Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants in Waste Water

EWA/DWA Innovation Workshop: Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Variants in Waste Water

The European Water Association, EWA, in cooperation with the German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste, DWA, launches this seminar as a part of the technical program of the IFAT Munich 2022.

In March 2021 the EU Commission published the “COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION (EU) 2021/472” about a common approach to establish a systematic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in wastewaters in the EU.

This seminar gives an overview about the implementation of this recommendation within the EU, describes the cooperation between the environmental and the public health sectors and demonstrate the approaches in several European countries.

After the workshop, you are invited to a reception. This reception is intended as a get together from the health and environmental sector.
Moderator: Dr. Friedrich Hetzel, DWA

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ERRA Course – Fundamentals of Water Utility Regulation

This ERRA course is dedicated to the core responsibilities and activities of water utility regulatory authorities. Participants will gain knowledge on key economic concepts guiding the operation of the sector, the challenges faced by sector participants including the wider problems of water management, and the role of the regulator and regulatory models including best practices. A core theme of the course is tariff setting and approval by the regulator: theoretical lessons will be supplemented by case study examples and a tariff setting exercise. Sufficient time will also be dedicated to the role of performance benchmarking in regulation.

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Clean energy for EU islands forum 2022

This year’s edition of the Clean energy for EU islands forum is entitled “From clean energy vision to clean energy action”, and it will take place on the Greek island of Rhodes on 17-18 May. The European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will welcome participants on the first day and the opening will be followed by high-level political panel discussions, workshops and site visits, showing examples of how to move from clean energy vision to clean energy action.

The 2-day forum will allow participants to get insights about practical steps towards the decarbonisation of EU islands and to learn more both about ongoing and completed clean energy projects on islands.

Please note that selected agenda points will be web streamed.

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New Opportunities and Challenges for Waste Water Reuse

As a part of the technical program of IFAT Munich 2022 the European Water Association EWA launches its web seminar digitally under the theme “New Opportunities and Challenges for waste water reuse”.

Reuse of treated waste water gets a more and more important impact due to climate change.

The European Regulation on minimum requirements for water reuse for agricultural irrigation has entered into force in June 2020. These new rules will apply from 26 June 2023 and are expected to stimulate and facilitate water reuse for the agricultural irrigation as well as for other purposes within the whole European Union.

In advance to IFAT Munich 2022 this online web-seminar highlights innovative solutions of water reuse opportunities, challenges and the new water reuse legislation in Europe. All the necessary installations for water reuse can be peered at IFAT Munich 2022.

Prof. Jiri Wanner from the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic, is a well known expert in wastewater technologies and will moderate the EWA-webinar.

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From Waste to Value

From Waste to Value: How the Wastewater Treatment Sector Can Contribute to Mitigating the Energy Crisis in the Danube Region

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The Danube Water Program “KnowNow” webinar series focuses on up-to-date topics relevant for the water sector in the Danube region. While the last webinar in this series has focused on the overall response of the water service sector to the recent increases in energy tariffs, this edition will primarily highlight approaches and measures in the wastewater treatment sector targeted at energy optimisation and energy production.

Wastewater treatment is an essential public service that significantly contributes to energy use in the urban water cycle. The overall electricity use of Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTP) in Europe was estimated at approx. 25,000 GWh/year, which is about 0.8% of the electricity consumption in the EU-28 (Source: Ganora et al., 2019). Consequently, energy neutral or even energy positive WWTP receive increasing attention not only in the context of rising energy tariffs, but also related to a climate neutral and energy secure water sector.

The webinar will raise awareness and shed light on the benefits of energy optimisation and production in WWTP and highlight best practice examples.

WE International Water Dialogues

Water Europe IWDs is an initiative, in line with the three main WE programmes: WE Collaboration, Advocacy and Market Programme, which aims to set up business and research collaboration between the EU and other strategic global regions to better enable our members to create market opportunities for European solutions and to facilitate scientific collaboration.

