Organiser: International Water Association (IWA)
Co-Organisers: BORDA, CDD Society Bangalore, GiZ Germany, NEERI
Venue: Nagpur
Description
The conference aims to build capacity and awareness of decentralised wastewater treatment systems as a viable sanitation option for countries in Asia, particularly in India.
Focus
(a) sustainable technical options,
(b) management options and the roles of various stakeholders,
(c) enabling institutional and regulatory frameworks for the effective implementation and scaling-up of decentralised systems.
Topics:
- Policies, standards and regulation
- Planning
- Management
- Technological developments
- Design and construction
- Financing
- Stakeholder engagement
- Ensuring sustainability
Conference format
The conference will examine, discuss and distill learning points from successful examples of DEWATS being implemented and meeting urban sanitation challenges at scale across the world, and are applicable to countries in Asia. The focus will be on practical solutions and real-life examples of systems that work, and include community, institutional, financial and technical aspects. Oral presentations will be drawn from the best submissions to the call of papers, and invited speakers who are leaders in the field of DEWATS. Poster presentations will accompany oral presentations at the conference to stimulate further learning and discussions. Presentations delivered at the conference will be considered for publishing in IWA Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.
Procedure for submission of abstract:
Abstracts will be accepted for oral and poster presentations, and shall be limited to a maximum of two A4 pages (including figures and tables). The abstract has to contain adequate information to allow a sound review, including;-
- A demonstration of the system implementation
- Effectiveness and sustainability
- Supporting statistical figures
- Learning points for future applications
Abstracts should be submitted online via the conference website. Log on to the website for guidelines on formatting abstracts and more information about the conference
Registration and accomodation
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Important dates
Early bird registration: October 5, 2012
Online registration ends: November 15, 2012
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Contact details
Daniel Cheong
Conference Secretariat
WaterHub
80 Toh Guan Road East
3rd Floor Training Block
Singapore 608575
Republic of Singapore
Email:secretariat@iwadewats-nagpur.com
website: www.iwadewats-nagpur.com
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