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The 16th IWA Leading Edge Conference
on Water and Wastewater Technologies
Water-technology Innovations
for Emerging Challenges
Advance Programme
10-14 JUNE, 2019
EDINBURGH, UK
www.iwa-let.org
Sponsors:
Co-organisers: Supporting Organisations: Official publication:
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Invitation from the IWA President
The IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies (LET) has built a world-class reputation as the
forum for leading researchers to share and debate the pioneering science, technological innovation and leading practices that
will provide solutions to water challenges, old and new. Those challenges are immense.
Fast growing cities, with rapidly expanding populations and industrial bases, are challenging the traditional model of large-scale
centralised technology and infrastructure solutions; wastewater, the majority of which is discharged untreated into nature,
presents a significant opportunity for building a circular, green economy; the increased presence of chemical micro-pollutants,
including pharmaceuticals, pathogenic microorganisms and antibiotic resistant bacteria, threatens the quality of water around
the globe.
Diane D’Arras LET, is the window into the potential of the water sector to innovate for a sustainable, water-wise future. LET is the place where
President, International individuals who share a passion and commitment to delivering technological innovation come to be inspired. I look forward to
Water Association seeing you there.
Invitation from the Chairs of the Programme Committee Invitation from the Chair of the Organising Committee
Jonathan Clement Mark van Loosdrecht Ana Soares
Nanostone Water Inc TU Delft Cranfield Water Science Institute,
(The Netherlands) (The Netherlands) Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
This is the 16th year of the LET and it has grown to be an important As head of the local organizer committee is my pleasure to invite you to the
forum for presenting and discussing the most significant global technology 16th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Treatment
developments in water. New critical water technology developments are 2019 that will take place in the beautiful city of Edinburgh, in Scotland in
emerging continuously and it’s important to be aware of these. Every year the United Kingdom.
the committee attempts to focus on the issues that are receiving globally
and regionally the most attention. Bringing innovations, novel technology The UK water Industry market is one of opportunities. There are many
developments, and leading edge applications from across the industry is issues that need to be addressed, such as: ageing infrastructure;
key to this conference. Each session is developed to create a cohesive compliance with ever stringent regulation; fast growth of urban centres and
and interesting discussion. This is accomplished by inviting some of the the need to develop sustainable solutions for rural communities; energy
most impactful water technology leaders in the industry On behalf of the and carbon prices; reduction of quality of water sources; variable weather
Program Committee, we strongly encourage you to actively participate in patterns leading to severe draughts and floods; the need to engage with
this conference through the submission of your papers on innovative and local communities and governments promoting circular economy; etc. are
sustainable technology approaches. We hope to again attract exciting forcing water professionals to think creatively and move innovation to full-
and novel contributions that have made the LET conferences such a high scale implementation at an unprecedented rate. The key to the success
level event in the past decade. The success of this conference will largely of the LET conference series, and very strong reputation, is the excellent
depend on your participation, so please join us in Edinburgh in 2019. We scientific programme that has a perfect blend of academic research and
are confident we will have a stimulating and invigorating exchange on all implementation of novel technologies. The LET2019 will attract key water
these ideas and solutions you have come up with. professionals and stakeholders from the UK and around the world to
delivery an inspiring programme and a memorable conference.
Cranfield University, the lead LET2019 organiser, has partnered with two
key water utilities in the UK. Scottish Water is the publicly owned utility
providing water and wastewater services to 2.5 million households and
156,000 businesses and Thames Water, the UK’s largest water and
wastewater services provider.
Edinburgh is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities, surrounded by rocky hills
overlooking the sea, renowned for its heritage, culture and festivals. With
walking distance you can visit and explore World Heritage Sites, as well
as all the area’s museums and galleries. On behalf of the local organizing
committee it is a pleasure to welcome you in Edinburgh in June 2019.
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Conference Topics
Recent Developments to Improve Desalination Novel Disinfection Technologies
Co-Chairs: Co-Chairs:
Ahmad Al Amoudi, Desalination Technology Research Institute (DTRI), Domenico Santoro, Trojan Technologies (Canada)
SWCC (Saudi Arabia) Pedro Alvarez, Rice University (United States)
Nikolay Voutchkov, Water Globe Consultants, LLC (United States)
There is a need for novel microbial control approaches that enhance
Across the world there has been considerable investment to find water safety and minimise formation of harmful disinfection byproducts
alternative approaches to high-energy demanding desalination. This and harmful bacteria in drinking water systems. This session focuses
session will focus on creative system solutions and advanced salt on innovative materials and approaches, informed by microbial ecology
separation technologies. and techno-economic constraints, for the control of harmful bacteria in
drinking water and biofilms.
