Issue 44 / November 2010
Member Newsletter
2 New President
While countries talk, cities
and utilities act
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It has been almost a year since
the world’s leaders failed to reach
Awards agreement in Copenhagen on a
global compact that would limit
growth in greenhouse gas emissions.
It is anybody’s guess how, when and
where an agreement will eventually
take shape, but I have no doubt
such an agreement will eventually
be accomplished in one form or
another. The stakes are too high
to ignore climate change and its
already evident consequences, as
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first seen through the prism of water
in hard hit countries like Australia.
IWA Fellows
COP16, the successor to
Copenhagen and COP15, will
take place in Mexico from 29
November to 10 December 2010.
Although expectations are low
for any breakthrough in Mexico,
IWA together with several global
organisations including WWF, IUCN,
CPWC, SIWI, GWP is teaming
up with the World Bank, ANEAS,
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the Mexican Water Association,
New Data CONAGUA and the Mexican
Map Ministry of Water in a multi-year
initiative aimed at advancing closing
the ‘water-adaptation gap’. The aim
is to increase the pace of ‘on the
ground’ adaptation measures related
to climate change which are based
on real experience and covering
aspects of knowledge, capacity,
policy, financing and implementation.
The members of the Alliance bring
together the complementary skills
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and institutional reach needed to
close the gap through coordinated
Women in Water and joint actions and by catalyzing
others to do the same.
This excellent initiative seeks to
find solutions to the very complex
and integrated challenges posed
by climate change adaptation,
and is a positive outcome of the
COP16 process. Collaboration on
practical actions complement the
work of the Water and Climate
Coalition which was formed to
actively progress the water, climate
and adaptation agenda within the
UNFCCC framework and process.
More information on the Coalition
and key messages can be found
in the Programmes section of this
newsletter.
IWA is well positioned to
contribute to these efforts because of
our ongoing work with utilities around
the world on both the adaptation
and mitigation dimensions of climate
change. One important contribution
to these efforts was IWA’s first Water
and Energy conference, held one
year ago in Copenhagen preceding
COP15. The event was a catalyst
for further work around the water
and energy nexus. A declaration
published following the Conference
outlined several key points,
including:
● Acknowledgement of the
essential service that both water
and energy play in economic
development.
● The need to integrate water and
energy policies for optimised
solutions.
● Opportunities for joint and
substantial water and energy
gains through end-user gains.
● The need to focus on water and
energy recovery in policy and
technology development.(see
http://www.iwahq.org/Home/
Themes/Water,_climate_and_
energy/ for the full declaration).
It is clear that water, climate
and energy need to be thought
about in an integrated manner.
This complex issue will require
a variety of approaches from
institutions, regulators, technologies
and operations. One question is
for example, how can we create
institutions or incentives to capture
the joint water and energy efficiency
gains at an end-user level as
these may be substantial? The UK
Environment Agency reported that
of the total energy used on water in
the UK, only 10% of greenhouse gas
emissions are generated by drinking
water and wastewater utilities, while
90% is generated by households.
It has been shown that even small
scale savings through reduced use
of hot water or more efficient heating
systems can produce substantial
overall savings. The Water Services
Association of Australia announced
that an efficiency gain of just 15%
of hot water use would offset the
total energy requirements of all the
water and wastewater utilities. This is
equivalent to turning down hot water
systems by just four degrees and to
capture these gains we need to shift
to thinking in an integrated manner.
The lack of agreement at
COP15 provided a breather in
terms of mitigation targets while
it simultaneously increased the
challenge of adapting to climate
change. Whether utilities are early
adopters working ‘ahead of the
game’ or waiting for regulation, it is
clear that many different approaches
will be needed to move towards the
substantial and inevitable challenge
of being carbon neutral and adapting
to climate change.
Addressing utility energy
efficiency in a ‘business as usual’
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manner will not be enough to meet the challenge
ahead. As time goes on, I become more
and more convinced that the adaptation and
mitigation aspects of climate change – at least
for urban water authorities – are so interlinked
that we must be thinking of them together. This
IWA News
New IWA President, Vice-Presidents and Board of Directors
Dr Glen Daigger
took office as President
of International Water
Association during the
World Water Congress
in Montreal. Glen is
Senior Vice President
and Chief Technology
Officer at CH2M HILL
and is recognised
worldwide as an expert
in wastewater treatment
technologies. Glen has been a member of IWA
for 36 years, and has served most recently
as President-Elect, Senior Vice-President and
as a member of the Finance and Investment
Committee.
“I am deeply honored to become the
President of the International Water Association,”
says Glen. “While we have collectively
accomplished much in the past several years,
numerous challenges and opportunities lie
ahead. We must work to develop and deliver
programs that serve not only the developed
world, but also that aggressively work to serve
the needs in the developing world so that all of
our efforts are equally relevant and impactful
no matter where you live in the world. As an
organization of leaders and doers, we must
dare to be great and provide the leadership and
innovation to move our profession and industry
forward at a much faster rate at the highest
quality. The years ahead will be transformational
for the water industry, and I look forward to
supporting all of the IWA members in embracing
and leading the change that must occur.”
With so much to do in such a short time,
Glen will focus on four initiatives during his time
in office:
● Continue to build strength, both in
participation and financially to allow the
organization to expand its programs.
● Expand the family by including a broader
range of professionals than ever before and
growing the new generation of professionals.
● Reinforce the culture of a “bottom-up”
organization in which the outstanding results
and improvement of society is produced
through the interests and initiative of its
members.
● Dare to be great – addressing an increasingly
“water constrained” global situation by
requires a substantial shift from our current
approaches and is essential if we wish to evolve
to highly resilient, highly efficient systems which
recover water, energy and nutrients and provide
the standard of living we desire. We must search
for solutions that truly address the core of these
helping to transform water management
policies and practices to see that the needs
of all citizens of the planet are met well into
the future.
Two new Vice-Presidents
The IWA Governing Assembly was held
on 18 September in Montreal, Canada in
conjunction with the IWA World Water Congress
and Exhibition. The Assembly elected two new
Vice-Presidents for IWA: Dr Helena Alegre from
Portugal and Dip Ing. Walter Kling from Austria.
Both have a wealth of experience outside and
within IWA which they bring to their respective
roles.
Since 2002
Helena has been is
the head of the Urban
Water Division of LNEC,
the National Civil
Engineering Laboratory
of Portugal. She is an
experienced national
and international R&D
project manager. Her
professional activity
has always been
related to urban water services and infrastructure
asset management (IAM): applied research
and consultancy in analysis, diagnosis, design
and decision support for water supply systems,
including strategic planning, system rehabilitation
and water losses control.
She is a very active member of the
International Water Association (IWA). Currently,
she chairs the IWA Specialist Group on Strategic
Asset Management (2007-) and is a member of
the following bodies: the IWA Strategic Council
(2010-); the Portuguese Committee for the
Lisbon IWA WWC 2014; the editorial board of the
IWA Journal AQUA; the Scientific and Program
Committee (SPC) and the Organising Committee
(OC) of LESAM 2011– 4th IWA Leading Edge
Conference on Strategic Asset Management
(Mulheim, Germany); and the Efficient Operation
and Maintenance SG (IWSA/IWA, 1995- ).
Since his graduation Walter has worked on
different projects, tasks and departments within
Vienna Waterworks. In 2001 he was appointed
as Deputy Managing Director of Vienna
Waterworks.
In 1993 Walter was delegated to represent
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challenges, as complex and interlinked as they
are, as opposed to just shifting the problem
between sectors. IWA programme development
on these important issues will continue with our
members and partners. Get involved and help
shape the solutions for the future.
Vienna within IWSA.
Together with Hans
Sailer he was an active
member in IWSA with
a special focus on the
Standing Committee
on Public Relations.
Since the launch of
IWA in 2000, Walter
Kling supported the
development of the
new association in his
region of East Europe by organising a number of
events. He was Congress President of IWA World
Water Congress 2008 in Vienna and member of
the IWA Board of Directors in 2006-2008 as the
incoming Congress President. Walter has been
the General Secretary of IAWD (International
Association of Waterworks in the Danube
Catchment Area) which he started in 1993. IAWD
is a long-term partner of IWA in various activities.
Following the interest of Vienna to play an active
role in the international water business, Walter
has represented water issues also within CEMR
and the Water Committee of UCLG (United Cities
and Local Governments).
IWA Board of Directors
The new IWA Board members 2010-2012
are:
● Dr Glen Daigger (President and Chairman)
● Dr David Garman (Immediate Past
President)
● Dr Helena Alegre (Senior Vice-President)
● Mr Water Kling (Vice-President)
● Dr Mike Farrimond (Treasurer)
● Prof Norbert Jardin (Chair, Programme
Committee)
● Prof Helmut Kroiss (Chair, Publications
Committee)
● Mr Gerard Payen (Chair, Strategic Council)
● Dr Inga Jacobs (Chair, YWP)
● Prof Changwon Kim (Congress President,
Busan 2012)
● Dr Vasile Ciomos
● Dr Andrew Benedek
● Mr Carlos Alberto Rosito
● Mrs Diane D’Arras
● Prof Jiuhui Qu
● Mr William Muhairwe
● Mr Paul Reiter (IWA Executive Director)
Governing Assembly
The IWA Governing Assembly met in
