Management track

Incentives and management plans for

• water savings/ reuse in households and industry
• energy savings in water utilities ( including wastewater transport and treatment
• power sector issues in river shed management plans
• smart metering of water and energy, motivation of customers to reduce consumption
• lessons and results – what benefit came out of benchmarking exercises
• contribution of water and energy companies in archiving the climate and sustainability goals
• role of water and energy in cities of the future

Evaluation and regulatory tools

• Life Cycle Analysis ( LCA ) concepts and use in management decisions
• benchmarking systems for water and energy related issues – how to compare efficiencies
• financial instruments ( CO2 trading, water pricing, dynamic demand-response based power pricing )
• regulatory concepts for improving energy efficiency in the water sector
• carbon, water and eco-footprints

Enabling faster innovation incentives and driving forces

New strategies and business models

• integrating emissions saving from water and energy

Technical- scientific track

New water/wastewater treatment concepts and technologies versus energy efficiency

• scientific understanding – ongoing research
• technical development and demonstrations
• practical applications at full scale
• ‘Green Chemistry’ applications
• optimization of operation by instrumentation, control and automation
• design of pumping and treatment facilities
• challenging conservative ( pre-carbon ) design codes
• water quality versus energy requirements
• co-digestion (organic waste)
• heat recovery from domestic wastewater
• underground thermal storage systems

New and existing synergies between water and energy sectors

• biogas for power production/vehicle transport
• heat pumps for district heating and cooling
• new forms of energy recovery, etc.
• decentralized integrated energy production and water treatment ( wind, wave, and solar energy, microbial fuel cells, etc. )
• carbon capture – carbon sequestration
• interdependency between the two sectors
• salinity gradient power (blue energy)
• transition strategies from centralized systems to decentralized systems

 

 

 

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