Emerging Contaminants: Microplastics, Pharmaceuticals
and Personal Care Products (PPCP), and Antibiotic Emerging Technologies for Nutrient Removal
Resistance
Co-Chairs:
Co-Chairs: Jurg Keller, The University of Queensland (Australia)
Despo Fatta-Kassinos, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) Mari Winkler, University of Washington (United States)
Thomas Ternes, Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz (Germany)
Nutrient removal optimization continues to be an important challenge. This
With the increased public concern related to pollution by emissions of session will discuss the advance in the development of novel technologies
microconstituents of effluents, water utilities have to evaluate the impact such as anammox, granular sludge, membrane aerated biofilms, algae,
of these emissions. This session will address conversions in wwtp’s and ion exchange, absorbents, etc. Technologies aiming at reaching very low
efficient technologies for the removal of these compounds. nutrient effluent concentrations are also invited.
Micro-contaminant Control in Drinking Water Advanced Membrane Applications in Drinking Water
Co-Chairs: Co-Chairs:
Jorg Drewes, Technical University of Munich (Germany) Jonathan Clement, Nanostone Water Inc. (The Netherlands)
Shane A. Snyder, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (Singapore) Stewart Sutherland, Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
In the past five years, there has been increasing concern by utilities and In the past decade, there has been much focus on the development of
the public about micro-contaminants in drinking water. This is in part specialised materials for membrane applications for the treatment of
due to improved detection methodologies and increased production of drinking water. However, in reality, very few of the developments have
pharmaceuticals and chemicals. This session will focus on advanced been applied in working systems. This session will focus on advanced
treatment technologies to detect and remove target compounds. membranes using alternative materials that have been successfully
employed in-situ.
Energy Efficiency and Resource Recovery in Wastewater
Sludge Management - including resource recovery
Treatment
Co-Chairs:
Co-Chairs: Bill Barber, Cambi (United States)
Ana Soares, Cranfield University (United Kingdom) Elise Cartmell, Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
Francesco Fatone, Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)
Sludge management is one of the main cost factors for wastewater
The session will focus on novel concepts and processes to improve treatment. The session will discuss all aspects of sludge management,
environmental efficiency of wastewater treatment plants by either including dewatering, digestion, hydrolysis, disintegration, advanced
optimising energy efficiency or resource recovery. Papers that discuss thermal processes, as well as the handling of sludge liquors and biogas.
technoeconomic life cycle assessment (LCA) or economic aspects are
also invited.
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LET2019 Conference Programme
Day 1, Workshops
Monday, 10 June 2019
8:30 Registration opens
9:30 - 13:00 Workshop 1: Workshop 2: Workshop 3:
From the Genome to The System: New Microplastics – a Concern for the Digital Water: Enabling, Empowering
Frontiers in Engineering Biology Water Sector? and Accelerating the Digital Water
Revolution through Information
Exchange
13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:00 - 16:30 Workshop 4: Workshop 5: Workshop 6:
Recent Developments in Implementing NOM Removal and DOC2Cs Bringing Leading Edge Technology to
Granular Sludge Technology EU Project Market – the Long and Difficult Path to
the Light
19:00 Welcome Reception
Workshops details:
Workshop 1: From the Genome to The System: New Frontiers in Engineering Biology
Organiser: Tom Curtis (Newcastle University, United Kingdom) and William Sloan (Glasgow University, United Kingdom)
Description: Everybody knows of the exciting advances in biology today. Many think they will transform water engineering. Some people think they
know how to do this, and a good fraction of them are wrong!
In this workshop we will commence with a conceptual and theoretical framework for putting the new biology to work in engineered
biological systems in water engineering. This framework will include what can work and what cannot. Many conceptions of synthetic
biology for example are impossible to imply in practice.
The details of the framework will then be expanded with a series of presentations that will take the participants on the steps from the
genome to individual cells (using genomics and simple metabolic models), from cells to small communities (using individual based
models) and from small communities to entire systems (using statistical emulators and computational fluid dynamics). The stumbling
blocks will be identified and “work arounds” proposed. Opportunities for hands on work will be provided if time permits.
Workshop 2: Microplastics – a Concern for the Water Sector?
