8th IWA Specialist Group Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds
DATE: April 26 to 30, 2009 - VENUE: Belo Horizonte/MG
CONFERENCE TOPICS
- Conventional and new pond systems
- Integration of ponds with other systems (e.g. anaerobic reactors, wetland systems)
- Modelling of pond systems
- Pond behaviour and hydraulics
- Design models and case studies
- Removal of nutrients and toxic chemicals
- Pathogens removal
- Microbiology and molecular techniques
- Pond rehabilitation/upgrading
- Impact of pond effluents discharged into water bodies
- Pond effluent reuse
- Agriculture and industrial wastewater treatment
- Pond sludge treatment and disposal