IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic

Matter in WaterMALMÖ, SWEDEN 7–10 SEPTEMBER 2015

NOM 66th IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter:

Implications, challenges and solutions for water research!Natural organic matter (NOM) is ubiquitous in waters, sediments and solids. Since NOM is an integral part of the carbon cycle it may have indirect climatic effects. Therefore the interrelation between NOM and climate change has att-racted a huge attention in recent research. Several potential factors, including an increase in air and surface water tem-perature, rainfall intensity, and atmospheric CO2 and/or a decrease in acid deposition, have been proposed to explain the increased amount of NOM, but there is yet no scientific consensus on this issue.

Changes in NOM quantity and quality have a significant influence on the selection, design, and operation of water treatment processes. High seasonal variability and the trend toward elevated levels of NOM concentration in raw waters pose challenges to water utilities in terms of operational optimization and proper process control. Thus, the remo-val of NOM from water is an emerging issue, and a robust and efficient treatment technology is needed to address it. In this context, the number of publications and research activities related to NOM have been escalating over the past decades, indicating the scientific community´s burgeoning interest in NOM research. To connect to the success of the recent NOM conference in Perth, NOM6 will focus on the following topics:

March 2015

monitoring of NOM.

or recycling treatment processes.

what’s new?

drinking water purposes – what do we gain what do we loose?

microbial processes, corrosion, distribution system and process control).

reducing NOM in raw waters.

modeling.

synthetic compounds: reactivity, analysis, treatment and managing persistent organic pollutants.

Chris will discuss the characteristics and causes of long-term trends in freshwater dissolved organic carbon (DOC) con-

centrations, including the effects of atmospheric depo-sition, climate and land-use. He will describe the role of

For the year 2015/16, Professor Chris Evans has been ap-pointed as the twentieth holder of King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science.

The planned stay in Sweden involving cooperation bet-ween different skills. It will capitalize on the unique Swedish long-term measurement series of chemical para-meters from a large number of streams that are through

DOC in terrestrial carbon balances, aquatic carbon cycling and as an indirect source of greenhouse gas emissions from terrestrial ecosystems. Finally, he will consider how source-related variations in the composition of DOC, as well as other environmental factors, influence its processing and fate in a range of aquatic ecosystems.

the national surveillance program of exchange between terrestrial and aquatic environment. The aim is to develop a quantitative understanding of fresh water role in the global carbon cycle.

Professor Evans will be linked to the Department of Water and Environment at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala.

Why Malmö and NOM 6? “I am interested in how human activities impact on the ecosystem services provided by terrestrial ecosystems, including supply of drinking water, so it will be interesting to hear more about this topic from a water industry perspective.”

Key-Note Speaker Professor Chris Evans, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology at University of Bangor, Great Britain.

Chris has been appointed the twentieth holder of King Carl XVI Gustaf Professorship in Environmental Science.

Become a Sponsor of NOM6 Companies and organizations, we invite you to become sponsors of NOM 6. Partner with us to present the world’s foremost conference on the link between micro-biology, the aquatic environment, microbial ecosystems and the water industry.

Registration Standard registrationFee..............................5 900 SEK (Inc VAT. 7 375 SEK)

Registration for members of the IWAFee..............................4 900 SEK (Inc VAT. 6 125 SEK)

Registration for PhD StudentsFee..............................2 800 SEK (Inc VAT. 3 500 SEK)

Note: All fees are excluding the VAT.

CONTACT Programme & sponsorsThe Chairman of the Programme Committee:Prof. Kenneth M Persson,nom6@sydvatten.semobile +46 761 470 279

It’s easy to travel.Direct flight to Copenhagen Airport. Then 20 minutes by train over the bridge to Malmö.

Foto: Søren Madsen/Öresundsbron

Copenhagen Airport is the largest international airport next to Malmö. When you have arrived at the airport you just take the train from Terminal 3 straight to Malmö. The journey will only take you 20 minutes and you will arrive at Malmö Central station. Malmö Live and the Clarion Hotel is located only a few minutes walk from the train station.

For more details, please visit the conference website www.nom6.se

IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic Matter in WaterNOM 6

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The city of Malmö will hostthe Welcome Reception atthe Town Hall, Rådhuset.

Hotel & delegatesAnna Zetterholmanna@mkon.semobile +46-729 752 623

IWA Specialist Conference on Natural Organic

Matter in WaterNOM 6Organized byIWA and the Swedish water utility Sydvatten AB. Partners are University of Lund, Swedish Water and Wastewater Association, IWA Sweden and Sweden Water Research AB.

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