Organiser: Riku Vahala (Aalto University, Finland) and Julia Talvitie (Marine Research Center, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland)
Description: Microplastics have been increasingly detected in environmental waters. Wastewater and stormwater are considered to be the most
significant routes for microplastics to the environment and at the same time, managing of these urban discharges could significantly
reduce microplastic emissions. The workshop will cover up-to-date knowledge on microplastics in wastewater, stormwater, and drinking
water. We will discuss what information is currently available on these routes. Attention will also be paid to the main knowledge gaps.
Special questions to be addressed:
• What role does the sewage sludge play?
• Can wastewater-derived microplastics carry wastewater pathogens and micropollutants to the environment?
• Traffic, and especially tire emissions, is considered to be one of the largest sources of microplastics, but where are the tire particles?
Let’s discuss these important questions together!
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Workshop 3: Digital Water: Enabling, Empowering and Accelerating the Digital Water
Revolution through Information Exchange
Organiser: Pablo Ledezma (The University of Queensland, Australia) and Jürg Keller
(The University of Queensland, Australia)
Description: The water profession, its people, organisations and institutions are rapidly changing
and constantly adapting to new environmental challenges, population growth,
ever-expanding technological and skill-sets, as well as the ambition to work towards
global cross-sectoral goals such as SDG 6: access to clean water and sanitation
for all by 2030. The Digitalisation of Water – i.e. the digitisation of water data/
information/protocols/models/forecasts towards a beneficial logical outcome – is
an exceptional opportunity to advance the water sector, provided that cross-sectorial
goals, such as information-sharing protocols can be established.
This workshop is for all professionals in the water sector who want to gain
a deeper understanding of and/or wish to lead the #DigitalWaterRevolution.
Through interaction with experienced #WaterLeaders in the form of panel and
group discussions, water professionals will expand their understanding of the
#DigitalWaterRevolution, obtain practical knowledge about numerous international
examples and participate in general discussions, with the ultimate aim to develop an
IWA-wide initiative on this space.
Topics and questions to be debated at the workshop:
• Enabling and developing methods for nutrients/energy/pollutants/solutions
trading:
• Water balances to tackle non-revenue water, infiltration, etc.
• Nutrients/Pollutants trading and sensor-enabled ‘bubble’ licences for utilities
• Information exchange:
- Who should have access to Digitised Water data Security Protocols.
- Should private utilities have exclusive/non-exclusive rights to public data?
- The need for universal protocols to allow for data exchange
• The sensors conundrum:
- What sensors can effectively enable the #DigitalWaterRevolution?
- How to establish a balance between sensor distribution/fouling and data
reliability?
Workshop 4: Recent Developments in Implementing Granular Sludge Technology
Organiser: Edward van Dijk (RHDHV, The Netherlands), Mario Pronk (RHDHV and
TUDelft, The Netherlands) and Scotish Water, United Kingdom
Description: Aerobic granular sludge technology was introduced in 2012 and is now rapidly
spreading and being adopted by utilities. This workshop discusses several aspects
related to the research and implementation of aerobic granular sludge processes,
and provides insight in the backgrounds of the technology.
Workshop 5: NOM Removal and DOC2Cs EU Project
Organiser: Chris Rocky (SWW, United Kingdom) and Graeme Moore (Scottish Water,
United Kingdom)
Description: Effectively managing dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the water cycle is of key
importance to many water utilities around the world. DOC is often defined as
the fraction of total organic carbon (TOC) in a source water that passes through
a 0.45-μm filter. DOC in water sources is complex mixture organic compounds
which vary widely in concentration and composition due to the ecological and
anthropological influences on the source waters. The diverse nature of DOC impacts
treatment, disinfection and distribution of drinking water; it effects the efficiency and
sustainability of processes as well as the aesthetic, chemical and microbiological
quality of tap water supplies provided to consumers. Changes in both the quantity
and character of DOC are noted globally due to the impacts of climate change and
the search for new fresh water sources including the re-used wastewater. This
workshop will focus discussions on the nature of DOC in source water, its impact on
drinking water quality and how quantity and character can be assessed and the new
and emerging technologies that can remove NOM.
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Workshop 6: Bringing Leading Edge Technology to Market – the Long and Difficult Path to the Light
Organiser: Jonathan Clement (Nanostone, The Netherlands) and Paul O’Calaghan (BlueTech Research, United Kingdom)
Description: The emergence of new water technologies is often observed to be dramatically slow compared to other industries. Is this anecdotal
hyperbola or empirical fact? Participants will gain insights and enlightenment during the workshop. A 101 Primer guidebook will be
prepared by BlueTech Research and shared with registrants in advance of the workshop.
