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Sanitation challenge in Wageningen

May 2008 | The Netherlands

The conference was deliberately aimed to create a dialogue between civil, process, agricultural and environmental engineers; urban planners, sociologists, economists, and political scientists who are involved in international sanitation research and implementation. It took place in Wageningen, the Netherlands from 19. to 21. May 2008.

Furthermore, this conference tried to bridge the gap between sanitation research and demonstration in the ‘North’ and in the ‘South’. Among others, the conference wanted to be a platform to present the findings of the ‘Decentralized Sanitation and Reuse’ (DESAR) project  performed in the Netherlands from 2001-2007, financed by EET  and STOWA and those of a sanitation and urban infrastructure research project in East Africa (PROVIDE).

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Presentations

Plenary sessions

Plenary opening session - Monday May 19, 2008

Science for Impact - the sanitation challenge.
Prof. Martin Kropff, Wageningen University

‘New sanitation’ a challenge for developing and developed countries.
Zeeman, Grietje and Kujawa, Katarzyna, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology

Plenary session - Tuesday May 20, 2008

The dream of a clean environment for all.
Gatze Lettinga

Pathways for future development in sanitation.
Ralf Otterpohl, Institute of Wastewater Management and Water Protection, TUHH

Plenary closing session - Tuesday May 20, 2008

Sanitation Challenge.
Spaargaren en Van Lier

Theme 1 Innovation management in sanitation

Session 1 - analytical tools (Monday, May 19, 2008)

Transitions towards developing sustainable urban environmental infrastructures in East Africa.
Peter Oosterveer and James Sano, University of Wageningen, Environmental Policy Group

Multidimensional gap analysis to diagnose innovation adoption in the sanitation sector of LDCs.
Elisa Roma and Paul Jeffrey, Centre for Water Science, Cranfield University

Evaluating various sanitation system alternatives for urban areas by multi criteria analysis-case study of Accra, Ghana.
Elisabeth v. Münch and Adriaan Mels, UNESCO-IHE and Wageningen University

Session 2 - concepts (Monday, May 19, 2008)

A tool to support the planning of closed-loop environmental sanitation systems.
Agnès Montangero et al., skat/eawag

Implementation of new sanitation concepts in a city scale - finding long-term strategies by mathematical optimisation.
Kaufmann Alves et al., University of Kaiserslautern Urban Water Management, Germany

A flowstream approach for sustainable sanitation systems.
Elizabeth Tilley and Christian Zurbrugg, EAWAG/ Sandec

Session 4 - cases (Tuesday May 20, 2008)

Design of a district water and wastewater system under the concepts of DESAR and water metabolism.
Xiaochang C Wang, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, China

Modern sanitation for the developed world: an example for new areas.
Roorda et al., Grontmij, LeAF and Water-net

Interactions of urban form and source-separating sanitation technologies.
Franziska Meinzinger et al., aww/TUHH, Germany

Social marketing for sanitation improvement in Kampala, Uganda.
Charlles B. Niwagaba et al., SSWARS, WaterAid and France Cooperation

Session 5 (Tuesday May 20, 2008)

Financing sanitation in sub-saharan Africa … is a local challenge.
Jérémie Toubkiss, Hydroconseil

Sanitation provision in urban centres of Uganda.
James Okot-Okumu, Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources

Reconsidering urban sewer and treatment facilities in east Africa as interplay of Material Flows, Sanitary Networks and Space Demands.
S.C. Letema et al., Wageningen University

Session 6 (Tuesday May 20, 2008)

Decentralised sanitation and reuse - assessment of the viability of decentralised sanitation and waste water reuse in existing cities.
de Graaf et al., Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture

A learning and decision methodology for drainage and sanitation improvement in unplanned areas in developing cities.
Joost van Buuren and Astrid Hendriksen, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology

Faecal sludge management in Accra, Ghana: problems facing urban provision.
Rebecca Scott and Niall Boot, WEDC

Three Pillars of Sustainability: a framework for provision of water and sanitation in rural Africa.
Maggie Montgomery and Menachem Elimelech, Yale University, USA

Perceptions of sustainability: planning sanitation projects in West Africa.
J.R. McConville et al., KTH/Chamlers/SEI

Theme 3 - Perspectives from the Extreme Ends of the chain

Session 3 - (Monday, May 19, 2008)

Role of farmers in improving the sustainability of sanitation systems.
Jönsson et al., EcoSanRes, SEI

