Round Table I, 10.10.2018

WASTEWATER REUSE IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY ERA

From a threatening inevitability to an array of benefits
Discussion facilitators:

David Weinberg – Ministry of Health, Israel

Thomas Berendonk – Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

How can we apply the “polluter pays” principle in wastewater reuse scenarios?

Discussion facilitators

Lian Lundy, Middlesex University
Bernd Gawlik, Joint Research Center, European Commission

How can we enhance the communication between scientists and policy makers?

Discussion facilitators:

Norbert Kreuzinger, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Dominique Darmendrail, Water JPI Coordinator

Round Table II, 10.10.2018

TACKLING UNKNOWNS, RISKS AND BARRIERS FOR ENHANCING WASTEWATER REUSE

The big unknowns concerning a safe and sustainable wastewater reuse
Discussion facilitators:

Ed Topp, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and University of Western Ontario, Canada
Ernesto Liebana, European Food Safety Authority, Italy

Monitoring big or monitoring smart?
Discussion facilitators:

Jaroslav Slobodnik, Environmental Institute, Slovakia
Susan Richardson, University of South Carolina, USA

Risks associated to human and ecological health
Discussion facilitators:

Celia Manaia, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal
Lim Lazorchack, United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA)

Round Table III, 11.10.2018

WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND REUSE COST

State of the art of existing technologies with respect to sustainable and safe wastewater reuse
Discussion facilitators:

Luigi Rizzo, University of Salerno, Italy
Wolfgang Gernjak, Catalan Institute for Water Research & Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Spain

Current, emerging and future cost related to technologies and wastewater reuse
Discussion facilitators:

Sixto Malato, Plataforma Solar de Almería, Spain
Dionissios Mantzavinos, University of Patras, Greece