Millennium Development Goals on Sanitation
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Organised by the International Water Association (IWA) in co-operation with the Royal Netherlands Waternetwork and Aquatech 2008
Description:
The United Nations have nominated the year 2008 as the year of sanitation. The implementation of the Milennium development goals is behind schedule, especially the goals on sanitation. A new impuls is necessary to put this item on the political agenda. Water Operators Partnerships between public water and sanitation operators themselves or between public operator and any other party will help to improve the public sector performance in developing countries. Utilities as well as the water industry is encouraged to start a twinning relation. In this conference we want to present the best practices and case studies to learn lessons. Lessons both associated with successes and failures. The combination with Aquatech Amsterdam 2008, one of the main exhibition shows in the water industry, offers a very interesting possibility to exchange practical solutions and stimulate the exhibitors and visitors of Aquatech to attend this conference and share their views.
Scope and topics:
This conference will focus on providing a forum for the discussion of the present and future problems, recent experience and advances in this significant field of environmental and water management. Although a wide spectrum of scientific and technical interests may be presented at the meeting major emphasis will be expected on:
- New technologies
- Experiences with Water Operator Partnerships
- Sanitation and urban planning
- Best practices of sanitation solutions
- Technical design of new sanitation concepts
- Utilization and adaptation of existing infrastructure
- Cost recovery in sanitation
- Legislation and management
- Social and cultural standards of hygiene and comfort
- Sustainability of sanitation solutions
Speakers include amongst others:
- J. Cohen, Lord Major of Amsterdam, the Neteherlands
- J. van der Somme, the Netherlands
- C. Keetelaar, the Netherlands
- J. H. Roorda, the Netherlands
- F Meinzinger, Germany
- P. Paul, United Kingdom
- J. Suppatra, Thailand
- D. Mara, United Kingdom
- J. Ernes, the Netherlands
Organizing Committee:
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| | Roelof Kruize | Waternet, the Netherlands |
| Gerard Blom | Rijkswaterstaat - Waterdienst, the Netherlands |
| Martien den Blanken | PWN, the Netherlands |
| Peter de Jong | Witteveen + Bos, the Netherlands |
| Paddy Young | Aquatech Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Programme Committee:
| Eugene Cloete | University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| Darren Saywell | IWA, United Kingdom |
| Gerard Runberg | Waternet, the Netherlands |
| Jef Ernes | Aqua for All, the Netherlands |
| Hamath Kasan | Randwater, South Africa |
| Gatze Lettinga | University of Wageningen, the Netherlands |
| Richard Franceys | University of Cranfield, United Kingdom |
| Duncan Mara | University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Christian Zurbrugg | Eawag, Switserland |
| Meike van Ginneken | Worldbank, USA |
| Gatze Lettinga | University of Wageningen, the Netherlands |
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