The need to optimise resource allocation and recovery is pressing in many cities, which are increasingly water constrained and compete for water with surrounding agriculture producers, energy providers, and environmental benefits.
Areas that will be examined include:
-Re-use of municipal waste water in industries and agriculture
-Safeguarding cities and industries from floods and droughts
-Urban drainage under changing climatic conditions
-River basin information and decision support for city and industry end-users
-Other issues related to optimizing river basin management
Keynotes
Chair: Elijah Mukhala, Kenya
-WMO's efforts towards supporting water management decision making
Julius Wellens-Mensah, Switzerland
-Summary of national capacities in the production, delivery and application of climate services in Western Africa
Mbaiguedem Miambaye, Niger
-Summary of national capacities in the production, delivery and application of climate services in Eastern Africa Gaba Maki, Kenya
Discussion
Panel on the use of climate services
Moderator: Elijah Mukhala
Panelists:
-Johnson Maina, Kenya
-Julius Wellens-Mensah, WMO
-Mbaiguedem Miambaye, ACMAD - Niger
-Gaba Maki, ICPAC — Kenya
-Mohamed Tawfik, WMO
-Fetene Teshome, Ehtiopia
-Hubert Osei-Wusuansa, Ghana
-Semonseh Golla, Ethiopia
Questions & Answers
Closing remark
Subsession 1:
Water Quality: the Persistent Challenge
Chair: Thomas Chiramba, Kenya
-Introduction — Meeting the Global Water Quality Challenge
Thomas Chiramba, UNEP, Kenya
-Global Compendium on Water Quality Guidelines
Katharine Cross, IWA, Netherlands
-International Water Quality Guidelines for Ecosystems
Aruwa Bendsen, UNEP, Kenya
-World Water Assessment Programme
Dietrich Borchardt, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Group discussions
Panel discussion focusing on group feedback
-Nisapas Wongpat, Thailand
-Jane Mumbi Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company, Kenya
Subsession 2:
Groundwater Governance for Sustainable Development
Chair: Shafick Adams, South Africa
-Opening and Welcome
Dhesigen Naidoo, South Africa
-Paper presentations
~~Why centralise what needs to be decentralised
Eiman Karar, WRC
~~The legal provisions for decentralising ground water management
Jennifer McKay, Australia
~~Regional diagnosis for the sub-Saharan Africa region: An overview
Shafick Adams, South Africa
Panel discussion
Subsession 3:
Resource Recovery for Agriculture Inputs
Chair: Damian Crilly, United Kingdom
-Opening remarks from the Chair
-Feasibility of agricultural use of human urine: a case study in Danang, Vietnam
Hidenori Harada, Japan
-Solar Urine Disinfection as solution to reduce storage time in an integrated AgroSanitation system
Mariam Dakoure Sou, Burkina Faso
-Terra preta nova production for resource oriented excreta management in separately collecting sanitation facilities
Tineke Hooijmans, The Netherlands
-Evaluation of a modified septic tank system optimized for effluent re-use in agriculture
Fidelis Kilonzo, Kenya
Summary and conclusions from the Chair
Subsession 4:
Improving energy efficiency and carbon footprint of WWTPs through resource recovery and reuse
Chair: Nahashon Muguna, Kenya
-Opening remarks by Chair
-Methodology and Case Study: Planning for Energy efficiency during design of a new WWTP. Example of Melloussa, Morocco
Corinne Trommsdorff, France
-The energy-saving and costreducing Techniques on Upgrading Reconstruction and Stable Operation of WWTPs
Changlong Pang, China
-Choosing Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment Based on Lifecycle Analysis
Chunyan Chai, China
-Summary and conclusions from the Chair
Subsession 5:
From source to sea: managing the multiplicity of demand across the water value chain in transboundary river basins
Chair: Inga Jacobs, South Africa
-Welcome Inga Jacobs, South Africa
-Keynote
Henri-Claude Enoumba, Niger
-Quantity or Quality? Threats from land cover changes on water resources
Fidelis Kilonzo, Kenya
