Professionals and students in the sector will discuss the challenges, solutions, and future of water management from April 8 to 11.
The 17th edition of the Water Congress will take place in Lagos at the Vila Galé Hotel from April 8 to 11. Organised by the APRH (Portuguese Water Resources Association), the event will bring together professionals from the sector and students to discuss challenges, solutions, and the future of water management.
At the moment, the association is inviting interested parties to submit their contributions on various thematic areas related to the defined general and specific themes through summaries of between 300 and 400 words on a project that has been developed or is in development.
Papers should be submitted here, while registration for the congress can be completed via this link.
The topics under debate at the 17th Water Congress will be:
// Public policies and water governance
_ Strategic planning of water bodies
_ Water management and socioeconomic development
_ Legislation and articulation of public policies
_ Public policies and regulation of water services
_ New Urban Waste Water Directive (URWD)
_ New legislation on the quality of water intended for human consumption
// Water and land management
_ Water quality (surface and groundwater) in river basins and coastal areas
_ Integrated watershed management
_ Planning for effective management of existing systems
_ Integrated management of water supply and demand
_ Sustainable management of aquifers
_ Value of water â water use, territorial cohesion and solidarity
_ Adaptive management in the context of climate adaptation â from the source to the sea
// Collaborative, multidisciplinary and multisectoral approaches
_ Invasive species in aquatic ecosystems: management and mitigation strategies
_ Resilient management of resources and services
_ Citizen science in river, estuarine and coastal spaces
_ Plastics and emerging contaminants in surface water systems
_ Water scarcity and reconciliation of uses (e.g. urban, agricultural, tourism and industrial)
_ Operational optimisation and resilient management of water services (urban and agricultural)
// Science and technology for innovation in the water field
_ Intelligent use of water â effectiveness, efficiency and resilience
_ Monitoring, control, artificial intelligence and data management
_ Fundamental research â simulation, modelling and new methods in river processes
_ Improving the resilience of water services
_ Water technologies â new solutions, systems and equipment
_ Innovation â planning, observation, warning and forecasting
_ New generation digital aquifer modelling
// Naturally based solutions
_ Recovery of aquatic ecosystems
_ Ecosystem services and remuneration models
_ Restoration and connectivity of surface water systems
_ Interventions in estuaries and coastal areas
_ Green infrastructure and decentralised solutions for water management
_ Source control solutions for stormwater management
// Water, energy and decarbonisation nexus
_ Hydroelectricity â hydroelectric plants, mini-hydroelectric plants and micro-generation
_ Wave, tidal and offshore wind energy
_ New challenges â hybridisation of energy sources, green hydrogen and energy communities
_ Efficiency and energy use in water services
_ Energy transition in the context of climate adaptation
