Panel discussion: The way forward in meeting the challenge of emerging pollutants in water resources |
| 17:30 | Closing |
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