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FSR Online tranining – Aggregation of water and sanitation utilities

Aggregation of water and sanitation utilities: from expectations to achievements

FSR Online training on the reform paths taken by countries around the globe to aggregate WS utilities. Did those aggregation reforms and processes always achieve the expected outcomes? If not, why didn’t the awaited benefits materialise in practice? What are the actual achievements of these reforms?

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THREE-DAY ONLINE TRAINING:

• Friday 22th April 2022, 9.30am – 4pm CEST on Zoom
• Tuesday 26th April 2022, 9.30am – 4pm CEST on Zoom
• Thursday 28th April 2022, 9.30am – 4pm CEST on Zoom

ERSARA

VI ERSARA Technical Seminar on the regulation of water, sanitation and waste services

Organised by the Regulatory Entity of the Azores Water and Waste Services (ERSARA). City of Horta, Faial island, Azores.

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OECD

4th OECD Roundtable on the Circular Economy in Cities and Regions.

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Virtual Conference: Wastewater, Water and Resource Recovery Conference

Online Workshop on Digitalisation of Bathing Water Management 

Water Europe will present together with the Horizon 2020 project digital-water.city, and the EU-LIFE project iBathWater, the online workshop on “Water-Smart Management of Bathing Areas via Digitalisation”.
The workshop will explore the potential benefits of digital innovations such as online sensors, machine learning, process-based models and mobile apps for managing microbial safety of bathing water sites.

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IWA

7th Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference 2022

The Young Water Professionals BeNeLux conference gathers enthusiastic professionals working on research, public sector and industry from the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The conference aims to broaden the assistants’ scope on water-related topics and create a network of actors.

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LET2022 – 17th IWA Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies

The IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies is designed to be the place where new ideas are introduced and the opportunity is provided to interact with the “best of the best”. This is the global conference where new insights into how pioneering science, technological innovation and leading practices shape the major transformation in water management that is underway.

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Water Market Europe – Conference

As Europe aims to reach climate neutrality and a circular economy by 2050, we need to develop new models and symbiotic solutions for industrial water. That’s why Water Market Europe 2022 is coming up on March 31. We are offering you the chance to address challenges and boost your business by matchmaking stakeholder needs and knowledge providers for efficient solutions for industrial water management.

MENA Climate Week 2022

The first-ever MENA Climate Week is set to build on the outcomes of COP26 and explore resilience against climate risks, the transition to a low-emission economy and collaboration to solve pressing challenges.

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World Water Day 2022 

This year the World Water Day is focused on: groundwater.
Groundwater is invisible, but its impact is visible everywhere. Out of sight, under our feet, groundwater is a hidden treasure that enriches our lives. Almost all of the liquid freshwater in the world is groundwater. As climate change gets worse, groundwater will become more and more critical. We need to work together to sustainably manage this precious resource. Groundwater may be out of sight, but it must not be out of mind.

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How the Energy Crisis Impacts the Water Service Sector in the Danube Region

The Rising Cost of Inaction: How the Energy Crisis Impacts the Water Service Sector in the Danube Region

The Danube Water Program “KnowNow” webinar series focuses on up-to-date topics relevant for the water sector in the Danube region. This webinar will focus on the water sector’s response to the recent increases in energy tariffs.

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World Water-Tech Innovation Summit

World Water-Tech Innovation Summit. The annual meeting place for the global water ecosystem. Utilities, regulators, engineering firms, technology giants, start-ups, and investors come together to exchange insights, be inspired and identify future partners.

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Webinar: How to make the energy efficiency directive Water-Smart?

8 Feb 2022: MEP Water Group Online Webinar: How to make the energy efficiency directive Water-Smart? Organised by the MEP Water Group on the Energy Efficiency Directive.

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Financial sustainability of wastewater management in the Danube region

Workshop on financial sustainability of wastewater management in the Danube region. Organised by: Danube Water Program, World Bank and ICPDR

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Horizon Europe Info Days (Cluster 5 – Climate, Energy & Mobility)

The primary goal of the Cluster 5 info days’ second edition is to present 74 open topics (including batteries, renewable energy, zero-emission road transport, aviation, and many more) of the Horizon Europe Cluster 5 2022 calls by way of a plenary and three parallel sessions.

Organised by the European Commission (Online).

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