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Invitation and Call for Papers from the Institute of Environmental and Water Studies, Birzeit University, West Bank: First Symposium on Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse for Water Demand Management in Palestine
The Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (IEWS) at Birzeit
University in cooperation with the Palestinian Water Authority ( PWA), the
International Development Research Center (IDRC), German Technical
Cooperation (GTZ ), and UNESCO-IHE Partnership for Water Education and
Research (PoWER) is organizing the first symposium on "Wastewater
Reclamation and Reuse for Water Demand Management in Palestine" along
with the World Water Day 2008. The celebrations will be held on April 2-3,
2008 at Birzeit University (West Bank/Palestine).
This Symposium aims at presenting the results of IEWS research projects and
exposing Palestinian policy-makers and other stakeholders to the different
aspects of wastewater treatment and reuse for agricultural irrigation.
Water researchers, experts, and policy-makers are invited to submit
abstracts of their papers or posters for presentation during the Symposium.
The major themes of the symposium are:
- Laws, policies, and guidelines related to wastewater reuse and water demand management.
- Wastewater reuse within integrated water resources management.
- Technical performance of various wastewater treatment systems; onsite and offsite.
- Health aspects of wastewater reuse.
- Financial and economic assessment of treatment and reuse projects.
- Socio-cultural perceptions towards reuse.
- Social and gender analysis of reclamation and reuse projects.
- Institutional and organizational aspects of reuse.
- Ethics and wastewater reuse.
- Case studies.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2007.
| Contact information |
Dr. Ziad Mimi, Director, Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (IEWS) ; Dr. Maher Abu-Madi, Head, Symposium Organizing Committee, Institute of Environmental and Water
(email: zmimi@birzeit.edu ; IEWS.BZU@gmail.com ; abumadi@birzeit.edu) Phone: +970-2-2982120 |
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| News type | CallForPaper |
| File link |
http://home.birzeit.edu/iws/symposium |
| Source of information | Regional Water Demand Initiative (WaDImena) |
| Keyword(s) | Wastewater Reclamation, wastewater reuse, water scarcity |
| Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , FINANCE-ECONOMY , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES , WATER DEMAND , WATER QUALITY |
| Relation | http://www.semide.net/topics/WaterScarcity |
| Geographical coverage | Palestine |
| News date | 12/11/2007 |
| Working language(s) | ENGLISH |