Montreal on 18 September, immediately before
the World Water Congress. The meeting was
very well attended with more than 90 members
representing more than 40 Governing Members.
The highlights of the meeting included:
● The adoption of the new IWA Strategic
Plan 2010 - 2014. Building upon the
achievements of the Association over the
2006 - 2010 period, the new Strategic
Plan envisions balancing our programs in
the developed and developing countries,
significantly advancing the science and
Awards
IWA Presidential Award for
Global Vision
Prof. Norihito Tambo, Japan
Professor Tambo is being
honoured through this award
for extraordinary vision and
direction setting in the field of
water.
In a career spanning more than 50 years,
Professor Tambo has been a leading thinker
and prophet concerning man’s place in the
natural environment and in the crafting of “post-
modern” solutions to the vexing water challenges
of our time through advanced technology and
innovative management approaches.
Whether for his truly profound thinking,
academic excellence, contributions to water
practice and development throughout the Asia-
Pacific region or as a leader in both IWSA as
Vice-President and President of IWA, Professor
Tambo is truly a global leader in our field.
IWA Global Water Award
Prof. David Jenkins, USA
Professor Jenkins is
being honoured through this
award for outstanding lifetime
achievement at the global level
for creating new directions and
pathways in water science,
technology and management.
The author of over 250 scientific
publications and reports and a highly
distinguished Professor Emeritus at the
University of California Berkeley, Professor
Jenkins’ professional activity has focussed in
the area of wastewater treatment, especially on
the activated sludge process. Professor Jenkins
is widely recognised for his close involvement
with wastewater treatment plant operators and
managers in order to understand the critical
operational problems facing their plants and
then successfully applying these solutions at full
scale. In addition, Professor Jenkins is one of
practice of water, and significantly expanding
the role of water professionals in policy,
thereby enhancing our role as the global
organisation for water professionals. The
Strategic Council stressed that these aims
can only be realised working through our
members and our partner organisations.
● Election of two new Vice-Presidents: Helena
Alegre as Senior Vice-President and Walter
Kling. Together with the new appointees, the
new Board for 2010-2012 was ratified by the
Governing Assembly.
● Endorsement of the Board’s proposal to
the pioneers of cost-effective biological nutrient
removal processes.
Through this kind of engagement, Professor
Jenkins is credited with helping hundreds of
cities, industries and government agencies
throughout the US and in addition, in Canada,
Hong Kong, France, Italy, Israel, South Africa,
China, Brazil, Spain Romania, Japan, and
Mexico among others.
IWA Global Water Award
Prof. Blanca Jiménez Cisneros,
Mexico
Professor Jiménez is
being honoured through
this award for outstanding
achievement at the global level;
in demonstrating excellence
in science, technology and
management and through vision, leadership,
knowledge and opening new fields of endeavour.
A highly distinguished Professor at the
National Autonomous University of Mexico and
the author of over 230 scientific publications
and reports, Professor Jiménez is a globally
recognised expert on wastewater treatment and
reuse. She has conducted extensive applied
research on pathogen control in water and
wastewater and in the use of reclaimed water
for agriculture and has applied this research
to treatment plant design in many settings.
Professor Jiménez has received numerous
international awards and serves as an expert
adviser to governments, international agencies
including WHO and UNESCO and through IWA
in the development of national and international
water-related health and environment guidelines.
She was a member of the IWA Board of Directors
(2004-2008) and was Congress President for
IWA’s first Development Congress, hosted in
November 2009 in Mexico City.
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ask cities from South America to show their
interest and willingness to host the 2016
World Water Congress. The Governing
Assembly meeting in October 2011 will elect
the host city.
● Events update: Busan Congress President
Prof Changwon Kim gave the Governing
Members a flavour of the next venue of the
World Water Congress 2012. Building upon
the successful first Development Congress
in Mexico City, the organisation of the 2011
Development Congress in Kuala Lumpur is
progressing well.
IWA Award for Outstanding
Contribution to Water
Management and Science
(Given in honour of Dr. Karl
Imhoff and Dr. Pierre Koch)
Dr. William T. Muhairwe, Uganda
Dr. Muhairwe is being
honoured through this award
for an outstanding contribution
and innovatory contribution of
international impact relating to
leadership, system operation
and technical innovation.
Dr. Muhairwe is widely recognised for
leading a remarkable turnaround at Uganda’s
National Water and Sewerage Corporation
(NWSC) over the past 12 years. Over this period,
NWSC was transformed from a fiscally and
operationally dysfunctional utility to a financially
sustainable and efficient service provider. Strong
financial performance has enabled NWSC to
expand service coverage, particularly for the
urban poor and led to dramatic increases in
collection rates.
Behind these results, the story of this
transformation lies in Dr. Muhairwe’s leadership
capabilities, which he has infused throughout
the staff of the whole organisation. The result
is a bottom-up and decentralised approach to
management, accountability and the pursuit
of excellence by the staff. This story is well
documented in Dr. Muhairwe’s book, Making
Public Enterprises Work. Finally, this award
also recognises Dr. Muhairwe and NWSC’s
contributions to utilities throughout Africa through
NWSC’s mentoring activities.
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IWA Outstanding Service Award
(Given in honour of Dr. Samuel
H Jenkins)
Prof. Jiri Wanner, Czech
Republic
Professor Wanner is being
honoured through this award
for consistent and outstanding
service to IWA.
Professor Wanner is
recognised by the scientific community and
within IWA as one of the leading experts in the
field of biological wastewater treatment and in
particular, activated sludge population dynamics.
Beyond this however, he has been a leader in
IWA activities and governance for thirty years.
Professor Wanner is credited with a long
list of accomplishments within the Association.
Highlights include: formation of the Activated
Sludge Population Dynamics Specialist Group
with Dr Grau; leadership of the Czech National
Committee of IAWQ/IWA for over 25 years
through changes in both Czechoslovakia and
the IWA merger; a leading figure in the Large
Wastewater Treatment Plant Conferences for
over 20 years, and chairman of the 2nd Leading
Edge Technology Conference in Prague. There
are many other examples of Dr. Wanner’s
sustained commitment to the field and to IWA
for which he is being recognised through this
award.
IWA Women in Water Award
for Leadership and Leadership
Development
(Given in honour of Dr. Hei-Jin
Woo)
Ms. Cassilda Teixeira de Carvalho
Ms. Teixeira is being
honoured through this award
for leadership and leadership
development in the water
industry.
Ms. Teixeira is a widely known and highly
respected figure in Brazil, South America and
internationally through IWA. She is a drinking
water treatment specialist within the utility
community of Brazil and long time Director of
the Water Quality Committees of both ABES and
AIDIS.
Thirteen years ago, Ms. Teixeira conceived
and launched one of the most significant
utility programs in Brazil – the Brazilian
Award Programme for Water and Sanitation
Management called PNQS. Tied to a utility
benchmarking system also developed by
Ms. Teixeira, this program has resulted in
competition for excellence in many areas of
utility management in Brazil. The consequences
have been transformational for Brazil’s leading
utilities. Ms. Teixeira’s exceptional leadership
was endorsed by Brazil’s water industry through
her election as the current president of ABES,
Brazil’s principal water association, and through
her service on the IWA Board of Directors during
the period 2008-2010.
IWA Publishing Award
Prof. Gustaf Olsson
Professor Emeritus Olsson
has been honoured through
this award for his contribution
made to IWA Publishing
activities.
As the Editor-in-Chief of Water, Science
and Technology (WST), and Water, Science
and Technology: Water Supply and the online
journal Water Practice and Technology, Prof.
Olsson’s dedication to the task of turning WST
into a leading publication for the water sector is
remarkable. He was invited to the Editor-in-Chief
position as a highly respected professional in
his field of environmental, power and industrial
systems.
Prof. Olsson has also served as a member
of IWA Board of Directors (2007-2010) and IWA
Strategic Council 2002-2008.
Honorary Members
Dr. Andreas N. Angelakis
Dr. Jiri Marsalek
Prof. Saburo Matsui
Mr. Hans Sailer
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A big thank you!
We would like to thank all our members
and delegates who visited the IWA stand during
the 2010 World Water Congress and Exhibition
in Montreal. It was an unforgettable experience
with over 3000 participants from over 90
countries worldwide and a pleasure to meet you
all. We very much welcome feedback on your
experience at our stand and if you have ideas
that you think could help add value to our stand
at future events then we would love to hear from
you. Email any comments or suggestions to
Francesca Papa at francesca.papa@iwahq.org or
members@iwahq.org.
Montreal memories
A great collection of Montreal memories,
including photos, videos and the Congress
Daily Newsletter are available for download and
viewing through the following links:
● The slideshow selection of photos can be
viewed on www.iwa.blip.tv
● Videos can be viewed on www.iwa.blip.
tv. To access all the videos, please click on
the Episodes Archive button on the right.
These include the video from the opening
ceremony as well as a video greeting
from HRH Prince Willem Alexander of the
Netherlands.
● Press conferences are available on www.
youtube.com/user/iwahq
● Congress Daily newsletters are available on
the IWA Publishing website:
j Monday 20 September www.
iwapublishing.com/pdf/
IWACongressDaily20September2010.pdf
j Tuesday 21 September www.
iwapublishing.com/pdf/
IWACongressDaily21September2010.pdf
j Wednesday 22 September
www.iwapublishing.com/pdf/
IWACongressDaily22September2010.pdf
j Thursday 23 September www.
iwapublishing.com/pdf/
IWACongressDaily23September2010.pdf
● The PDF of the brochure of PIA award
winners is available for download at:
www.iwapublishing.com/pdf/
IWAGlobalPIA2010.pdf
 CONGRATULATIONS
to the Global Winners of the
2010 Project Innovation Awards!