There are numerous barriers to break through before a technology is adopted and accepted by utilities. One way to visualise this value
chain is as a pyramid where at the bottom there are numerous ideas, often studied at the university level. Optimistic and passionate
entrepreneurs, intrepreneurs and investors, take these ideas and turn them into companies and technologies. In the middle of the
pyramid are the technology companies who work out the engineering details to make the technology functional and acceptable. Finally,
at the top are the adopters which must be convinced of the merits and proven performance of the technology. The pathway to the top is
long and tortuous (if not torturous), and most technologies never make it to adoption. The success rate in the water sector is often noted
to be very low. Is this a myth, or is this an acceptable example of natural selection and survival of the fittest ideas?
Can we shorten the gestation period, or kill off ideas early on before they consume time and energy, or provide better feedback loops
from the top of the Pyramid to the bottom of the pyramid so we understand better the end point at the starting line? What are examples
of Zombie Technologies, Optical Illusions and what can be learnt from rising stars?
This workshop will involve discussions across the three important sectors; academic, technology providers, and adopters, with the goal of
finding ways of bringing valuable technology faster to market.
The workshop will take a playful format, gamifying certain sections of the learning process in a fun and interactive way. Groups will be
asked to identify ‘What type of innovation are you?”, by taking an Innovation Personality Test. This will help show that innovation comes
in many different flavors. Different innovation types play out differently in the Technology Diffusion Pyramid. Sample scenarios will be
presented with groups asked to decide what they would do in a given situation.
Overall the goal is to look at actual empirical data as opposed to anecdotal stories, view this side by side with innovation theory and
interact with this to see what we can learn that can help us understand how to bring leading edge technology to market faster and with
increased success rates.
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Day 2, Plenary Sessions
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
8:15 - 9:00 Registration opens
9:00 - 9:45 Opening address
9:45 - 10:30 Entrepreneurial Adventures in Water: Lessons Learned and Future Outlook
Eric Hoek
Water Planet, United States
Dr. Eric Hoek has over 20 years of experience in water treatment research, education, philanthropic,
consulting and entrepreneurial activities.
Dr. Hoek has been an engineering professor since 2002 with 140+ peer-reviewed scientific publications
and 70+ patents filed globally. Dr. Hoek has also co-founded numerous successful water technology
businesses including NanoH2O, Water Planet, PolyCera Membranes, IntelliFlux Controls and
MembranePRO Services. Dr. Hoek is co-Editor-in-Chief of the John Wiley & Sons Encyclopedia of Membrane Science
and the Editor-in-Chief of the npj Clean Water – a Nature publishing group online, open access scientific journal.
Dr. Hoek has a Ph.D. in Engineering from Yale University and completed UCLA’s Anderson School of Management,
Executive MBA Program.
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Title to be confirmed
Maxine Mayhew
Executive Director, Group Capability & Water, Costain Group P, United Kingdom
Dr Maxine Mayhew is the Water Sector Director for Costain, the technology based engineering solutions
provider where she is responsible for the P&L delivery and continued development of the ambitious Water
Afternoon Services Business. Previously she was Group Commercial Director at Northumbrian Water Limited where
she was responsible for supply chain and marketing functions as well as leading the sourcing, negotiation
and delivery of high value commercial contracts. Maxine completed a PhD in 1998 and has held a variety
of roles in the water Industry. During recent years Maxine has focussed on commercial leadership and
strategy development and implementation and she has held Director roles which have covered all aspects of the industry
from operations and engineering, through to support services including health, safety, risk, security, procurement and
marketing. She is also an independent member of the Cranfield University Council and a member of the Anaerobic
Digestion and Biogas Association Board.
11:45 - 12:30 To be confirmed
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:15 Micropollutants – Challenges and Current Experiences in Switzerland
Uwe Sollfrank
Holinger AG, Switzerland
Dr. Uwe Sollfrank is president of the HOLINGER Group, a Swiss based engineering company specialized in
water and environment. He joined HOLINGER in 1992 and worked in the beginning of his career for more
than 20 years as a project manager and process engineer for environmental projects in several countries
around the world.
He holds a PhD in natural sciences of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
and a master in environmental engineering of the Technical University of Berlin, Germany as well as a postgraduate in
environmental engineering and water pollution control of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
Dr. Sollfrank started his scientific career as a research assistant at the Institute for Water, Soil and Air Hygiene (WaBoLu)
of the German Federal Health Office in Berlin. After his move to Switzerland he was working as an Assistant Professor
in process engineering in water pollution control at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich before joining the
technology development competence centre of Sandoz Technology Switzerland where he was responsible for environmental
engineering projects worldwide as well as technology planning and transfer and economical and ecological project approvals.
