The 2022 IWA International conference for water safety (IWA – WS conference) will bring together leading international experts from academia, industry, government, policymakers/authorities and other organizations to actively exchange, share, and challenge state-of-the-art research on water safety (WS) that could contribute practical knowledge in the implementation of WS to the key stakeholders involved in providing safe drinking water.

Water Loss 2022 is intended to present and discuss the latest developments, strategies, techniques and applications of international best practices in Non-Revenue Water Management.

The core part of the annual conference are the keynotes which are this year delivered by DG GROW Director Schreiber and ECHA Director Van de Zande and the five discussion panels in which there will be an industry speaker in each of them:  

• Accelerating chemicals regulation: grouping of chemicals, generic approach to risk management and essential use concept moderated by Chemical Watch 
• How to best define and stimulate Safe and Sustainable by Design substances that can replace substances of concern moderated by the European Commission 
• The 3Cs concept: Can chemicals risk management be integrated with circularity and climate policy objectives moderated by CEFIC 
• How to accelerate the replacement of animal toxicity testing moderated by OECD 
• A science policy interface for the sound management of chemicals and waste: “something in it for all” moderated by UNEP 

Pls note that each of the panel will also react to the feedback provided by the live and online audience.

•  See full program: https://helsinkichemicalsforum.messukeskus.com/programme-2022/  

There you will find that the live programme also includes a number of extra activities: a Green Economy Business Summit with Commissioner Breton and former Commissioner Katainen, now president of SITRA; a tour through the Chembio and Pulpaper exhibitions; a networking dinner in the City Hall, the celebrations around 20-years DUCC.

The HCF has successfully established its place as a multi-stakeholder debate venue for businesses, regulators, NGOs, academics and others as a space to understand the bigger picture and go home with an insight into the position of different stakeholders from different parts of the world. HCF is an exceptional opportunity for network and meet experts on chemical regulations from around the globe. 

You are invited to participate in the sixth edition of the  DWP KnowNow webinar series!

The upcoming webinar will raise awareness and shed light on the benefits of energy optimisation and production in

Wastewater Treatment Plants and highlight best practice examples.

For more information about the webinar including the agenda, please check out the event page here.

Register for the webinar

This webinar is being hosted by the IWA Water Safety Planning Specialist Group and is part of their preparation for the 2022 International Conference for Water Safety,  June 22-24, 2022, in Narvik (Norway).

Water Safety Planning (WSP) provides water suppliers with a comprehensive risk assessment and risk management approach to managing water supplies with other key stakeholders. It is a particularly useful approach for low- and middle-income countries. Successful implementation of WSP can improve drinking water quality, accrue operational efficiencies and provide a robust framework to better target more sustainable long-term capital investments. Such preventative management and planning approaches provide a simple and robust framework for water utilities to effectively manage water supplies, thereby contributing to the SDG6 and the 2030 Agenda. 

WSPs are widely recognised as the most reliable and effective way to manage drinking water supplies to safeguard public health consistently. Since their inclusion in international reference documents in 2004 (WHO Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality), a significant number of water suppliers have implemented WSPs, and several national governments promote their implementation or have included them in national policy and legislation. Mobilising resources and maintaining momentum for WSP activities can be achieved in various ways, including traditional/manual management methods or innovative web-based and electronic management methods. 

This webinar will demonstrate through practical cases from Europe, Australia, Asia, and Africa how water utilities are utilising conventional word/excel based documents or software either developed with in-house IT expertise or commercially available products to manage WSP documentation and implementation. 

The conference is organized by the Romanian Water Association in partnership with Foundation Aquademica.

The conference will take place (on-line) on March 22 - World Water Day.

The event is free of charge and is addressed mainly to water operators in Romania.

The theme of the conference is GROUNDWATER - FROM SOURCE TO CONSUMER: CHALLENGES, SOLUTIONS AND PERSPECTIVES in the context of World Water Day 2022

The program is as follows (draft version):

Perfluoroalkyl substances and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke

Toxicology brought to justice – the Ronneby trial

Tessa Schillemans and Mattias Öberg (Karolinska Institutet, KI)

4 March 2022, 11:00-12:00 CET

Further information: https://perforce3-iu/events/webinar-toxicology/tn.e

The Danube Water Programme invites you to participate in the fifth edition of the  DWP KnowNow webinar series!

The upcoming webinar will raise awareness and shed light on the benefits of improving energy efficiency in water and

wastewater utilities and how the recent energy tariff increase

affects the water services in the Danube region.

For more information about the webinar including the agenda, please check out the event page here

Building upon previous work on this topic by the World Bank under the Danube Water Program and ICPDR have joined hands to organize a regional knowledge exchange one-day event titled "Financial sustainability of wastewater management in the Danube region". This event aims at enhancing the financial sustainability of wastewater services in the Danube region, by providing interested and committed government and utility representatives with the appropriate knowledge, exposure and expertise to support sustainable modernization efforts in the waste water management sector.

For more information about the workshop, check out the event page here.