-advertisements-

COP15 and water...


- advertisements -
Spacer
Climate
Climate > Wetland Technology and the Water Framework Directive

Wetland Technology and the Water Framework Directive

  27/05/2009
The water environment in Europe is in a state of decline. For many years our rivers, lakes, coasts and wetlands have been used as natural sinks - a repository for sewage, slurry, and industrial effluents - in fact almost anything which was either too difficult or too expensive to get rid of in any other way. Water quality is an issue for even the most progressive countries and how to deal with the polluting effect of growth and economic development is an on going problem.
 

 

The EU is addressing this problem by introducing what is arguably the most wide reaching legislation since the Common Agricultural Policy. There are 4 main pieces of legislation which directly affect - or will affect - the water environment. They are:

  • Introduction

  • The Water Framework Directive

  • The EU Floods Directive

  • The Nitrates Directive

  • The Urban Wastewater Directive

 

Some of these directives are already in force. Others are coming in the future. All have two

things in common - firstly, a requirement for the  regulators of member states to take

responsibility to set and impose standards designed to halt the decline and improve water quality, and secondly, the need to develop innovative technologies to meet the new standards.

 

Constructed wetlands offer new solutions to many water quality issues. They are not simply another alternative to an existing technology. Industrial wastewaters, industrial run-off pollution, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDs), Combined Sewers Overflow (CSO) and Earth Observation (EO) capacity for WwTWs, domestic and agricultural effluents, amongst others, can all be treated using constructed wetlands.

 

This seminar aims to bring together consultants, regulators, designers, researchers, installers and conservationists to explore the use and development of constructed wetlands, building on present experience, to meet and resolve current and future regulatory and water quality issues.

 





Bookmark and Share

Read more about:  policy  Industrial  environment 
Supplier: Aqua-enviro

More news from this supplier:
Co-Digestion - Is It Worth The Biogas?
Abstracts and Keynote Speakers 4th EWWM
Asset Standards - AMP 5 and Beyond
Reducing Environmental Footprint Of Water Industry
Watercourses, PCPs and the Water Framework Directive
PCPs and Endocrine Disrupters in Wastewater Treatment
Experiences with Rainwater Harvesting & Greywater
Call for Speakers on Wastewater
Rainwater Harvesting and Greywater Recycling
4th EWWM Conference


Water 2030, Who Cares?
Co-Digestion - Is It Worth The Biogas?
Wastewater Treatment Through Thai Wetlands
Hydropower Opportunities and Challenges
Water Treatment System Expansion
Water Sustainability Forum
Severn Pipe-dreams
Ceramic Water Purifier Testing
Farming Future Floodplains
Iraq Drought Aid


     


Comments (0):
There are no comments yet.
Make your comment:
Name:
Your comment:
Type over the 2 words (or number) from the picture
 
Popular news Events Job ads
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
 

Interactive


Columbia Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade

John Dooley, director of utilities and engineering for the City of Columbia (US), talks about a USD40 million project for the city's Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant. The capacity will increase to 150 million gallons/day (now 80 million gallons), and the pumping facility is to be relocated on the property. Requests for quotes are being prepared to be published soon.

 

 Last 5 items:
 Columbia Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade
 Hydrogenic City 2020 Project
 Antarctica Challenge: A Global Warning
 Youth Voice on Climate Change
 Drinking Water Analysis with USGS
 
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer
Spacer