Introduction

The EU Water Innovation Conference 2019 (EUWIC) will be held on December 12, in Zaragoza, Spain. It will be on the theme of:

"Accelerating action to tackle water pollution and enhance EU preparedness to water-related climate change impacts" #EUWIC

The European Commission aims to raise awareness about the need and urgency to improve water management across the European Union towards a water-smart society. This high-level event will feed innovators minds with best practices and innovative approaches at technical, governance and policy levels.

This will be the 5th EIP Water Conference, after Brussels (2013), Barcelona (2014), Leeuwarden (2016) and Porto (2017), and shall build upon the European Innovation Partnership (EIP Water)’s efforts so far to foster innovation in the water sector and overcome the main existing barriers. At the same time, it is a stepping stone into the future, as the current EIP Water is planned to end in 2020, and it will likely be followed by new actions to address water-related challenges, secure enhanced compliance with the EU water acquis and foster the research-policy interface, whilst strengthening partnerships for joint efforts.

The city of Zaragoza was selected as a host city after a pan-European competition won by the Region of Aragon (Spain).

Aragon’s proposal builds on a strong legacy of hosting the water-focused World Expo in 2008, and a strong institutional, entrepreneur and civil society engagement in water. Zaragoza and the conference venue are located at the Ebro river banks, and Aragon faces many of the today’s and tomorrow’s challenges on water management, including pollution, floods, scarcity and droughts. At the same time, Aragon is a dynamic region, with strong innovation activities related to the circular economy and sustainability. Zaragoza is a recognized congress city with important events such as Smagua International Water and Irrigation exhibition.

CIWEM and the University of East London invite you attend their conference on Emerging ideas in water emergency management. 

This is a follow up of the First ICRAPHE international conference organized in Paris, September 8-9, 2016 by Prof. Yves Levi.

ENEG is the largest and most important event in the water sector in Portugal.

Water Reuse Europe, the trade association for the European water reuse sector, will host a one day knowledge exchange event in Lille (France) on Monday 21^st October 2019.

The 'Assises de l'eau en Wallonie' will take place on Tuesday, October 15th in Meux, in the region of Namur, Belgium.

Two themes will be presented: the management of rainwater and the protection of the water resources.

You can register from 9 September, in www.lesassisesdeleau.be, and it's free !

The event will be in French. 

Topics for the conference are from wastewater treatment, micropollutants, sustainable stormwater management and treatment of combined sewer to resource recovery, recycling and recovery of nutrients, sustainable Development Goals and waste water as well as co-operation around the Baltic Sea area.

The general theme, Groundwater quality in the transition between rural and urban environments, will focus on the need to protect, manage, repair and sustain groundwater quality in growing urbanized environments.