Afriwater 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa, 13-15 September 2011

Under the umbrella of Afriwater, the biennial water and waste exhibition and conferences, the following events will be co-located:

• WISA 2011 Conference, 15 September, organised by the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) with the theme: “Water Quality – Problems and Solutions”
• IPUC 2011 – International Pump User Conference : Adapting Pumping Systems for an Era of Limited and Expensive Power, 13-14 September, more information
• Pumping System Assessments Workshop, 15 September

Web site: www.afriwater.co.za

IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Busan, Korea, 16-22 October 2012

Held every two years and organised by the International Water Association (IWA), the congress & exhibition attracts 5,000 water professionals from companies and institutions around the world.

Themes:

• Science and application of water treatment and management
• Water, climate, food and energy
• Cities of the future
• Managing utilities and their assets
• Securing new and traditional water resources for the future
• Water, ecosystems and catchments
• Water and health – microbiological and chemical

In Busan, IWA will organise a ‘Development Corner’, a dedicated space at the Congress to learn about water and sanitation issues and challenges in the developing world and how they are being actively addressed.

Deadlines:

• Proposals for platform and presentations, workshops and discussions: 1 September 2011
• Submission of full papers: 31 May 2012
• Presenters registration: 30 June 2012

Web site: www.iwa2012busan.org

Singapore International Water Week, 04-08 July 2011

Theme: Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing Urban Environment

This global platform for water solutions brings policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners together.

The event’s flagship programmes comprise:

• Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize
• Water Leaders Summit
• Water Convention
• Water Expo
• Business Forums

In 2010 Singapore International Water Week attracted 14,000 trade visitors, 1,000 participants attended the Water Convention, and 350 leaders from the global water industry were at the Water Leaders Summit.

In 2011 the Water Convention will focus on four main themes:

1. Solutions for Water Systems Efficiency & Effectiveness
2. Planning for Sustainable Water Solutions
3. Water Quality & Health
4. Governance & Finance

Conference web site: www.siww.com.sg

WaterMicro 2011: 16th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology, Rotorua, New Zealand, 18-23 September 2011

Organised by: International Water Association (IWA), Affordable Water, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Institute of Environmental Science (ESR), Agricultural Research (AgResearch), Ministry for the Environment (MfE), Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), and Agriculture Research

Topics include:

• water pollution and diseases
• microbial source tracking
• catchment protection
• biofilm studies
• water and sanitation in developing countries
• climate change and water quality
• recreational water and health
• epidemiology of waterborne diseases
• microbial risk assessment
• microbial quality of shellfish growing areas
• applications of nanotechnology
• water and energy
• zoonoses

Abstract deadlines: oral presentations – 30 April 2011 ; poster presentations - 30 June 2011

Conference web site: www.hrwm2011.org

Water and Health: Where Science Meets Policy, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, 23-26 October 2010

Organised by: Water Institute and Institute for the Environment at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

This conference will bring together individuals and experts from academia, industry, NGOs, government and foundations to provide an inter-disciplinary perspective spanning science, policy, practice, financing and economics on drinking water sanitation, hygiene and water resources with a strong public health emphasis. The conference will deal with critical concerns relevant to both the developing and developed worlds.

The UN-Water Global Annual Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water (GLAAS) will be presented at the conference. “This will be the first public event at which such discussion is encouraged and organized and provides a means to both present the report to an expert audience and to secure feedback and comment on it.”

Keynote Speakers

• John Borrazzo, Chief, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Division, Bureau for Global Health U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
• Clarissa Brocklehurst, Chief of Water and Environmental Sanitation, UNICEF
• Jeni Colbourne, Chief Drinking Water Inspector, UK Drinking Water Inspectorate
• Peter Kolsky, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, World Bank
• Upmanu Lall, Director, Columbia Water Center; Alan and Carol Silberstein Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University

Besides the main conference on 25-26 October, there will be weekend networking and learning sessions on 23-23 October.