He is responsible for the subsidiaries of the HOLINGER group and a Member of the Board of Directors of the environmental
analysis company Envilab in Zofingen. Since 2010 he is as well executive director of HOLINGER Ingenieure, Germany and
HOLINGER International Consultants, Switzerland. Furthermore Dr. Uwe Sollfrank is Member of the Board of Directors of
the United Association of Swiss Engineers and Consultants (USIC) and the Swiss Water Association (VSA).
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14:15 - 15:00 Arsenic Technology Research: Crossing Borders and Disciplines
Doris van Halem
TU Delft, The Netherlands
Doris van Halem is associate professor in the field of drinking water treatment, with a specific focus on
groundwater contaminants, including arsenic and fluoride. Her research has a global orientation with an
emphasis on filtration systems for low resource environments. The past years she has been leading PhD/
Postdoc research projects in Bangladesh, India, Nicaragua as well as the Netherlands, supported by
NWO-WOTRO (SAR/DELTAP), NUFFIC, NWO-TTW (FixAs) and Delft Global.
Doris graduated from Delft University of Technology in Civil Engineering and Geosciences with a cum laude MSc degree
(2007).In 2011 she completed her PhD research (with honours) on subsurface iron and arsenic removal for drinking water
supply in Bangladesh under the guidance of prof. J.C. van Dijk (TU Delft) and prof. dr. G.L. Amy (Unesco-IHE).
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 - 16:15 Environmental Biotechnology: Opening the Black Box of the Slime Layers
Mark van Loosdrecht
TU Delft, The Netherlands
Mark van Loosdrecht is Professor in Environmental Biotechnology at Delft University of Technology, The
Netherlands. He graduated from and did his PhD research at Wageningen University. His PhD topic was
a combination of microbiology and colloid chemistry. He was appointed at Delft in 1988 and became Full
Professor in 1998. His research is characterized by the combination of scientific understanding of complex
systems and development of new processes. Dr. van Loosdrecht’s scientific interests are mainly related
to biofilm processes, nutrient conversion processes and the role of storage polymers in microbial ecology.
In particular, he is interested in new processes related to wastewater treatment and resource recovery. His research has
resulted in several processes currently applied on full scale such as the Sharon process, Anammox process and Nereda
process.
He was awarded the Spinoza Award, Simon Stevin Award and a knighthood in the order of the Dutch Lion. He is the co-
winner of the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize. He has published over 600 scientific papers, has 20 patents and has supervised
over 50 PhD students.
Environmental Biotechnology: Biofilms on Active Substrata
Bruce Rittmann
Arizona State University, United States
Dr. Bruce E. Rittmann is Regents’ Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Biodesign
Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the
science and engineering needed to “manage microbial communities to provide services to society.” Services
include generating renewable energy, cleaning water and soil, and improving human health. Dr. Rittmann
is a member of the National Academy of Engineering; a Fellow of AAAS, WEF, IWA, and NAI; and a
Distinguished Member of ASCE.
Dr. Rittmann was awarded the first Clarke Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Water Science and Technology from the
NWRI, the Walter Huber Research Prize and the Simon Freese Award from ASCE, the G.M. Fair Award from AAEES, and
the Perry L. McCarty/AEESP Founders Award. He is the co-winner of the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize. Dr. Rittmann has
published over 700 journal articles, books, and book chapters, and he has 16 patents. With Dr. Perry McCarty, Dr. Rittmann
co-authored the textbook Environmental Biotechnology: Principles and Applications (McGraw-Hill Book Co.).
