16th International Symposium Water, Wastewater, Solid Waste, Energy
The Symposium features a multifaceted, topical and extensive programme of technical events on the topic of sustainable water and waste management.
 
Organisers:
European Water Association e. V. (EWA)
German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
International Solid Waste Association (ISWA)
Department of Waste Management and City Cleaning (VKU)
 
Symposium topics:
 
WATER/SEWAGE MANAGEMENT
  • Municipalities Day
  • Water supply and the infrastructure—Effects of demographic change on municipal drainage systems
  • Energy efficiency of sewage-treatment plants—improved systems and working methods
  • Sewage-treatment technologies for improved drainage quality
  • Advances in remote monitoring and analysis of water and sewage
WASTE MANAGEMENT
  • Winter road services and street cleaning
    • Block 1: Winter road-services technology
    • Block 2: Street-cleaning technology
  • Sustainable management of municipal bio-waste
  • Using solid household waste to protect resources: Status quo and prospects
The Symposium events are free of charge. All presentations will be simultaneously translated in German or English language.

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16TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM WATER, WASTEWATER, SOLID WASTE, ENERGY
Municipal day
Flood prevention and new energy concepts in the municipal focus
in cooperation with The German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA), Deutscher Städtetag, Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund (DStGB), Deutscher Landkreistag, European Water Association (EWA) and Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE CEMR)
Mon 05/07/2012
11:30 - 13:00 h
IFAT ENTSORGA 2012
via entrance west, ICM – Internationales Congress Center München, room 14a
Simultaneous translation German/English, English/German

Chairman:
Bernd Düsterdiek, Deutscher Städte- und Gemeindebund, Bonn

11:30 - 11:50
Floodwaters – How well are we prepared?
Dipl.-Ing. Joachim Gfrörer, ARCADIS Deutschland GmbH, Karlsruhe

11:50 - 12:15
Floodwater Partnerships: municipal floodwater prevention and involvement in flood risk management
Dipl.-Biol. Birgit Heinz-Fischer, Informations und Beratungszentrum Hochwasservorsorge Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz

12:15 - 12:45
Practical floodwater prevention using the example of the major city of Cologne
Dipl.-Ing. Reinhard Vogt, Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln, AöR, DE-Köln

12:45 - 13:00
Discussion and final assessment