Main Conference Themes:

• What works in water and health?
• Financing for water and development
• New challenges and climate change
• Innovations and emerging trends
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Health systems and WaSH
• Impact and sustainability
• Frontiers of regulation
• Small systems
• Beaches and coastal areas
• Household water treatment and hygiene behaviors
• Water scarcity, reuse

Networking Weekend Events:

• Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage – Convening of the International Network
• Health Impact Assessment – Principles and Practice
• WaSH and Health Systems
• Water Quality and Health
• Water Safety Plans – Identifying Future Research Priorities
• Hygienic Risks of Sanitation Systems
• Microfinancing for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene & Environmental Projects
• Molecular Methods for Characterizing and Measuring Recreational Water Quality
• Meeting of the Universities Consortium for Global Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

Conference web site:  www.ie.unc.edu/content/news_events/symposia/2010/index.cfm

Water Crisis and Choices: ADB and Partners Conference 2010, Manila, Philippines, 11-15 October 2010

Organised by: Asian Development Bank (ADB)

This conference brings together over 40 ADB partner organisations, 80 panellists and 500 water decision makers to raise awareness of water issues and solutions in Asia and Pacific region. ADB will present its Water Operational Framework 2011-2020.

Conference themes:

Cities and Water: Solutions for Efficiency

• From Loss to Profit: Structural Transformation via Reduced NRW
• Cleaning Utility Balance Sheets: Attracting Investments
• Energy in Water: The Case for a Smaller Footprint

Water in Food: Productivity Gains

• Less Water, More Food: Solutions for Enhanced Productivity
• Technologies in Irrigated Agriculture: Costs and Benefits
• Small-Scale Irrigation: Is this the Future?

Clean Water: A Question of Quality

• Legislating Clean Water: Getting the Laws to Work Better
• Water Reuse: Scale, Technology, and Prospects
• Clean Up Costs: Expanding Investments

Basin Level Management: A Scorecard for Asia

• Basin Planning and Management: An Asian Scorecard
• Adapting to Climate Change: Risks and Resilience
• Accessing Available Freshwater: Expanded Capture and Storage

Conference web site: www.adb.org/waterconference2010/

IWRM Karlsruhe 2010, Germany, 24-25 November 2010

Organised by: Karlsruher Messe- und Kongress-GmbH and the Fraunhofer IOSB

Sponsored by: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)

At the conference, there will be 60 presentations from IWRM specialists from a total of 18 different countries, including Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, India, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Palestine, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Viet Nam.

Topics:

Management of Rainfall Retention and Storage

• Retention and Artificial Recharge
• Erosion, Irrigation and Desertification

Waste Water Management in Agriculture

• Hygienisation Management and Disinfection Processes, Sanitation
• Waste Water Reuse in Agriculture

Materials Flow and Ingredients Flow Management

• Nutrient Cycles
• Contaminant Remediation and Immobilization
• Management and Water Treatment Processes
• Water Quality Management
• Sediment Transport / Morphology

Water Resources Management (incl. Urban Areas)

• Utilization and Protection of Water Resources
• The Economic Triangle: Water, Energy, Food
• Water Resource Modeling
• Water Policies & Decision Support, Capacity Building
• Water Supply & Distribution Management

Water Management under Extreme Conditions

• Flood Water Management and Run-off Modeling
• Climate Change

Conference web site: www.iwrm-karlsruhe.com

World Water Day, Global, 22 March 2010

UN-Water is dedicating World Water Day 2010 to the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance alongside quantity of the resource in water management.

The World Water Day 2010 campaign aims to:

• Raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems and human well-being through addressing the increasing water quality challenges in water management and
• Raise the profile of water quality by encouraging governments, organizations, communities, and individuals around the world to actively engage in proactively addressing water quality e.g. in pollution prevention, clean up and restoration.

World Water Day 2010 activities will aim to communicate messages on water quality, ecosystems and human well-being.

These include: the World Water Day 2010 website and communication and outreach materials, key publications and flagship initiatives around water quality; a global event on water quality around 22 March 2010; a policy dialogue for global commitment to address water quality, ecosystems, and human well-being challenges at key global political events; and outreach for action to address water quality challenges at other key conferences and campaigns.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is coordinating the organization of the World Water Day 2010 campaign on behalf of UN-Water and in collaboration with FAO, UNDP, UNECE, UNICEF, UNESCO, UN-Habitat, WHO, and the UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication as well as with partner organizations such as International Water Association, World Wide Fund for Nature and World Water Council.

The IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre also manages a World Water Day web site.