16:15 - 17:00 To be confirmed
17:00 - 18:00 Panel Discussion
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Day 3, Technical Sessions
Wednesday, 12 June 2019
8:15 - 9:00 Registration opens Registration opens
DRINKING WATER TRACK WASTEWATER TRACK
SESSION 1: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS TO IMPROVE SESSION 2: EMERGING CONTAMINANTS:
DESALINATION MICROPLASTICS, PHARMACEUTICALS AND
Co-Chairs: Nikolay Voutchkov, Ahmad Al Amoudi PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCP) AND
ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE
Co-Chairs: Thomas Ternes, Despo Fatta-Kassinos
9:00 - 9:30 Keynote (1) Keynote (1)
Pre-treatment alternatives for large scale seawater Urban wastewater treatment plants as hot spots
desalination: the Perth Experience for release of antibiotic resistances to the aquatic
Stephen Capewell, Water Corporation (Australia) environment
Thomas Berendonk, TU-Dresden (Germany)
9:30 - 9:45 Assessment Of A Desalination Pilot Plant Reliability Antibiotic Resistance Dissemination In Municipal
Against Extreme Seawater Quality Events By Means Reclaimed Water Distribution Systems By Culture And
Of Threshold Tests Metagenomic
Olga Ferrer Mallén, ACCIONA Agua S.A.U. (Spain) Ishi Keenum, Virginia Tech (United States)
9:45 - 10:00 Performance Evaluation Of A Novel Membrane PS-oxidation-assisted Membrane Distillation Process
Cleaning Method Using Carbon Dioxide For Emerging Micropollutant Degradation And
Noreddine Ghaffour, KAUST (Saudi Arabia) Membrane Fouling Control
Faisal Hai, University of Wollongong (Australia)
10:00 - 10:30 Discussions
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Keynote (2) Keynote (2)
Theoretical Assessments Of Leading-edge Fate and removal of emerging contaminants and
Technologies For Low-energy Seawater Reverse plastic in wastewater treatment
Osmosis Process Adriano Joss, EAWAG (Switzerland)
Kiho Park, Korea University (Korea)
11:30 - 11:45 A Techno-economic Evaluation Of Incorporating Removal Of Organic Micropollutants From Wastewater
Energy Recovery Devices Within Continuous-batch Treatment Plant Effluents Using The Nyex™ Process
Reverse Osmosis Processes Lucile Francois, Arvia Technology (United Kingdom)
Mícheál Cairns, Dublin City University (Ireland)
11:45 - 12:00 Towards The World’s Largest Microbial Desalination A Novel Advanced Bio-oxidation System For The
Cell For Simultaneous Wastewater Treatment And Treatment Of Urban Wastewater And Emerging
Water Desalination Pollutants
Patricia Zamora, FCC Aqualia (Spain) Fernando Martinez, Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain)
12:00 - 12:30 Discussions
12:30 - 12:45 Poster Pitch
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
SESSION 3: MICRO-CONTAMINANT CONTROL IN SESSION 4: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RESOURCE
DRINKING WATER RECOVERY IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT
Co-Chairs: Shane Snyder, Jorg Drewes Co-Chairs: Ana Soares, Francesco Fatone
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote (1) Keynote (1)
UV based advanced oxidation for emerging organic Energy or resources from wastewater: using LCA to
contaminants removal make sustainable choices
Jiangjong Hu, National University of Singapore (Singapore) Enna Klaversma, Waternet (The Netherlands)
14:30 - 14:45 Algae-Related Micro-Contaminants: Multi-Barrier Is There A Water - Chemistry Nexus?
Oxidation Technology Solutions For An Emerging Korneel Rabaey, Ghent University (Belgium)
Threat
Beatrice Martin, Xylem Water Solutions UK Ltd (United
Kingdom)
14:45 - 15:00 Monitoring The Breakthrough Of PFAS In Packed Bed Technoeconomic Analysis For Energy Efficiency And
Adsorption Columns By EEM-fluorescence Monitoring Resource Recovery Adoption -- Case Studies
The Breakthrough Of PFAS In Packed Bed Adsorption Leon Downing, Black & Veatch (United States)
Columns By EEM-fluorescence
Paolo Roccaro, Università degli Studi di Catania (Italy)
15:00 - 15:30 Discussions
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15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 Keynote (2) Keynote (2)
Next generation Biofiltration Systems for Trace To be provided