The 2010 IWA Global Project Innovation Award Winners and honour Awardees
Winner Western Corridor Recycled Water Project - WaterSecure, Australia
APPLIed ReSeARCh
Winner Variable Salinity Plant - PUB, Singapore
honour Award Value-added products through
the bioconversion of wastewater and wastewater
sludge - INRS-ETE, Canada
honour Award Patented Gaseous Electron
Donor Injection Technology (GEDIT) for In Situ
Biodegradation of Perchlorate and Nitrate - CDM,
USA
honour Award Iron-Based Adsorbents and Related
Technologies for the Simultaneous Removal of
As(III) and As(V): Application for Drinking Water
Treatment and Water Environment Remediation -
RCEES, China
SUPeRIOR AChIeveMeNT AWARd
deSIGN
Winner Western Corridor Recycled Water Project
- WaterSecure, Australia
honour Award Marina Barrage - CDM & PUB,
Singapore
honour Award Sustainable Drinking Water
Production: Recovery and Use of Water-
Based Methane - Vitens/Royal Haskoning, The
Netherlands
PLANNING
Winner Gold Coast Water’s Four R’s Project - From
Vision to Reality - Gold Coast Water, Australia
honour Award Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone
Sembcorp Water Co. Ltd. - An Integrated, Energy
Saving, Zero Liquid Discharge And Sustainable
Wastewater Treatment/Reclamation Project -
Zhangjiagang Sembcorp, China
honour Award Taipei Water Department Leakage
Control and Management by DMA - Taipei Water
Department
OPeRATIONS/MANAGeMeNT
Winner The Manila Water Experience - Reducing
Water Losses Through A Multi-Pronged Approach
- Manila Water, Philippines
honour Award Coastal Water Management
(COWAMA) - CLABSA (AGBAR), Spain
honour Award Creating Premium Seoul Tap Water
- Seoul Waterworks, Korea
SMALL PROjeCTS
Winner Ice Pigging Technology to Clean Potable
Water Mains - Agbar, UK
honour Award The Development and Application
of Innovative High Speed Biological Groundwater
Treatment Technology - Nagaoka International
Corporation, Japan
honour Award Downtown Scottsdale Booster
Station - GHD Inc., USA

