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5th Scientific Meeting – October 2010
Papers and presentations given during the fifth SWITCH Scientific Meeting, held in Łódż, Poland:
- Session 2: SWITCH – Key products of the project
- Session 3: SWITCH cities' stories
- Session 4: Scientific Achievements of SWITCH
- Session 5: SWITCH spin-offs
- Session 6: Subject groups – Scientific working meetings
- Session 7: Results of Strategic Planning processes
- Session 8: SWITCH – the way forward
Click here for video highlights of the Scientific Meeting.
Session 2: SWITCH – Key products of the project
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 2.1 | Overview of key outputs | Carol Howe | Presentation |
| 2.2 | The SWITCH Training Kit – a contribution to building the capacity of local governments and water utilities | Barbara Anton | Presentation |
| 2.3 | Books | John Butterworth | Presentation |
| a. SWITCH in the city book | John Butterworth | Presentation | |
| b. Ecohydrology in Urban areas: Experiences of the SWITCH demonstration City of Łódż, Poland | Iwona Wagner, Maciej Zalewski | Presentation | |
| 2.4 | Manuals | ||
| a. Overview | Heiko Sieker | None | |
| b. Water Sensitive Urban Design Manual | Jacqueline Hoyer and Wolfgang Dickhaut | Presentation | |
| c. Electroflocculation-Constructed Wetland Hybrid System: The Manual | Avner Adin et al. | None | |
| d. Sustainability indicators for strategic planning: A training manual for Process Facilitators of Urban Strategic Planning processes | Peter van der Steen | Presentation | |
| e. Transitioning Manual | Alison Duffy, Chris Jefferies | Presentation | |
| 2.5 | Guidelines/Guidance | ||
| a. Overview | René van Veenhuizen | Presentation | |
| b. Scaling up SUDS demos in Belo Horizonte | Nilo Nascimento | Presentation | |
| c. Rainwater harvesting | Cai Jianming | Presentation | |
| d. Resource recovery and Reuse for Urban Agriculture | René van Veenhuizen | None | |
| 2.6 | Decision Making Tools | ||
| a. Overview | Rae Mackay | Presentation | |
| b. The City Water DSS 1. City Water Information System City Water Balance City Water Economics 2. City Water Drain 3. City Water Futures |
Marc Soutter Rae Mackay Eleni Manoli Rae Mackay Rae Mackay |
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| c. Urban Sanitation Systems | Claudia Agudelo | Presentation | |
| d. Stormwater Tools | Heiko Sieker | Presentation | |
| e. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems Design Manual | Mike Revitt | Presentation | |
| f. LCCA | None | ||
| 2.7 | Policy Briefing Notes | Ian Smout | Presentation |
| 2.8 | Final Report | Kala Vairavamoorthy | None |
| Additional presentations | |||
| SUDSLOC: A GIS-based SUDS selection tool for urban surface water management | Mike Revitt | Presentation | |
Session 3: SWITCH cities' stories
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 3.1 | Overview presentation "Putting science in SWITCH to work for cities" | John Butterworth | Presentation |
| 3.2 | Plenary presentation "The SWITCH transitioning Framework" | Alison Duffy and Chris Jefferies | Presentation |
| Parallel group workshops | |||
| City Group A Tel Aviv Alexandria Hamburg Birmingham |
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| City Group B Lima Accra Beijing Zaragoza |
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| City Group C Łódż Belo Horizonte Bogota Cali |
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Session 4: Scientific Achievements of SWITCH
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 4.1 | The background to achieving scientific breakthroughs in SWITCH | Alister Sutherland, Carmen da Silva Wells, Bertha Darteh, John Butterworth | Presentation |
| 4.2 | Natural Systems for Treatment SG | Avi Aharoni, Saroj Kumar Sharma | Presentation |
| 4.3 | Sustainable Urban Drainage | Mike Revitt | Presentation |
| 4.4 | Urban Planning and Stormwater Management | Heiko Sieker, Iwona Wagner, Mike Revitt, Jacqueline Hoyer, Björn Weber | Presentation |
| 4.5 | Resource Recovery and Productive Re-use of Urban Waste Water | René van Veenhuizen, Olufunke Cofie, Claudia Agudelo, Mónica Sanz | Presentation |
| 4.6 | Discussion | None | |
| Additional presentations | |||
| Removal of pharmaceuticals practical experience | Katarzyna Kujawa | Presentation | |
| The case of the micro-tanneries from Villapinzón – Colombia: A paradigm shift on the recovery of the Bogotá River | Universidad Nacional | Presentation | |
Session 5: SWITCH spin-offs
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 5 | SWITCH to the Future and the Future of SWITCH | Hubert Gijzen | Presentation Video [226MB] |
Session 6: Subject groups – Scientific working meetings
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 6A | Session 6A: Natural Systems for Treatment | ||