Organic Chemical and Pathogen Removal Michael Flynn , Water recycling technology development at
Jorg Drewes, TU Munich (Germany) NASA (United States)
16:30 - 16:45 How Will Switching From Aerobic MBRs To Anaerobic Disruptive Water Reuse Scheme Based On Direct
MBRs Impact Disinfection By Product Formation? Ultrafiltration (DUF) Of Municipal Wastewater
Bruce Jefferson, Cranfield University (United Kingdom) Hugues Humbert, Veolia Technical & Performance
Department (France)
16:45 - 17:00 Transforming Drinking Water Treatment - MBBR For Effect Of The Fe Dosing Increase On The Sludge
Taste And Odour Compound Removal Composition In A WWTP Using The CPR Strategy
Jurg Keller, The University of Queensland (Australia) Thomas Prot, Wetsus/TU Delft (The Netherlands)
17:00 - 17:30 Discussions
17:30 - 18:00 Poster Pitch
Day 4, Technical Sessions
Thursday, 13 June 2019
8:15 - 9:00 Registration opens Registration opens
DRINKING WATER TRACK WASTEWATER TRACK
SESSION 5: NOVEL DISINFECTION TECHNOLOGIES SESSION 6: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR
Co-Chairs: Bruce Rittmann, Domenico Santoro NUTRIENT REMOVAL
Co-Chairs: Jurg Keller, Mari Winkler
9:00 - 9:30 Keynote (1) Keynote (1)
Towards Risk Based Optimal Design Of Chemical Purple Phototrophic Bacteria for Nutrient Recovery
Disinfection Systems Tim Hülsen, The University of Queensland (Australia)
Charles N. Haas, Drexel University (United States)
9:30 - 9:45 Improving Disinfection Using Molecular-based Sulphur-Enabled Electrochemical Nitrogen Recovery
Microbiological Analyses From Anaerobically Treated Wastewater
Claire Thom, Scottish Water/University of Glasgow William Tarpeh, Stanford University (United States)
(United Kingdom)
9:45 - 10:00 Evaluation Of Enhanced UV Disinfection For Planned Pilot Up-scaling, Decentralisation And Automation
Indirect Potable Reuse Schemes - Laying The Path To Of A Microbial Electrochemical System For Nutrient
A Regulatory Fram Recovery From Urine
Ian Mayor-Smith, University of Brighton (United Kingdom) Pablo Ledezma, The University of Queensland (Australia)
10:00 - 10:30 Discussions
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30 Keynote (2) Keynote (2)
State Of The Art Of The Production Of Harmful What’s In Your Sludge? Hunting For Baby Granules In
Disinfection By-Products In The Netherlands Full-Scale Activated Sludge Treatment Plants
Joop Kruithof, Wetsus European Centre of Excellence for Stephany Wei, University of Washington (United States)
Sustainable Water Technology (The Netherlands)
11:30 - 11:45 A Novel Method Using Natural Occurring Viruses For Design And Start-Up Of The Full-Scale MABR
Log Removal Determination In Full Scale Ceramic Demonstration At The Ejby MøLle WRRF
Microfiltration Nerea Uri Carreño, VCS Denmark (Denmark)
Bram Martijn, PWN Technologies (The Netherlands)
11:45 - 12:00 Understanding UV Disinfection Under Dynamic New Directions In Process Modelling -- Catching Up
Conditions For Energy Optimization Using CFD And With Industry
Plant-Wide Models Imre Takacs, Dynamita (France)
Domenico Santoro, Trojan Technologies (Canada)
12:00 - 12:30 Discussions
12:30 - 12:45 Poster Pitch
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12:45 - 14:00 Lunch
SESSION 7: ADVANCED MEMBRANE APPLICATIONS SESSION 8: SLUDGE MANAGEMENT - INCLUDING
IN DRINKING WATER RESOURCE RECOVERY
Co-Chairs: Jonathan Clement, Stewart Sutherland Co-Chairs: Bill Barber, Elise Cartmell
14:00 - 14:30 Keynote (1) Keynote (1)
Recent and future developments with Polymeric To be provided
Membranes Dilek Sanin, Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
Graeme Pierce, Membrane Consultancy Associates (MCA)
(United Kingdom)
14:30 - 14:45 Novel Drinking Water Treatment Solution Using Low Mainstream Deammonification Achieved By
Pressure NF On Colored Surface Waters Redirecting THP-AD Stream
Philippe Sauvignet, Veolia (France) Zhiyao Wang, The University of Queensland (Australia)
14:45 - 15:00 HAOPs - A Novel Anti-fouling Material For Membranes Achieving Energy Self-sufficiency And Reducing GHG
Treating Surface Water To Drinking Water Quality. Emissions By Optimizing Sludge Treatment In Lingen,
Eilen Vik, Aquateam COWI (Norway) Germany.