The Project Innovation Awards (PIA) is a prestigious global competition which recognises and celebrates innovation and excellence in water engineering
projects around the world in five different project categories - applied research, design, planning, operations/management and small projects.
The PIA Global Grand Prize Winners and Honour Awardees were presented with their awards at the Global Project Innovation Awards Ceremony and dinner,
which was held on 22 September 2010 during the 2010 IWA World Water Congress in Montreal, Canada. The Superior Achievement Award, which is
presented to the project which received the highest scores of all project entered for the global competition, was presented to WaterSecure for the Western
Corridor Recycled Water Project in Australia.
For more information on the unique innovations and engineering features which made these projects global models for effective and sustainable approaches
to water management, please visit visit www.iwa-pia.org.

Global Sponsors of the 2010 IWA Project Innovation Awards:

Celebrating IWAs newly elected Fellows 2010

 
Throughout its history IWA has recognised
individuals who have made outstanding
contributions to the advancement of the
purposes for which the Association stands. In
2010 the IWA Board of Directors instituted a
new programme to recognise the professional
excellence of its members through the IWA
Fellows Programme. The purpose of this
programme is to acknowledge those members
who have made a distinguished contribution
to the field of water science, technology and
management and solicit their help in continuing
this work by acting as active ambassadors of
IWA.

After a vigorous nomination and selection

process a total of 35 individuals were selected for IWA Fellows 2010. (Photo credited to NIPPON SUIDO SHIMBUN Co.)
the first tranche of Fellows 2010. They are:

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harro Bode Germany
Mr. Paul Brown USA
Prof. David Butler UK
Prof. Cloete South Africa
Mr. Francisco Luis Cubillo Spain
Dr. Shigeo Fujii Japan
Dr. Naoyuki Funamizu Japan
Dr. Hiroaki Furumai Japan
Dr. Charles P. Gerba USA
Prof. Steve Hrudey Canada
Dr. Sadahiko Itoh Japan
Dr David Jenkins USA
Prof. Blanca Jimenez Mexico
Prof. Jurg Keller Australia
Prof. In S. Kim Korea
Mr. Walter Kling Austria
Prof. Dr. ir. Piet Lens Netherlands
Prof. Shang-Lien Lo Taiwan
Mr Yoji Matsui Japan
Dr Sudhir Murthy USA
Dr. Krishna Pagilla USA
Mr. Dayanand Panse India
Prof. Spyros G. Pavlostathis USA
Prof. Maria Reis Portugal
Prof. Joan Rose USA
Dr. Julian Sandino USA
Prof. Dragan Savic UK
Dr. Michael Storey Australia
Dr. Hiroaki Tanaka Japan
Prof. Mark van Loosdrecht Netherlands
Dr. Peter Vanrolleghem Canada
Prof Vigid Vigneswaran Australia
Dr. Kazuo Yamamoto Japan
Prof. Zhiguo Yuan Australia
A special reception was organised during the
IWA World Congress & Exhibition in Montreal,
September 2010, for the newly elected Fellows
to present them with their awards. Each Fellow
of IWA received a certificate and IWA Fellows Pin
which can be worn to help distinguish this group
of individuals amongst IWA’s membership. In
addition to this reception, all IWA Fellows were
showcased on the IWA Fellows Awards Panel
presented at the IWA Exhibition stand in Montreal
and also in the IWA Hall of Fame in the Congress
centre. Fellows will also be presented in the IWA
Yearbook for 2011 and in the December issue of
Water21.
Nominations for 2011 Fellows will open in
December. View the IWA Website at http://www.
iwahq.org/Home/Membership/Our_members/
Fellows/ for further details.

IWA photo competition

A photo competition was held at the IWA
stand throughout the week in a bid to help
us build up our image library of members
and delegates. Thank you to all of you who
participated. We have collected many member
and delegate photos together with statements
on what the IWA means to you, which we hope
to use to enhance some of our communication
and promotional collateral. Winners of the 2010
competition were selected in a raffle draw on the
last day of the congress and we are delighted to
present the following with their awards:
● 1st prize: Free Registration to the World
Water Congress in Busan goes to Sahar
Soleimani.
Find the latest
● 2nd prize: Book Voucher for IWA news on
Publications worth 100 GBP goes to Thibaud
Marvijouls.

● 3rd prize: Free IWA Membership for 2011

goes to Prabeen Joshi.

