By Piet Dircke, Global Leader Water Management at Arcadis: Global issues such as climate change are compounding in urban spaces, creating complex challenges. Cities and metropolitan regions around the world are acknowledging that local leadership must rethink the capacity, use and functionality of the urban water system and waterfront space. The urban water challenges of…

WSSP and extreme weather conference

Extreme weather events, causing floods, droughts, can have major implications for the performance of water and wastewater infrastructure and services, and the availability of good quality water. Related to sanitation, post-flood areas show a significant occurrence of water-related infectious diseases.

4th Amsterdam International Waterweek

The Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW) is the platform bringing together leaders from government, the private sector, academics and society all over the world; together we will explore a new era of Sustainable Development Goals that represent a global process of resiliency, optimal resource efficiency and transition to circular economies.

6th Pool and Spa Conference

The 6th International Conference on Swimming Pool and Spa will continue the focus on health, safety and quality of swimming pools and spas with oral, flash and poster presentations during a four day conference. The conference is designed to be the place where new ideas are introduced and the opportunity is provided to interact with the “best of the best”. For those who are looking to introduce new ideas and concepts,…..

2nd IT and Water Conference

Information Technology (IT) enabled solutions for integrated urban water management are the key to realizing a significant reduction in water consumption, environmental emissions and costs, and an improvement of water quality and control of installations. Today, water management only addresses autonomous parts , leading to a highly segregated water sector. IT enabled solutions can solve…

3th Amsterdam International Waterweek

The Amsterdam International Water Week (AIWW) is the platform for new alliances and fresh ideas: connecting industry, science, business, policy and technology. The event crosses borders between water and sanitation, deltatechnology, food, agriculture, finance and governance. Thus bringing together a unique mix of professionals conducive to the transition to a circular economy and resilient cities.

Anaerobic Digestion Conference AD16

The theme of the 16th issue of the AD conference is “Accelerating natural cycles with anaerobic digestion.” We accelerate natural cycles from small to large scale on sewage,  sludge, manure or agrowaste. We increasingly treat industrial wastewater anaerobically, and these engineered digestion systems allow recovery of energy and resources including carbon and nutrients. AD16 will further…

4th International ESGLI Conference

The ESGLI 2016 conference will present the latest scientific developments and knowledge about the ecology of Legionella, diagnostics, typing methods, outbreak investigations, travel associated Legionnaires’ disease, epidemiology and surveillance, environmental sources of Legionella, climate associations, and Legionella prevention.