Ulrich Knörle, Eliquo Stulz (Germany)
15:00 - 15:30 Discussions
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30 Keynote (2) Keynote (2)
Past, Present and Future of Ceramic Membranes Improved Treatment Processes Support the Role of
Gilbert Galjaard, Nanostone (The Netherlands) Biosolids in Sustainable Agriculture
William Toffey, BlueTech Research (United States)
16:30 - 16:45 Hybrid catalytic ozonation with ceramic membrane PReconstructing Velocity Profile To Predict The
filtration process for synergistic degradation and Formation Of Sheared And Unsheared Regions:
mineralization of organic micropollutants Impact On Anaerobic Digesters
Teik-Thye (T.T.) Lim, Nanyang Technological University Flora Markis, Hunter H2O Holdings Pty Ltd (Australia)
(Singapore)
16:45 - 17:00 Evaluation Of TiO2-GO Modified Ceramic Membranes Moving Towards Maximum Biosolids Reduction:
For Water Treatment Achieving Ultra-dewatering Of Sludge
Chen Li, Tsinghua University (China) Marlene Choo-Kun, Suez (France)
17:00 - 17:30 Discussions
17:30 - 18:00 Poster Pitch
19:00 Gala Dinner
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Day 5, Technical Visits
Friday, 14 June 2019
Glencorse Water Treatment Works Seafield Wastewater Treatment Plant
Edinburgh, Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland
The Glencorse Water Treatment Works nestles in the valley just below Seafield WWTP is the largest in Scotland and serves nearly 1 million
the beautiful Pentland Hills Regional Park, to the south of Scotland’s people, having celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018. Since 2011
Capital City, Edinburgh. In order to blend into the landscape the structures Scottish Water and Veolia have invested £34 million into Seafield,
and buildings are fully or partially buried and covered with grass roofs. The installing new equipment to improve odour as well as a thermal hydrolysis
grass roofs are the largest in Scotland and harvest rain water to provide plant which treats and pasteurises the raw sewage, generating biogas
habitats for wildlife, plants and insects. The works is one of Scottish energy which provides 85% of Seafield’s electricity. The sewage is then
Water’s largest water treatment facilities and provides potable water to turned into sludge cake and sold to farmers as organic fertiliser. This
around half a million people across the capital city and parts of Midlothian. process makes it one of the greenest waste water treatment plants in the
The plant is designed to provide up to 175 million litres of potable water a UK. The plant is capable of producing up to 2300 kilowatts of sustainable
day. electricity.
The Glencorse WTW project was required to replace Edinburgh’s two
main water treatment works at Fairmilehead and Alnwickhill. These two
works were originally built in the Victorian era and had served the city of
Edinburgh for more than a century, but by the turn of the 21st Century,
they were in need of replacement to ensure potable water standards
could be maintained well into the future as Edinburgh continues to
grow and expand.
Black & Veatch (B&V) was engaged as a design and build contractor
for the Glencorse project. The construction works were successfully
completed in March 2012 It was one of Scottish Water’s largest
construction projects, with an investment of £130m ($205m).
The WTW comprises four main structures:
•T he intake building, which blends raw water from reservoirs 30km away
and generates power for the plant,
•T he water treatment building for the CoCo DAFF process,
•T he Chlorine contact-tank for final disinfection,
• a nd a large clear water storage tank capable of holding 90 million litres.
The treatment process consists of a pioneering CoCo DAFF process.
The counter-current dissolved air flotation and filtration (CoCo-DAFF)
process is a compact water treatment process designed to remove
coagulated particulate material from the source water. This process
differs from tradition flotation and filtration processes DAF cell sits
directly above the filter.
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Programme and Organising Committee
Programme Committee Core Group
Bruce Rittmann (Chair) Arizona State University (United States)
Mark van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
(Chair) (The Netherlands)
Jonathan Clement Nanostone Water Inc. (The Netherlands)
Jurg Keller The University of Queensland (Australia)
Pedro Alvarez Rice University (United States)
Programme Committee Members
Ahmed Al Amoudi Desalination Technology Research Institute
(DTRI) of SWCC (Saudi Arabia)
Ana Soares Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
Bill Barber Cambi (United States)
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus (Cyprus)
Domenico Santoro Trojan Technologies (Canada)
Elise Cartmell Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
Francesco Fatone Università Politecnica delle Marche (Italy)
Jonathan Clement Nanostone Water Inc. (The Netherlands)
Jorg Drewes Technical University of Munich (Germany)
Jurg Keller The University of Queensland (Australia)
Mari Winkler University of Washington (United States)
Nikolay Voutchkov Water Globe Consultants (United States)
Pedro Alvarez Rice University (United States)
Shane A. Snyder Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
(Singapore)
Stewart Sutherland Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
Thomas Ternes Federal Institute of Hydrology
(BfG),Koblenz (Germany)
Organising Committee Members
Ana Soares (Chair)
Eva Estevan
Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
International Water Association
Key Dates
(The Netherlands) Deadline for submission of full papers: 1 June 2019
Eve Germain-Cripps Thames Water (United Kingdom)
Fernanda Wolter International Water Association Online registration at a regular rate: until 1 June 2019
(The Netherlands)
Lorraine Bruce Scottish Water (United Kingdom) Onsite Rate: from 10 June 2019
Paul Jeffrey Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
Simon Parsons Scottish Water (United Kingdom)
Tania Rice Cranfield University (United Kingdom)
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