We still have a long way to go to building up

our image library and would very much welcome
submissions of high quality images of members
and professional activities to help us do so.
www.iwahq.org

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Pierre Giacasso
Pierre Giacasso died suddenly on August 4, 2010. He had dedicated his life to drinking water and to
the defense of public utilities.

He was born on November 4, 1940 in Geneva, where he grew up and undertook his basic
scientific studies. Pierre left Geneva in 1961 for Zurich. At the Swiss Institute of Technology, he
attended the course of Professor Grassmann, the worldwide known specialist of the process
engineering and graduated in this field in 1966. He then started his professional career in Basel,
Switzerland, at Hoffmann-La Roche. As a young engineer, Pierre was in charge of many chemical
installations, especially in the production of vitamin E. After a few years, he was appointed chief
engineer.

In September 1982, Pierre was nominated CEO of Geneva Water, a fully public company
supplying about half a million customers. He undertook the global modernisation of the main
infrastructures. In 1983, Pierre Giacasso was nominated member of the Swiss Gas and Water
Industry Association (SGWIA) and even became its President between 1992 and 1995. He was
involved in many international groups focusing on water.

From 1995 to 1997, Pierre was the consensus President of the International Water Services
Association (IWSA) and pioneered the creation of IWA in 1999, resulting from the merger of IWSA
and the International Association of Water Quality (IAWQ). In March 2001, Pierre was able to enjoy
retirement, but kept attending the annual general assembly of the SGWIA, sharing his sense of
humor and his huge knowledge in the realm of water. Pierre will be remembered as one of the great
names of water, particularly in Switzerland.

