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Event Water Conference: “Eat, Drink… and Sustain!”

Agenda of the

Water Conference

“Eat, Drink… and Sustain!”

 

Tuesday to Thursday, June 4th to 6th 2013 – Royal Scientific Society (RSS), Amman

 

 

Tuesday, June 4th, 2013: “La soif dans le monde”

Film projection at the Institut Francais de Jordanie, Jebel Webdeh, Amman

19:00-21:00

 

Wednesday, June 5th, 2013: “Eat, Drink… and Sustain!”

Arrival and registration

09:00

Welcoming remarks

09:30

The first session:  Stakeholder involvement in the management of a shared resource

Thematic Presentations

  • Organisation of water management at basins level in France
    by a French expert
  • Groundwater management at basins level in Jordan: case of the Highland Water Forum (HWF) in Azraq.
    by a expert of WAJ or MWI
  • Stakeholder involvement in the Samra WWTP, Jordan

by a expert of Samra WWTP

  • Testimony of a farmer of the HWF
  • Questions & Answers round with the audience

 

10:00-11:30

 

 

10:00-10:15

 

 

10:15-10:30

 

 

10:30-10:45

 

10:45-11:00

11:00-11:30

Coffee Break

 

11:30-11:45

The second session: Reuse and wastewater treatment as future water reservoir for the agriculture in Jordan?

  • Wastewater uses in Islam

by M. Bino?

  • Reuse and wastewater treatment in the Samra WWTP

by  a expert of Samra WWTP

  • The risk monitoring and management system for the safe use of treated wastewater by RSS

by a expert of RSS

  • Testimony of a farmer using treated wastewater
  • Questions & Answers round with the audience

11:45-13:15

 

11:45-12:00

 

12:00-12:15

 

12:15-12:30

 

 

12:30-12:45

12:45-13:15

Lunch Break

 

The third session: Wastewater as support of agriculture

  • Bio-solids application for improving soil fertility and crop production in Jordan

by a expert of RSS

  • Reuse of the sludge from the WWTP

by  a expert of Samra WWTP

  • Testimony of a farmer using bio-solids waste
  • Questions & Answers round with the audience

 

Coffee Break

 

The fourth session: Efficient water management at farm level

  • Historical presentation on the water supply in the Jordan Valley

by a expert of Saint-Gobain

  • Irrigation efficiency in Jordan: Case of the project "Irrigation optimization in the Jordan valley (IOJOV)" from the JVA

by an expert of the Societe du Canal de Provence (SCP) / JVA

  • Testimony by a farmer using a crop with high economic return (Jojoba) or of the JV
  • Questions & Answers round with the audience

 

Concluding words

13:15-14:30

 

14:30-16:00

14:30-14:45

 

 

14:45-15:00

 

15:00-15:15

15:15-16:00

 

16:00-16:15

 

16:15-17:45

16:15-16:30

 

16:30-16:45

 

 

16:45-17:00

 

17:00-17:45

 

17:45-18:00

 

 

Thursday, June 6th, 2013 – Samra Wastewater Treatment Plant, Zarqa

Meeting point

08:30

Departure

09:00

Visit of the Samra WWTP

09:00-13:00

 

 

 

Contact information Alexandre Mesnil, Technical Advisor of the French Embassy, Highland Water Forum Jordanian , Ministry of Water and Irrigation / Royal Scientific Society (RSS) (email: alex_mesnil@yahoo.fr ; rssinfo@rss.jo)
Phone: /Fax: (00962)-65659206 Mobile: (00962)-797569409
Event type Conference
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File link copy Agenda Symposium June2013 - Eng.docx (application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document, 25 Kb)
Source The Highland Water Forum (HWF)
Subject(s) AGRICULTURE , ANALYSIS AND TESTS , CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , DRINKING WATER , DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , ENERGY , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , INFORMATION - COMPUTER SCIENCES , MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION , METHTODOLOGY - STATISTICS - DECISION AID , NATURAL MEDIUM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , RISKS AND CLIMATOLOGY , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , SLUDGES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY
Relation http://www.ambafrance-jo.org/%E2%87%92Cooperation-du-SCAC-dans-le
Geographical coverage Jordan
Address Royal Scientific Society (RSS), Amman
Organizer The Royal Scientific Society (RSS) and the French Embassy in Jordan
Target audience International
Period [04/06/2013 - 06/06/2013]
Status Confirmed
Working language(s) ARABIC , ENGLISH , FRENCH
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