EUREAU AT WORLD WATER WEEK (Stockholm)
Upstream Emission Control of Water Framework Directive (WFD) Priority and Priority Hazardous Substances
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EUREAU is pleased to invite you at the seminar organized with Svensktvatten, the Swedish River Basin District Authorities on the 19th of August from 2 PM at International Fairs (Stocholmmässan), Mässvägen 1, Room T6
Seminar text
One of the challenges of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) is to meet the Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) Directive requirements for priority and priority hazardous substances. A variety of different measures have to be mapped, planned and implemented in order to meet these challenges of this directive in the European river basins. This requires coordination and contributions of all stakeholders.
In implementing the WFD, drinking water resources must be protected to avoid deterioration of water source quality and lead to reduction in the level of purification treatment as described in Article 7(3) of WFD. Similarly, municipal wastewater treatment plants are not able to treat all these substances and therefore have to be backed by an upstream control approach. These are the principles of emission controls embed in the EQS Directive and WFD.
The main objective of the seminar is to identify sources of priority substances, not sufficiently addressed by existing measures that significantly contribute to water bodies failing to achieve good status; and to identify potential measures and control strategies to tackle those sources. The seminar will focus on diffuse sources from wide spread urban activities such as commercial and smaller industries, general service activities, households and urban infrastructure.
Programme
Chair: Pierre-Yves Monette, Secretary-General EUREAU
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14:00 |
Opening and welcome |
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14:30 |
PS/PHS in the RBMP of the Northern Baltic Sea, focussing on the city of Stockholm. Mr. Arne Jamtrot, City of Stockholm, and Mr. Lennart Sorby, Water Director of Northern Baltic Water District Sweden. |
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14:55 |
Questions for clarification |
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15:00 |
Priority pollutants in urban wastewater: screening and management strategies, Mr. Raphael Demouliere, French Ministry of Environment, France. |
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15:25 |
Questions for clarification |
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15:30 |
Coffee break |
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16:00 |
PS/PHS - Developing control strategies based on a risk based catchment management approach to understanding relative sources of pollution, Dr Arthur Thornton, Regulation and Compliance Research, Atkins, United Kingdom |
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16:25 |
Questions for clarification |
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16:30 |
Experiences from the WFD PS EU-Research Project SOCOPSE, Mr. John Munthe, Swedish Environmental Research Institute |
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16:55 |
Questions for clarification |
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17:00 |
Panel discussion |
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17:30 |
Closure |
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