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 New Corporate Members Update
We welcome the following organisations that
have recently joined IWA.
● FEMSA Foundation
(México)
www.femsafoundation.org/
FEMSA Foundation is a social investment
instrument that supports education, science,
and technology in the areas of water
conservation and sustainable use, as well as
the improvement of the quality of life within
communities.
FEMSA Foundation has a vision of
integral development for Latin American
communities. It focuses on environmental
sustainability, specifically water and quality of
life, with special care and respect towards the
environment and human beings.
● Centro
del Agua para
America Latina y el Caribe,
CAALCA (México)
www.centrodelagua.org/
CAALCA represents a platform for the
development of capacity, information and
knowledge. It supports a better management
a use of water resources in Latin America
and the Caribbean offering research and
technology development, capacity building
and the dissemination of information for the
sustainable use and conservation of water.
CAALCA is a joint initiative of the Tecnológico
de Monterrey, Femsa Foundation and the
Inter-American Development Bank.
● GenesysInternational
Limited (UK)
www.genesysro.com/
The Genesys group of companies develop
and manufacture anti-scalants, cleaners,
PROGRAMMES
IWA Programme Committee - Looking forward to Busan in 2012
After the final speakers of the World
Water Congress were applauded at the end
of the week, the IWA Programme Committee
immediately got down to business to commence
the planning for the 2012 Congress technical
programme. Programme Committee chair Prof
Norbert Jardin (Ruhverband, Germany) lead
the discussions in Montreal as members of
the committee reflected on the previous week.
flocculants and biocides for the desalination
and reverse osmosis membrane market.
● TheGreat Man Made River
Authority (Libya)
www.gmmra.org
The Great Man Made River Authority
was established by law No. 11/1983 by the
General People’s Congress to implement and
manage The Great Man Made River Project.
The total installed cost to date for phase I is $
5.53 billion, $ 8.05 billion for phase II and $
6.0 billion for phase III.
● ITRON (France)
www.itron.com
Itron Inc. is a leading technology provider
to the global energy and water industries.
The company is a world’s leading provider
of intelligent metering, data collection and
utility software solutions, with nearly 8,000
utilities worldwide relying on our technology to
optimise the delivery and use of energy and
water.
● OasenNV (The
Netherlands)
www.oasen.nl/
Oasen develops drink water for 750,000
people in 7,200 companies in the east of the
province of South Holland in the Netherlands.
● SanLuis Agua S.E
(Argentina)
www.sanluisagua.com.ar
San Luis Agua S. E. is owned by the
San Luis province. The recently established
company administers and maintains water
resources of this province.
They discussed the successes (overwhelmingly
enthusiastic comments from delegates) and
areas for improvement (better promotion of
poster presentations) as well as the challenge
of making the Busan Congress even more
successful than Montreal. The meeting was
also an opportunity to thank those Committee
members stepping down: Akissa Bahri, Bruno
Nguyen, Dayanand Panse, Dominique Olivier,
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● FACSA,S.A.
www.facsa.com
FACSA offers all services associated
with the integral management of water
resources including catchment, treatment
and distribution. FACSA is also specialised on
engineering projects.
● EMCO
www.emcogroup.com/
home/index.htm
EMCO’s complete system approach
from design to manufacturing, installation to
operation and maintenance, covers the entire
water and wastewater treatment cycle. With
dedicated staff spanning North America, the
Middle East, Gulf and Africa, EMCO has led
the industry for over 30 years with innovative
solutions to meet clients’ challenging needs.
● Mott
MacDonald Ltd
www.mottmac.com
The Mott MacDonald Group is a diverse
management, engineering and development
consultancy delivering solutions for public and
private clients world-wide. Mott MacDonald
is working with funding agencies in the
developing world to provide clean water,
sanitation, primary education and sustainable
health services.
● Organica
Technologies Inc
www.organicawater.com
Organica Ecotechnologies is a wastewater
technology company focusing on the
development and licensing of innovative,
sustainable wastewater treatment technologies
that combine the advantages of proven
traditional engineering with ecological design
principles.
Hector Garduno, Regina Sommer, Takashi
Mino and Yves Comeau and to welcome the
new Committee members: Silver Mugisha,
Valentina Lazarova, Nilton Seuaciuc, Rafaela de
Saldanha Matos, Hong Seungkwan, Ruya Tasli
Toraman and Yoshihiko Matsui. The Programme
Committee will be using the responses in the
delegate feedback survey in developing the
technical programme for the Busan Congress.
Global Utilities Steering Committee formed
In accordance with IWA’s new 2011-2014
strategic plan, maintaining the engagement
of water and wastewater utilities within
the association remains a key focus. The
employment of a dedicated utilities officer
has seen an increase in utility offerings with
a positively received Utility Management
conference in Barcelona in 2010, successful
Utility Leaders Forums in India, Canada
and Swaziland as well as targeted utility
communications.
To further advance work in this area, to
provide strategic direction on the programme and
to ensure IWA is delivering real value for utilities,
a new Utilities Global Steering Committee was
recently formed and held its inaugural meeting
during the World Water Congress and Exhibition
in Montreal.
Membership of the committee is outlined
below and includes utility representatives from
Climate Change and COP16
Following the lack of agreement at COP15
the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) negotiations have continued
as the parties work towards COP16 which will be
hosted by Mexico in late 2010. IWA continues
to be an advocate of the importance of climate
change adaptation and specifically recognition
of the central role of water within climate
adaptation. As part of this, IWA has joined the
Water and Climate Coalition which seeks to
place water resource management at the heart
of policy responses to climate change, through
bringing together stakeholders from across the
global water community to promote progressive
and integrated water and climate change policy
on an international level.
As such the Water and Climate Coalition
has developed a water and climate ‘roadmap’ to
secure a work programme on water and climate
change under the UNFCCC. The full document
is available here and summarised below (http://
www.waterclimatecoalition.org/index.php/
news/103-news/222-key-asks.html )
The Water and Climate Coalition is calling
for the establishment of a work programme
on water and climate change under the
UNFCCC. In ‘roadmap’ document the Coalition
has demonstrated why water is critical for
adaptation and mitigation and has made the
case for a stronger emphasis on water under the
Convention through a work programme.
So far water has not been addressed
significantly under the Convention. The text
of the Convention makes reference to water
resources for adaptation, but neither the Bali
the Strategic Council together with leading utility
figures from around the world from high, low and
middle-income countries.
We congratulate these representatives for
their selection on this committee and thank them
for their enthusiasm in supporting utilities within
IWA. We look forward to the continued evolution
and development of the IWA utilities programme.
Gerard Payen Aquafed (France)
Hiroshi Ashida Japanese Water Works
Association (Japan)
Samir Bensaid ONEP (Morocco)
Wally Bishop Contra Costa Water District
(Ret) (USA)
Shaun Cox  South East Water (Australia)
Darryl Day Power and Water
Corporation (Australia)
Action Plan nor the Copenhagen Accord make
explicit reference to water. The current text of the
AWG LCA includes a footnote that stresses the
importance of water resources, but it is lacking
in detail.
One of the challenges is that the framework
negotiations provide little space for more
substantive discussion of water in relation to
climate change. Through the Nairobi Work
Programme (NWP) on adaptation offers an
opportunity to discuss water issues in greater
depth, the focus of the NWP does not currently
include a sectoral approach. Neither does it
address adaptation-mitigation interlinkages which
are often expressed through water resources.
A work programme on water under the
Convention will provide the space to have more
substantive discussions on integrating water and
climate strategies, and make recommendations
to the COP accordingly. The possible scope of
such a programme should be determined by the
Parties, but suggestions are elaborated in the
Road map.
Background
The UNFCCC - United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (or FCCC)
was produced at the Earth Summit, held in
Rio de Janeiro in 1992. It is an international
environmental treaty where the parties meet
annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to
assess progress in dealing with climate change.
In 1993 at the COP-3, the Kyoto Protocol to the
UNFCCC was adopted to establish legally binding
obligations for developed countries to reduce
their greenhouse gas emissions. The overall goal
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Diane D’Arras Suez Environnement
(France)
Mamadou Dia Société nationale des eaux
du Sénégal (Senegal)
Finn Johansen Oslo Water (Norway)
Piet Jonker Dunea (Netherlands)
Wolf Keller City of Calgary (Canada)
Neil McLeod e Thekwini (South Africa)
Patricia Mulroy Las Vegas Valley Water
District (USA)
Teodor Popa Compania Apa Brasov
(Romania)
Federico Restrepo EPM (Colombia)
Perry Rivera Manila Water (Philippines)
Cassilda Teixeira COPASA (Brazil)
for the COP16 United Nations Climate Change
Conference hosted by Mexico is to establish
an ambitious global climate agreement for the
period from 2012 when the first commitment
period under the Kyoto Protocol expires. This
follows COP15 hosted by Denmark in 2009
where parties failed to reach an agreement
settling instead for the Copenhagen Accord.
About the Water and Climate
Coalition
The Water and Climate Coalition is a global
coalition of organisations seeking to place water
resources management at the heart of climate
change policy. Formerly known as the Global
Public Policy Network on Water Management
(GPPN), the coalition operates at a global and
intergovernmental level in UN-related processes
to integrate water and climate policy. It worked
actively in the run up to COP15 in Copenhagen,
and continues to engage with the negotiations
under the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).
Members of the Water and Climate
Coalition: Cap-Net, Chartered Institute for Water
and Environmental Management (CIWEM),
International Union for the Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), Freshwater Action Network
(FAN), Global Water Partnership, Green Cross
International, International Water Association
(IWA), Progressio, Stakeholder Forum for a
Sustainable Future (Secretariat), Stockholm
International Water Institute (SIWI), University
of North Carolina (UNC) Water Institute, World
Wildlife Fund (WWF).
IWA Development Solutions
World Water Monitoring
Day Debuts New Data
Map
New map will allow participants to easily view
and share data on Google Maps platform
The coordinators of the public awareness
programme World Water Monitoring Day
(WWMD), the Water Environment Federation
(WEF) and the International Water Association
(IWA) announce the launch of a new data-
mapping feature. Hosted on the programme’s
website, the new map will facilitate navigation
of the data collected for WWMD, and provide
an opportunity for participants from around the
world to connect with one another.
The map, which runs on the Google Maps
platform, was designed as a volunteer effort
by New Zealand-based firm Outpost Central.
Over a year later, the new mapping feature
made its debut just in time for WWMD on 18
September when approximately 250 students
from Washington-area schools monitored the
Potomac River for the annual WWMD flagship
monitoring event.
The new mapping feature will allow groups
to record more qualitative information about
their sites in a more interactive and user-friendly
way. Data will be recorded in greater detail,
MAKE A SPLASH!
Celebrating excellence and innovation in water and sanitation
projects in low and middle income countries
Launch of the Project Innovation Awards - Development
During the World Water Congress in Montreal, the Project Innovation Awards programme
was proud to announce the launch a new award category specific to low and middle income
countries.
Following reflection on the geographical scope of the original PIA Awards, IWA’s
PIA-Development category will aim to “recognise and celebrate excellence and innovation in
water and sanitation projects in developing countries” and will be presented biennially during
the IWA Development Congress - the first such ceremony taking place at the 2nd Development
Congress in Malaysia, 21-24 November 2011.
Submit your project by 1st July 2011 to compete in this prestigious global competition. For
more information about this new exciting award series please go to the PIA website at:
www.iwa-pia.org or contact: piadevelopment@iwahq.org
such as the types of land use in the surrounding communities about some of the most common
area, and recording sightings of the different indicators of ‘water health’ and encourages
macroinvertebrates found in the water body. further participation in more formal citizen
The map will also increase possible monitoring efforts. WWMD monitoring results are
collaboration opportunities among groups reported online, tabulated, and presented in a
monitoring in the same area. A group can click year-end report.
on a site nearby one of its own sites and see
To view the new data map or to learn more
the URL of the group who provided that data.
about getting involved in the programme, visit
In this way, the programme seeks to increase
www.worldwatermonitoringday.org
interaction among participants and encourage
ongoing dialogue about water quality. WEF and IWA have received financial and
in-kind support from the program’s primary
Many communities around the world are
unaware of the condition of their local water sponsors, including the U.S. Geological Survey,
bodies and the direct and indirect impacts their the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
actions have on the quality of these resources. PerkinElmer, ITT Corp., Sinclair Knight Merz and
Conducting simple monitoring tests teaches Smithfield Foods.
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Changing existing paradigms of wastewater management
IWA recently staged a workshop at the
Montreal World Water Congress focusing
on the challenge of sustainable wastewater
management from a range of perspectives from
different corners of the globe. Particular attention
was placed on the societal and environmental
benefits associated with investments in sanitation
and wastewater infrastructure and the need
to reuse wastewater to reduce pressures
on limited water resources and contribute
towards increased food security. The workshop
highlighted the need to design systems with the
final reuse as one of the main aims combined
with a better understanding of the risks
associated with reuse and how these can be
mitigated.
Participants learnt about practical aspects
related to the implementation of sanitation and
wastewater management strategies in Africa,
Asia and Latin America. The need for a financing
mechanism that provides the necessary
NETWORKS
Strength in numbers – YWPs in Montreal
IWA showed again its commitment to
Young Water Professionals throughout a series
of activities organised during the World Water
Congress 2010. Starting with a workshop on
Sunday prior to the opening of the Congress,
over 100 Young Water Professionals had the
opportunity to learn and discuss with their peers
about the influence that our diet has on water
consumption, water quality and how the water
sector is financed and which are its sources of
revenues.
On Monday we organised two social
activities that helped YWPs to expand and
strengthen their network: During the breakfast
nearly 80 young delegates had the opportunity
to meet for the first time and get to know some
people. At a reception on Monday evening,
nearly 250 young water professionals had the
opportunity to talk to each other and find out
more about the YWP Programme Sponsors: Suez
Environment and CH2M Hill.
Through out the week, those YWP that
were interested had the opportunity to be paired
with a mentor. This allowed them to create a
relationship with a senior water professional and
talk about the challenges that they have currently
as young professionals and seek for advice to
develop their career. As Michael Conti-Ramdsen,
a Young Water Professional who participated
in this initiative, said “His [Julian Sandino’s]
knowledge and expertise in the field was
invaluable and provided a unique insight into
the volatile organic compound treatment market
incentives to operate and maintain infrastructure
was identified as a key element to success. As
piloted in Brazil, this may be achieved by use of
a subsidy payment to wastewater treatment plant
operator based on operational performance.
Although there was general consensus that
there is an increasing imperative to develop
a stronger economic basis for wastewater
investments, it was also apparent that there is
a need to assess different technologies in terms
of their relative efficacy and cost-effectiveness.
Participants learnt how a systematic analysis of
the factors that contribute towards the success or
failure of projects can help support future project
design. Responding to the priorities of local
stakeholders during sanitation programming and
planning and engagement with municipalities as
part of a consortium of local institutions were also
identified as important for the development and
uptake of sustainable solutions.
that otherwise would have been inaccessible.
The most useful piece of information regarded
the current best in class competitor which has
provided the project with both a treatment and
cost benchmark which to work with”
Young Water Professionals also had the
opportunity to meet VIP water professionals to
find out more about their career, their successes,
how they overcame challenges that they found
along the year. Blanca Jimenez (UNAM), Bob
Ellis (ITT), Dominique Olivier (Veolia) and IWA’s
President Glen Daigger (CH2M Hill) were kind
to take time from their busy schedules. Other
activities organised during the week were a
discussion with the Council of Distinguished
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Through its “Urban Sanitation for All”
initiative, IWA is demonstrating an increasing
commitment to comprehensive and long-term
solutions to urban sanitation problems. As
part of UN-Water Wastewater Task Force and
the Omega initiative in partnership with the
Asian Development Bank, IWA is playing a
leading role to create new standards for urban
sanitation and wastewater management which
will set a benchmark for future developments
in the sector. IWA will continue organise events
at the international and regional forums to
challenge existing paradigms and promote
a wider discussion about ways to achieve
a transformation in the way wastewater is
managed. The next major event will be a
regional workshop on ‘Decentralized Wastewater
Management as a viable Sanitation Option for
Developing Countries’ to be held in Manila in
May 2011.
Water Professionals, a workshop on workforce
development and a career fair.
However the most exciting activity was
the “un-official” YWP Dinner on Wednesday.
Following on the suggestion of two Canadian
Young Water Professionals – Majdala Mansour-
Geoffrion and Arash Zamyadi - nearly 90
young professionals went together for dinner to
Montreal’s trendy quarter: Le Pateau Mont Royal.
And this certainly builds us on the spirit of the
programme and the IWA – coming together to
create links and establish relationships to work
collectively to solve the challenges faced by the
water sector.
IWA Women in Water Award Ceremony and Roundtable Session at Montreal
CONNECTING THE DOTS:
Women leaders, fostering social
change and creating sustainable
communities because the future
depends on all sectors, genders,
specialties working together.

