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An Integrated Project Funded by the European Commission under the Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems Thematic Priority Area.
  Contract Number: 018320
Project Cordinator: Dr. Theo van den Hoven KIWA Water Research Project Duration: 1st January 2006 to 31st December 2010
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Workshop on Water monitoring technologies: Harmonised approach to performance demonstration25-26 October 2007
Location: Kiwa Water Research Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
Background and objectives of the workshopThe European Commission’s Environmental Technology Action Plan (ETAP) aims at promoting environmentally sound technologies (EsT). One of the priority actions of ETAP is the establishment of an European EsT verification system. A performance verification system will help innovative eco-technologies and provide objective proof that the claimed performance is reliable. TESTNET is one of the European projects selected to " test the testing system ". It is funded by the European Union within the 6th Research Framework Programme.
The Nordic Water Technology Verification Network NOWATECH (funded by Nordisk InnovationsCenter) supports the Nordic technology providers and users, as well as test center operators by establishing Nordic test centers, in line with the European ETV initiative. The main objective is to support the Nordic environmental technology industry in both the home market and the global market by giving access to accepted and comparable technology verification data. The NOWATECH project will provide four ETV test centers within the water technology sector, and a cooperation with networks of technology providers and users.
Within the FP6 TECHNEAU project, new technologies for water monitoring are developed, optimised and extensively tested in waterworks for their application in controlling water quality in the whole drinking water production process from source to tap. Evaluation criteria are not only performance characteristics like sensitivity or reproducibility, but also include criteria like ease-of-use, robustness, maintenance, and costs. These new and innovative monitoring technologies include on-line UV sensors for source water control as well as for operational control of different treatment steps, effect-related DNA-arrays for the detection of various adverse effects, fish biomonitors for continuous quality control of the finished water, and electronic nose and tongue technologies for taste and odour control.
The central mission of the Virtual Institute for Reference Materials (VIRM) is to be a knowledge network and a facility to encourage the interaction between all stakeholders in the field of Reference Materials (Certified Reference Materials, Quality Control Materials) for analysis. This institute plays a supporting role in the ETV initiative. The foundation and initial development of the Virtual Institute (2003-2005) was financially supported by the European Community within the 5th Research Framework Programme.
Nowadays, on-line biomonitors have reached a level of technical development that has made them extremely useful in the practical field. On-line biomonitors are currently being used to monitor the water quality of the surface water at seven locations in the Netherlands. Five of the locations are intake points of water companies and two are national river authorities monitoring stations. The aim of the intake protection of the different water companies is to detect pollution peaks at an early stage and to selectively abstract good quality water for the production of drinking water. In the past few years, a lot of research has been done to improve the operationality of these early warning systems and to integrate the biomonitoring efforts into the existing chemical monitoring programmes.
The objective of this workshop is to bring together the knowledge as it is developed in all these different projects and initiatives, in order to learn from each other’s experiences. This workshop will provide an overview of the latest developments in the establishment of a European ETV, and the state-of-the-art in on-line (bio)monitoring technologies and their practical application in the field.
For more information please download the conference announcment and program. For registration please use the registration form below.
Venue and date of the workshopKiwa Water Research, Groningenhaven 7, 3433 PE Nieuwegein, The Netherlands 25-26 October 2007
Organising committeeAnders Lynggaard-Jensen & Corina de Hoogh
Contact addresses: Anders Lynggaard-Jensen DHI - Water, Environment, Health Science Park Aarhus Gustav Wiedsvej 10 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Phone: +45 8620 5120 Fax: +45 8619 7511 E-mail: alj@dhigroup.com
Corina de Hoogh KIWA Water Research Groningenhaven 7 P.O. Box 1072 3430 BB Nieuwegein, The Netherlands Phone: +31 30 6069597 Fax: +31 30 6061165 E-mail: corina.de.hoogh@kiwa.nl |
About TechneauTECHNEAU, an integrated project funded by the European Comission, challenges the ability of traditional system and technology solutions for drinking water supply to cope with present and future global threats and opportunities. This will be initiated through rethinking of current water supply options and by providing researched and demonstrated new and improved technologies for the whole water supply chain. More... EventsOctober 4-5, 2010 October 27-28, 2010 |
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