| 1. Alternative Hybrid SAT Treatments to Upgrade Effluent Quality | Avi Aharoni et al. | Presentation | |
| 2. Application of Ecohydrology principles for Multi Chamber Sedimentation Biofiltration System (MCSB) in restoration of a municipal | Wojciech Fratczak, Iwona Wagner, Maciej Zalewski | None | |
| 3. Fluxes of Carbon Dioxide, Methane and Nitrous Oxide from two pilot-scale Waste Stabilization Ponds | Juan Pablo Silva V. | None | |
| 4. Laying a Foundation for Biofouling Control in Water UF Systems by Pre-treatment with Silver Nanoparticles | Avner Adin, Avital Dror-Ehre, G. Markovich and H. Mamane | Presentation | |
| 6B | Session 6B: "Sustainable Urban Drainage" and "Urban Planning and Stormwater Management" | ||
| 1. Best Management Practice (BMP) principles for the management of stormwater | Brian Shutes, Laura Raggatt, Mike Revitt | Presentation | |
| 2. The Role of Stormwater as a Resource in the Urban Water Cycle: A Case Study in the SWITCH Demonstration City of Birmingham, UK | J Bryan Ellis, Mike Revitt | Presentation | |
| 3. Water Sensitive Urban Design for a Sustainable Stormwater Management in the City of the Future – SWITCH Research Results | Jacqueline Hoyer, Wolfgang Dickhaut | Paper | |
| 4. Handling future uncertainties in urban drainage planning using flexible systems – The COFAS Method | Christian Peters, Heiko Sieker, Jochen Eckart | Presentation | |
| 5. Economical Consequences of Floods: modeling impacts in urban areas | Vanessa Cancad, Ricardo Ruiz, Nilo Nascimento | Presentation | |
| 6. Exploring groundwater responses to future urban water management strategies using City Water Balance | Rae MacKay, Ewan Last | None | |
| 6C | Session 6C: Decentralized Wastewater Systems | ||
| 1. Introduction – presentation of Briefing Note draft | René van Veenhuizen | None | |
| 2. Cleaner Production Implementation in Twelve Micro-Tanneries at Villapinzon And Choconta | Tobon Carolina, Bello Tatyana, Escamilla Carlos, Santos Tania, Siebel Maarten, Sanz Mónica | None | |
| 3. A systematic approach to conflict resolution on a case study on Cleaner Production (CP) implementation: A way out of social exclusion | Mónica Sanz, Maarten A. Siebel, Rhodante Ahlers, Joyeeta Gupta, Pieter van der Zaag | None | |
| 4. Harnessing the Water ; Sanitation ; Agriculture Nexus for Improved Irrigated Farming in Accra, Ghana | Olufunke Cofie | None | |
| 5. Directions for improving urban sanitation in Ghana. The water, wastewater and agriculture component | Daan van Rooijen, Olofunke Cofie, Liqua Raschid-Sally | None | |
| 6. Waste water as a source for secondary resources and linkage to other urban systems | Claudia Agudelo | None | |
| 7. The Demonstration on Rainwater Harvesting in Peri-urban Beijing | Cai Jianming, Ji Wenhua | None | |
| 6D | Session 6D: Institutional Systems and Financial Instruments | ||
| 1. Options Analysis for water demand management | Sam Kayaga, Ian Smout, Daan van Rooijen | Presentation | |
| 2. Financial instruments and institutional options | Meine Pieter van Dijk | None | |
| 3. Social inclusion and governance – including the urban poor: the case of Accra | Joep Verhagen | Presentation | |
| 4. Use of Learning Alliances in Urban Water Governance: Lessons from Institutional Analysis & the Learning Alliance for IUWM in Accra | Alistair Sutherland, Bertha Darteh | None | |
Session 7: Results of Strategic Planning processes
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 7.1 | Alexandria 2037 Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) Strategic Plan | Khaled M. AbuZeid | None |
| 7.2 | Planning for Integrated Urban Water Management in Accra | Bertha Darteh, Marieke Adank, Esi Awuah, Kwabena Nyarko | None |
| 7.3 | Decontamination and recuperation of water resources in the Municipality of Cali, Colombia. A Strategic Direction | Alberto Galvis | Poster |
| 7.4 | Towards elaboration of the Strategic Document. Advance on Strategic Planning in Łódż | Monika Dziegielewska-Geitz, Iwona Wagner | None |
| 7.5 | Results of the Strategic Planning Process in Tel-Aviv | Avi Aharoni | Presentation |
| 7.6 | Achievements of SWITCH Regarding Integrated Urban Water Management in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg | Björn Weber, Wolfgang Dickhaut | None |
| Additional presentations | |||
| Institutional Systems and Financial Instruments Subject Group | Ian Smout and Joep Verhagen | Presentation | |
| Results of Strategic Planning | Presentation | ||
| Water City of the Future | Poster | ||
Session 8: SWITCH – the way forward
| Title | Author | Links | |
| 8.1 | Summary of the SG meetings | None | |
| 8.2 | Workshop – towards the final report and ahead | None | |
| 8.3 | Closing of the Conference | Maciej Zalewski, Iwona Wagner | None |
| Additional presentations | |||
| Request for your input: Transition Manual | Presentation | ||
| SUD/UPSM | Presentation | ||