Chaired by Linda Macpherson from CH2M

Hill – (also Chair of the IWA Women in Water
Programme Steering Committee), the WiW
session in Montreal began with a celebration
of one of Brazil’s most distinguished leaders in
the sector – Ms. Cassilda Teixeira de Carvalho –
winner of IWAs 2010 Women in Water Award for
Leadership & Leadership Development. Through
this award, IWA seeks to recognise women
working in the field of water who through their
demonstrated leadership have had a significant
positive impact on the development of the
industry. The award showcases an individual’s
excellence in leadership as demonstrated by
outstanding initiatives, impact of work and
inspiration to others. With this award IWA seeks
to encourage greater participation from women in
the sector and hopes to motivate more women to
pursue leadership positions.
Judi Hansen – Sydney Water’s Director of
Sustainability then introduced the key theme of
the workshop on the nexus between leadership
and sustainability in water management. The
roundtable discussions which followed her key
note, explored how the profession can benefit
more fully from the leadership of women and
how it can incorporate the contributions of young
water professionals.
Looking in particular at how the industry as
a whole can take a leadership role in ensuring
a sustainable future by understanding and
exploring the social context of water. Delegates
were split into three groups each addressing the
following questions:
● What are the most profound social issues
facing our industry? How might women be
engaged to lessen these challenges? How
can we ensure that women professionals are
playing a leadership
role in addressing
these issues?
IWA President Glen Daigger with Women in Water award recipient Cassilda Teixeira de Carvalho, IWA
Immediate Past President David Garman and Joan B. Rose who received the Women in Water
Award in 2008.
● What are the barriers that prevent young the IWA website shortly.
women in both modern and developing
We intend to stage a follow up discussion
countries from pursuing careers in the water
at a workshop during the IWA Development
sector? What role could mentoring play in
Congress in Kuala Lumpur 2011. For further
increasing the proportion of women working
information on the IWA Women in Water
in the sector?
Programme and to join the WiW network contact
The discussions highlighted some possible Chloe Menhinick at chloe.menhinick@iwahq.org.
avenues which the IWA – using our niche as a
IWA would like to give a special thanks to
technical platform for water management can
Aquafed – 2010 sponsor of IWA Women in
use our globally diverse network of members
Water Programme.
to create a platform on which to address
many of the issues impeding
the inclusion of women as
leaders in discussions on water
management. The intricate link
between this programme and
the YWP Programme was also
highlighted and discussions
around how to further develop a
joint programme of activities will
be a central activity for the WiW
in 2011. A full report on the
outcomes of the Montreal Round
Table will be made available on

● Share your
experiences including
opportunities and Above: IWA President Glan Daigger stressed
barriers you have the importance of the IWA women in water
encountered in
programme during his opening remarks at the
designing and
session.
building sustainable
Left: Linda MacPherson, CH2M Hill and
water solutions.
What can Women Programme Chair introduced the Women in Water
in Water do to build session at Montreal WWC
consensus and
understanding of
water sustainability
and sustainable
design?

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IWA Specialist Groups
Specialist Groups form the basis of IWA and
represent the core vehicles for all “water people”
interested in interactions on scientific, technical
and management topics throughout the world. The
Groups, formed as coalitions of individuals around
subjects of common interest, provide a sound
structure of networks for international specialists
to share knowledge, information, skills, and make
good professional and business contacts.
For a full list of IWA’s Specialist Groups and
their activities, as well as downloading IWA SG
Directory, please visit the IWA website: http://
www.iwahq.org/Home/Networks/Specialist_
groups/List_of_groups/. To take advantage of this
networking opportunity, and become a member
of any Specialist Group (or change your Group
membership) simply contact the IWA membership
department (members@iwahq.org) and tell us
The representatives of IAHR (Prof. Peter Goodwin, left), IAHS (Prof. Ian Cluckie, middle) and IWA
(Prof. Dragan Savic, right) were giving short speeches in the Gala dinner of HIC2010, Tianjin
Joint IWA/IAHR/IAHS
Specialist Group on
Hydroinformatics
The Hydroinformatics SG has traditionally
worked within the Hydroinformatics Joint
Committee of IAHR/IWA/IAHS for the benefit
of the entire Hydroinformatics community. It
fosters fundamental and applied research in
the area of Hydroinformatics, embracing the
application of information and communication
technologies in the widest sense to problems
of the aquatic environment, thereby promoting
Hydroinformatics as a cross-disciplinary field
of study, combining technological, human-
sociological and more general water-related
interests in ethical ways.
The joint group has its own journal
(Journal of Hydroinformatics) and holds a
conference every two years. The most recent
group conference was held in Tianjin China
on September 7-11, 2010, and the next
Hydroinformatics Conference will be held in
which groups you would like to join.
This issue of the newsletter features the activities
of several groups active in the research and
practice of:
● Joint IWA/IAHR/IAHS SG on Hydroinformatics
● Marketing and Communications
● Off-flavors in the Aquatic Environment
● Sanitation and Water Management in
Developing Countries (still missing)
● Sludge Management
● Watershed and River basin Management
Other news and information relating to IWA SGs/
TGs/Clusters activities included in this issue are:
● Highlights in the IWA World Water Congress
& exhibition
● SG chair changes after Montreal
June 2012, Hamburg, Germany. The group
is currently in the process of renewing the
leadership for the Joint Committee.
Marketing and Communications
The group’s focus is widely drawn and
include all aspects of communications, proactive
and reactive, both internal and external. Our
strong aim is to make the Group a forum for
exchanging and sharing experiences from areas
of interest to the members.
The SG Marketing and Communications
held a meeting in Montreal, on 22 September
2010. It was the first in a series that aim at
shaping a strong network among IWA members
who are working with communications or who
want to learn more.
Those who took part in the discussions
were Wouter Stapel, DHV, The Netherlands
– Overall Winner of the IWA Marketing and
Communications Award 2010 ; Kari E.
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Fagernaes, Oslo Water and Sewerage Works,
Norway; Marie Nordkvist-Persson, Sydvatten,
Sweden; Mbaruku A. Vyakweli, Nairobi City
Water & Sewerage Company Ltd; Yoji Matsui,
Japan Water Works Association; T.O.Lee and Chu
Sum Chin, Water Supplies Department, Hong
Kong; Walter Kling, Vienna Waterworks – newly
elected Vice President of IWA; Brita Forssberg,
IWA Swedish National Committee – interim Chair
of the Specialist Group.
We will introduce communications as a
tool for building knowledge and understanding.
One of our first challenges is to find relevant
communications activities that “have made
a difference” and fit them into technical
conferences dealing with the same or similar
types of problems.
Brita Forssberg
SG Marketing and Communications
IWA Off-Flavours in the Aquatic
Environment
The Off-Flavours in the Aquatic Environment
Specialist Group continues to expand the
global understanding of causes, controls, and
perception of environmental tastes-and-odors
(T&O). In the last two years, the Specialist Group
delivered cutting-edge symposia and workshops
in Asia and North America. Dr. Tsair-Fuh Lin
of National Cheng Kung University (Chinese
Taiwan) and Dr. Gen-Shuh Wang of National
Taiwan University (Chinese Taiwan) co-organised
a productive full day symposium at the 3rd IWA
ASPIRE Conference, Oct 18-22, 2009 in Taipei,
Chinese Taiwan.
In June 2010, the SG joined its expertise
with those of Chinese colleagues to offer the First
IWA Workshop on Off-Flavours in the Aquatic
Environment, held in Suzhou, China. The
workshop was co-organised with Dr. Min Yang at
Research Center for Eco-Environment Sciences
(RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In September 2010 the Group held a full
day workshop on Global Changes in Climate and
Demographics – adaptive management of source
water odours at the IWA World Water Congress in
Montreal. Co-chaired and organised by Dr. Sue
Watson (Environment Canada) and Dr. Tsair-Fuh
Lin (Chinese Taiwan), this workshop was part of
the sessions which addressed key topics related
to the theme of Water, Climate and Energy.
The Specialist Group will host the 9th IWA
Symposium on Off-Flavours in the Aquatic

