II International Congress Smallwat 2007

CENTA, with the support of UNESCO-WWAP, Spanish Ministry of Environment, Agency of International Cooperation and Andalusian Water Agency, is organizing the event, with the objects: Be the showcase where the scientific and technical advances in wastewater technologies are shown and a debate arena for managers, technicians and users to identify their main problems in this field and draft a possible solution, Agency of International Cooperation as well as analyze the most significant aspects of the problem from a regional perspective, with special emphasis on the least favored areas, regarding the compliance of the Millennium Goals


Topics

Characterisation of wastewater generated in small communities.
Applicable legislation
Management models
Urban wastewater treatment technologies

- Preliminary treatment
- Conventional technologies: extended aeration systems, sequential reactors, membrane bio-reactors, etc.
- Non-conventional technologies: soil applications, sand filters, peat filters, stabilisation ponds, constructed wetlands, etc.
- Combined technologies
- Bio-film technologies

Stormwater treatment
Industrial wastewater treatment
Sludge treatment
Nutrients removal
Disinfection of effluent
Re-use of treated effluent.
Implementation and operation cost studies
Specific experiences, case studies, problems of treatment of discharge in small communities, etc.