Technical Workshop

The integration of reclaimed water in water resource management: the fostering role of the territorial region


Lloret de Mar (Costa Brava, Girona)
19-20 October 2005
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Program


Wednesday, 19 October
8:00 Registration
9:00 Inaugural speeches
9:30 Present situation and future perspectives of water reuse in the Meidterranean context (Marcelo Juanicó, Juanicó-Consultores Ambientales Ltd., Israel, y Vice-chairman of IWA’s Water Reuse Group).
10:00 Water reclamation and reuse within the A.G.U.A. Program (Jesús Yagüe, General Subdirector General of Integrated Resources Management, Ministery of Environment, Madrid).
10:30 Questions and discussion.
11:00 Coffee break.
11:30 Water reuse from the perspective of the New Water Culture (Antonio Estevan, Fundation Nueva Cultura del Agua, Alicante).
12:00 Sustainable management of water and energy in the Mancomunidad del Sureste de Gran Canaria (Rafael Sánchez, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
12:30 Future joint management of water resources in Catalonia: The Drinking Water Supply Plan and the Water Reuse Plan (Gabriel Borràs, Catalan Water Agency, Barcelona).
13:00 Advanced studies on the quality of reclaimed water (Rafael Mujeriego, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Barcelona).
13:30 Questions and discussion.
14:00 Lunch.
16:00 The large WWTP as sources of resources: the Depurbaix project (Joan Compte, Depurbaix, Barcelona).
16:30 Maximization of the environmental benefit on the operation of a WWTP in a coastal touristic area (Josep Maria Caus, SEARSA, Barcelona, and Jordi Muñoz, SEARSA, Castell-Platja d’Aro, Girona).
17:00 Balance of the experience on the use of reclaimed water in the Port Aventura resort (Vicenç Veses, Port Aventura, Tarragona).
17:30 Coffee break.
18:00 The benefits of water reuse inland: the case of Sabadell (Jordi Vinyoles y Miguel Angel Fos, CASSA, Sabadell, and Rosa Quirante, Ayuntamiento de Sabadell).
18:30 Questions and discussion.
19:30 End of the session.
   
Thursday 20 October
9:00 Guidelines for the advancement of wastewater reclamation and reuse in Spain (Raquel Iglesias, CEDEX, Madrid).
9:30 Technical and economical evaluation of the water reclamation technologies (Philippe Rougé, Agbar, Barcelona).
10:00 Evolution and challenges of water reuse in Western Costa del Sol (Pedro Muñoz, Acosol, Marbella, Málaga).
10:30 The second phase of the Integral Reuse Plan of Vitoria: future perspectives (Julio López, Tytsa, Vitoria).
11:00 Questions and discussion.
11:30 Coffee break.
12:00 The Spanish water law and the new water sources (desalination and reclamation) (Antonio Embid, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza).
12:30 The new WHO guidelines for water reuse in agriculture (George Kamizoulis, WHO/EURO – MED POL, Athenas, Greece).
13:00 EU trends on reclaimed water quality (Miquel Salgot, Facultad de Farmacia Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, and François Brissaud, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, Francia).
13:30 Questions and discussion.
14:00 Lunch.
16:00 The augmentation of drinking water resources through water reuse in Flanders, Belgium (Chris Thoeye, Aquafin, Bélgica).
16:30 Wastewater reclamation and reuse in the EUREAU countries: trends and challenges (Bruce Durham, EUREAU, UK).
17:00 Questions and final discussion.
18:00 Closing ceremony.
18:30 End of the workshop.