Environment in Aberdeen, Scotland, 14-18
August 2011 www.rgu.ac.uk/2011off-flavours.
Please contact Dr. Linda Lawton (l.lawton@rgu.
ac.uk) (Chair of the symposium) for details. The
abstract submission deadline is March 01, 2011.
The IWA Off-Flavours in the Aquatic
Environment Specialist Group welcomes any
opportunity to work with other Groups.
Sanitation and Water
Management in Developing
Countries
The general scope of the Group
encompasses water supply and sanitation
services and their interrelation with river basin
management. The Group has a bottom-up
approach and identifies regional focal points.
The SG recently held a Workshop on
“Hygienic risks of sanitation systems” which
took place during the ‘Networking’ weekend at
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s
event entitled, ‘Water and Health: Where Science
Meets Policy’ 23-26th October, 2010.
The workshop was well attended
(approximately 50 participants throughout) with a
series of technical presentations followed by Q&A
and an open, moderated plenary discussion on
key themes.
Hygienic risks are those defined as exposure
to the chance of disease following from the use
of different sanitation systems. This workshop
began with two presentations providing an
overview of the state of the art with respect
to hygienic risk assessment (Dr Huw Taylor,
University of Bristol, UK) and dry sanitation
systems (Dr Jay Bhagwan, WRC, South Africa).
Part 2 of the workshop focused on a specific
case study, drawn from Cambodia and Vietnam,
demonstrating how sanitation marketing
addressed the issue of appropriate messaging
around health, hygiene behaviour and health
risk (presented by Prof Mark Sobsey, UNC,
USA, Dr Marion Jenkins, UC Davis, USA and Mr
Hengly Aun (WaterSHED programme). The last
section of the workshop focused around a wider
framework of thinking about the links between
hygiene risks and sanitation systems, including
presentations by Kara Nelson (UC Berkeley) and
Dr. Ir. Eline Boelle (IWMI, Sri Lanka).
For further details about the group, please
contact the group Chair: Markus Starkl markus.
starkl@boku.ac.at
Sludge Management
The Group deals with all kinds of sludge
(sewage, waterworks, etc.). The main objectives
are to advance knowledge and to transfer
scientific and technical information on all aspects
of sludge management. These areas often
receive inadequate attention, given that sludge
management can constitute half of the cost of
wastewater treatment. Specific concerns include
production, characterisation, stabilisation,
thickening, dewatering, thermal processing,
agricultural reuse, production of usable materials,
and ultimate disposal. There is growing interest
in sludge as a source of energy as well.
Sludge management is an economic
and environmental issue in any area with
an established wastewater infrastructure or
industrial sludge production, and also in areas
experiencing significant development. Thus
the group has organised and co-sponsored
technical events globally, most recently in the
United States, China, Canada, Turkey, South
Africa, Norway, and Singapore, with upcoming
conferences anticipated in Sweden and India.
These events take place approximately once per
year, generally with several hundred delegates
combining local and international representation.
A “Specialist Medal in Residuals Research”
is awarded at these events to recognise a
researcher in this under-appreciated area.
The group also maintains a strong presence in
sessions at the IWA World Water Congress.
Although this Specialist Group has over
1200 members, there is ample opportunity for
new members to participate and take active
roles. At its recent group meeting at IWA WWC
in Montreal, the group supported this as a key
ongoing item. New participants and leaders are
sought, and the Group’s constitution mandates
that specific global areas be represented on its
Management Board. Global sludge problems
continue to grow, and this IWA Specialist Group
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must meet this challenge with new methods, new
technologies, and also the organisational skills
to insure that appropriate solutions are identified
and communicated.
The Watershed and River Basin
Specialist Group (W&RBM)
The goal of the W&RBM Specialist Group
is to promote the understanding, utilisation, and
values of integrated watershed management
approaches for the beneficial and sustainable
use of rivers and watersheds worldwide. It
seeks to achieve this by sharing of expertise
and experience among its members and with
other interested individuals and organisations,
organising specialist conferences, publication of
newsletters, undertaking cooperative projects,
and engaging in other activities under the
auspices of the International Water Association.
Members of the W&RBM Specialist Group
represent academia, all levels of government,
from municipal to international, as well as the
manufacturing and consulting industries.
As part of the IWA Bi-annual conference
in Montreal our Group organised a special
workshop together with the Global Environmental
Flows Network titled “Climate Change Impacts
on Watershed Management Challenges and
Emerging Solutions”. The workshop was well
received and attended.
The next big challenge for the group is
organising the 12th International Specialized
Conference on Watershed and River Basin
Management. The conference will take place,
14-16 September 2011 in Recife, Brazil. We look
forward to gathering in this part of the Southern
Hemisphere, on the shores of the Atlantic
Ocean. Recife is Brazils’ 4th largest city and it
is often called “the Venice of Brazil” because
it is dissected by numerous waterways and
connected by many bridges. You can find more
information about the upcoming conference
on the IWA website: http://www.iwahq.org/
Home/Events/IWA_events/Event_listing/2011/
Watershed_and_River_Basin_Management/ or on
the organizer’s: www.iwa2011recife.org/. Please
join us there.
For further information about the group,
and to communicate with us, please have a look
at the Watershed and River Basin Management
blog at the following link: www.wrbm.blogspot.
com.
Recife, Brazil
IWA SGs/TGs/Clusters:
Highlights during the IWA World
Water Congress & exhibition,
2010 Montreal
Many group activities took place at the IWA
World Water Congress 2010, in Montreal in
September 2010.
● 18 out of 45 workshops in Montreal
congress were organised by Specialist
Groups and Task Groups which include
the newly established Smart Water Cluster
and Bio-Cluster workshops. The minutes of
clusters’ workshops can be found at: http://
www.iwahq.org/Home/Networks/Specialist_
groups/.
● Launch of the Specialist Group Directory
and the new International Statistics for Water
Services.
● 41 open meetings and management
committee meetings were organised during
the Congress.
● Specialist and Task Group Leaders’ Forum
was also organised at the Congress. There
were 58 SG/TG/Cluster leaders and IWA
staff members attended the SG leaders
forum. In the forum, issues relating to group
experiences and plans, the supports from
IWA HQ, IWA strategic plans, etc. have been
discussed in order to update group leaders
on the work of IWA, and how the groups
can get well involved in IWA 2010-2014
strategic plans, as well as to have a better
understanding of the needs of the groups
and to collect ideas on how IWA can better
support the groups and their initiatives.
You can find the SG Leaders Forum minutes
IWA in the regions
North America Regional Update
A big thanks and congratulations are due
to the Canadian Joint Organizing Committee
– Peter Jones, Duncan Ellison, Yves Comeau,
Ronald Droste – who reached out to the broad
water sector in Canada to make the Montreal
Congress such a success. The Canadian
representation at the Montreal Congress was
strong with over 30 technical sessions and 66
scientific posters presented by Canadian water
professionals. The Canadian Utility Forums
reported healthy attendance and vibrant
discussion, and the Industry Forums offered an
in-depth look at management and technology
innovations coming out of Canada. The North
America Regional Forum highlighted key issues
facing Canada and the United States related
to the Great Lakes, Integrated Watershed
Management , small and remote rural water
systems, and the many unique aspects of
managing water systems in low temperatures.
International Academic Meet
and Greet
The USA National Committee (USANC)
Group photo from the SG leaders forum, September 24, 2010 in Montreal (partial attendees)
and attendee list on the IWA website of: http://
www.iwahq.org/Home/Networks/Specialist_
groups/. For more information relating to specific
SG/TG meetings, please visit their IWA group
webpage.
Changes in SGs leadership
1. SG chair changes after IWA WWC in Montreal
● Diffuse Pollution, new Chair: Dr. Eric Van
Bochove, Canada, previous Chair: Mr. Ray
Earle, Ireland.
● Groundwater Restoration and Management:
new Chair: Dr. Shafick Adams and new
co-Chair: Prof. Milan Dimkic, previous Chair:
Dr Micheal C Kavanaugh, USA.
● Health-Related Water Microbiology, new
Chair from September 2011: Dr Gertjan
Medema, Netherlands, current Chair:
Prof. Joan Rose, USA.
● Marketing and Communications: new Chair:
Dr. Brita Forssberg, Sweden, previous Chair:
Dr. Walter Kling, Austria.
● Multiphase Flow and Transport of
held an open meeting with members, providing
an update on activities and soliciting ideas for
future engagement. USANC also hosted the
first international Academic Meet & Greet which
brought together over 150 academics from
around the world in attendance at the Congress.
The networking event was co-organised
by the IWA Environmental Engineering
Education (EEE) Specialist Group and American
Environmental and Engineering Science
Professors (AEESP) – a first joint collaboration
to increase international professional exchanges
among academics across the organisations.
USANC Travel Grant Program
Another first was the launch of the USANC
Travel Grant Program which provided financial
assistance to eight Young Water Professionals to
attend the Conference.
The program has been a big success and
it is exciting to hear what these YWPs have to
say about their experience at the Congress. Lee
Byrant from Duke University shared that “being
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Contaminants in Porous Media: new Chair:
Dr Diganta B Das, UK, previous Chair: Prof
Tissa H Illangaekare, USA.
● Statistics and Economics: new Chair: Drs
Ed Smeets, Netherlands, previous Chair: Dr.
Renato Parena, Italy.
2. SGs recently renewed or in the process of
renewal on SG management committee
● Assessment and control of hazardous
substances in water
● Climate Change and Adaptation
● Design, Operation and Maintenance of
Drinking Water Treatment Plants
● Forest Industry
● Joint IWA/IAHR/IAHS SG on
Hydroinformatics
● Metals and Related Substances in Drinking
Water
● Sludge Management
● Sustainability in the Water Sector.
able to hear the current status of research
and to interact with people working directly in
these fields was invaluable… The contacts and
potential collaborations I made at the IWA World
Water Congress will be extremely beneficial as I
begin the next phase of my career following my
postdoctoral work.”
When asked to report what was the
most valuable aspect of the Congress, the
grantees highlighted that networking with
international peers and researchers brought
new perspectives, attending the diverse range of
topics surfaced new careers areas to consider,
and attending specialist group luncheons
inspired them to engage more actively with IWA.
All grantees have become members and
gone back to their respective organizations to
share their experience and learning – making
presentations, writing articles, establishing
listserves, and developing new research ideas.
USANC will continue its Travel Grant Program
to support future leaders in water research and
practice to participate in IWA conferences.
IWA UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULE
Applications of Nanotechnology
in the Water Sector 2011
15-18 May 2011 Monte Verita, Switzerland
The water and wastewater systems are
increasingly challenged by a growing demand
due to population growth, urbanisation,
problems related to aging of the existing
infrastructure, and the impact of climate change.
Advances in nanoscale science and engineering
are offering unprecedented opportunities to
develop more cost effective, energy conservative
and environmentally compatible water treatment
processes. It is believed that nanotechnology
can substantially enhance environmental quality
and sustainability by allowing for a green (clean)
technology.
This conference will bring together leading
scientists from very different research fields
including water scientists, material scientists
and engineers to discuss and push forward the
most promising applications but also to identify
potential pitfalls of the emerging technology with
respect to the water industry.
The Key topics to be discussed are:
● Nanosorbents
● Nanocatalysts, bio and redox -active NP
● Dendritic polymers / Biopolymers
● Polyfunctional membranes (including
nanostructured membranes)
Email: ralf.kaegi@eawag.ch
Website; www.iwanano2011.org
1st IWA Danube – Black
Sea Regional Young Water
Professionals Conference
14–15 June 2011 Bucharest, Romania
The 1st edition of the Danube-Black Sea
regional YWP Conference aims at providing an
International Forum for young researchers and
professionals working in water and wastewater,
technology and management as a result of the
growing need for knowledge and communication
in the ever so demanding water sector.
This conference is organised by Romanian
Young Water Professionals committee with the
support of the Romanian Water Association,
under the aegis of IWA Young water
Professionals Committee.
The key topics to be discussed are:
● Innovations in the field of water supply
● Sanitation and quality management
Email: Secretariat@ara.ro
Website: www.ara.ywp2011.ro
8th International IWA
Symposium on Systems Analysis
& Integrated Assessment
20-22 June 2011 Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain
The WATERMATEX symposium focuses on
general approaches to solving a wide range of
water-related problems within an interdisciplinary
framework that relies a lot on different types
of models. While methodology-focused, the
symposium’s contributions of course extend
to applications, but then not restricted to any
single discipline; it deals with problems in sewer
systems and water treatment, surface and
groundwater, technical and natural systems.
Integrated assessment aims at bringing
all aspects of a problem together, and it is
particularly concerned with such issues as the
social and economic impacts of solutions to
these problems.
Some of the key topics to be discussed are:
● Mathematical modelling
● Systems analysis and optimisation
● Economical analysis
● Data management and assimilation
● Signal processing
● Decision support systems
● Software engineering
● Mathematical programming and optimisation
● Environmental impact and life cycle
assessment (LCA)
Email: eayesa@ceit.es
Website: www.watermatex2011.or
WATER CONVENTION 2011:
Sustainable Water Solutions for a
Changing Urban Environment
4–8 July 2011 Singapore
The Water Convention has rapidly grown in
stature and prominence as one of the leading
water events for water practitioners in Asia
to meet, share knowledge and exchange
experiences to improve water and wastewater
services delivery. This aptly comes at a time
when many urban communities in the region
are grappling with unprecedented water supply
challenges exacerbated by unpredictable
weather patterns and are in need of
implementable, practical solutions.
In line with the theme for Water Week 2011,
the Water Convention will look at the trends
and challenges facing Asia-Pacific, the Middle
East and global solutions addressing these
challenges.
The key topics to be discussed are:
● Solutions for Water System Efficiency &
Effectiveness
● Planning For Sustainable Water Solutions
● Water Quality and Health
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DEADLINES
30 November 2010 deadline for the
Submission of outline papers to the
International Conference on Benchmarking
and Performance Assessment of Water
Services (14-16 March 2011 Valencia, Spain)
Contact: secretariat@pi2011.com
30 November 2010 deadline for the
Submission of abstracts to the 8th
International IWA Symposium on Systems
Analysis & Integrated Assessment (20-22 June
2011 Donostia, San Sebastián, Spain)
Contact: eayesa@ceit.es
3 December 2010 Deadline for the submission
of abstracts to WATER CONVENTION 2011:
Sustainable Water Solutions for a Changing
Urban Environment (4–8 July 2011 Singapore)
Contact: waterconvention@siww.com.sg
3 December 2010 Deadline for the submission
of abstracts to the 9th IWA Specialist Group
on Waste Stabilisation Ponds (1-3 August
2011 Adelaide, SA, Australia
Contact: hgalbraith@awa.asn.au
15 December 2010 Deadline for the
submission of outline paper to the 10th
Small Water and Wastewater Systems &
4th Conference on Decentralized Water
and Wastewater International Network &
3rd Specialized Conference on Resources
Oriented Sanitation (18-22 April 2011
Venice, Italy)
Contact: elisabetta.tromellini@magisacque.it
15 December 2010 Deadline for the
submission of extended abstracts to the
Symposium on Water Management Problems
in Agro-Industries (22-24 June 2011 Cesme,
Turkey)
Contact: agro2011@itu.edu.tr
15 December 2010 Deadline for the
submission of abstracts to the Cities of the
Future: Technologies for integrated urban
water management. (15-19 September Xi’an,
China)
Contact: smoddemeyer@collinswoerman.com
15 December 2010 Deadline for the
submission of outline paper to the Water
Reuse conference (26-29 September 2011
Barcelona, Spain)
Contact: info@waterbcn2011.org
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