Sense and sanitation.
Bas van Vliet and Gert Spaargaren, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University

Wastewater Governance: A Challenge for Environmental Engineers.
Reginald Grendelman and Frans Huibers, Irrigation and Water Engineering Group Wageningen University – the Netherlands

User acceptance of vacuum toilets and grey water systems in The Netherlands, Norway and Germany.
Telkamp et al., Wageningen University, Tauw

The sustainable transformation of sanitary systems: an end-user perspective.
D.L.T. Hegger and B.J.M. Van Vliet, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University

Perception of water, saniitatiion and heallth – a case study from the Mekong Dellta, Viietnam.
Herbst et al., Universität Bonn, Sansed

Theme 4 - Sanitation Concepts and knowledge gaps

Session 1 - concepts (Monday, May 19, 2008)

Separated grey- and blackwater treatment by the Komplett water recycling system. A possibility to close domestic water cycle.
Henning Knerr, University of Kaiserslautern, Institute of Urban Water Management

Sanitation now - what is good practice and what is poor practice?
Duncan Mara, University of Leeds

Characteristics of source-separated household wastewater flows – a statistical assessment.
Franziska Meinzinger and Martin Oldenburg, aww/TUHH

Session 2 - case studies (Monday, May 19, 2008)

Waste water as a resource for sustainable sanitation in West Africa : an example of integrated treatment.
Seidl et al., Cereve

Vacuum sewerage and grey water treatment: experience of 8 years of operation.
Oldenburg et al., Infranova GmbH&Co KG, OtterWasser, TUHH

Decentralized waste water reclamation systems in Beijing: adoption and performance under field conditions.
Mels et al., Wageningen University/ SWITCH

Ecosan demonstration project: GTZ headquarter, Germany.
Christian Olt, GTZ, Ecosan

Session 4 - black water and urine treatment (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)

Sanitation concepts and knowledge gaps, Key-note presentation.
Tove Larsen, Eawag

Nutrient recovery from black water from a Dutch perspective.
Ellen van Voorthuizen, University of Twente

Source Separation, Treatment and composting of human excreta for soil enrichment, pesticides, economic and social empowerment: Experience and practice.
Twayaga Faustino Karakuzi, Kabale Farmers Networking Association, Uganda.

The challenge to treat concentrated black water.
Marthe de Graaff, Wageningen University, Environmental Technology

Nitrification of faecal sludge liquor using pilot scale intermittent sand filters in Dakar, Senegal.
Tounkara and Elisabeth von Muench, UNESCO-IHE

Peepoo bag - self-sanitising, single use, biodegradable toilet.
Annika Nordin, Björn Vinnerås, Mikael Hedenkvist, Anders Wilhelmson, SLU, KTH

Session 5 - Grey water and domestic water treatment (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)

Biological treatment of grey water: comparison of three systems.
Hernández et al., Waginingen University, Environmental Technology

Anaerobic-aerobic treatment of grey water; continuous and batch operations
Lina Abu Ghunmi et al., Wageningen University

Decentralised treatment of high strength sewage in UASB and Anaerobic-Hybrid septic tanks.
Nidal Mahmoud, Institute of Environmental and Water Studies, Birzeit University (BZU)

Session 6 - Pathogens and micropollutants (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)

Challenging conventional sanitation options for health care units.
Jelle Roorda, Anja Derksen and Nico Wortel, Grontmij

Biodegradability of pharmaceuticals in biological systems treating source separated wastewater streams.
K. Kujawa-Roeleveld et al., Wageningen University, Environmental Technology

Fate of Pathogens in tomato plants and soil irrigated with secondary treated wastewater Maha. Halalsheh et al., WERS, JU.

Control of Enteric Bacteria in Source-Separated Human Urine.
Norbel A. Tabo, De La Salle University-Dasmariñas, Philippines

Business session (Monday, May 19, 2008)

Vitens – Evides International – sustainable water services Veenstra.
Veenstra

DeSaR-project.
Brendo Meulman, Landustrie

Safi Sana: public watsan service blocks sanitation is (should be) business - sitting down while money grows.
Ernes, Aqua for all

Sanitation in developing countries: a bussiness opportunity?
Mels et al., Lettinga Associates Foundation/ Landustrie BV

Other presentations (unknown date & session)

Sustainability of sanitation programmes in Uganda.
James Okot-Okumu, Makerere University, Institute of Environment and Natural Resources

Social and spatial challenges facing sanitation.
Rose Osinde, UN-HABITAT, Urban Environment Section

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