Water is essential, the very foundation of all life on Earth. All living beings as well as human beings cannot live without water. Water is essential, the very foundation of all life on Earth. All living beings as well as human beings cannot live without water. Once water is polluted and dead, it requires recapturing its new life before getting back to the sound water cycle to sustain the public health, economic growth and multi-functional ecosystem services, while both a shortage and an abundance of water cause disasters at times. Our world is just confronted with unprecedented challenges such as climate change, rapid urbanization, emerging contaminants and basic necessities of health, survival, growth and development, that are all inextricably linked to the water-related problems, some of which might even sow the seeds of war in the 21st Century,. In this conference, the focus is put on the urban wastewater and sanitation system i.e. “sewerage” which definitely should be the key component of sound and sustainable water cycle worldwide. Cutting-edge technology and best practices on sewerage are collected from all over the world, not only developed countries but also developing countries to address the challenges of improving water environment, water cycle and water resources managements, Participants form the continents of North and South America (WEF), Europe (EWA) and Asia (JSWA) covering the majority of the world population are expected to discuss advanced and appropriate technologies and best practices to be developed, selected and tuned to the local conditions from the point of view of global applicability. This conference will surely be a milestone of the contribution of professional associations and practitioners to the global role of sewerage on the horizon in this century.
Session 1: Cutting-Edge Technologies
- A. Wastewater treatment
- B. Wastewater reuse
- C. Quality and quantity control of stormwater
- D. CSO Control
- E. Sludge treatment and reuse
- F. Asset management
- G. Watershed management
- H. Mitigation and adaptation strategies for climate change
- I. Greenhouse Gas emission reductions
- J. Solutions to Millennium Development Goal (MDG)
Session 2: Best Practices
- K. Technology application
- L. Institution
- M. Financing
- N. Public-private partnership
- O. International cooperation
- P. Global business and other practices to be oriented to social, climatic, geographic, political and cultural conditions
Poster session
The same topics as sessions 1 and 2
SUBMISSION FORMAT REQUIREMENTS
Abstracts are to be a minimum of one and a maximum of three double-spaced full pages of text (12-point, Times New Roman font), including bibliography. Up to three additional pages of supporting tables and graphics may be included. Each page must contain a ”footer” with the corresponding author’s last name, abstract title, and the page number (example: Smith, Regional Approach to XYZ, page 1 of 3). Abstracts that fail to meet the minimum page requirement will not be considered for presentation.
