TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Hosted and organized byMinistry for Infrastructure and TransportVenice Water Authorityconcessionary Consorzio Venezia Nuova

In collaboration withSchool of Chemical Engineering of theWastewater Treatment and Renewable Resources

Supported by

�PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

» MONDAY - 18/04/2011

SALA AUDITORIUM

12:00-1�:00 Registration

1�:00-15:00 Welcome reception

15:00-16:�0 OPENING CEREMONYPatrizio Cuccioletta President of Venice Water AuthorityGiorgio Orsoni Mayor of VeniceMarco Lupo General Director Ministry of the EnvironmentFranco Cecchi Chairman of SSS 4 WATER

16:�0-17:15 Marcos von Sperling - BrazilExtensive and natural systems for small water and wastewater systems

17:15-18:00 Grietje Zeeman - NetherlandsEcological and resource oriented sanitation in developing and developed countries

» TUESDAY - 19/04/2011

SALA AUDITORIUM SALA TEATRO

NUTRIENTS REMOVAL IN SMALL SYSTEMS ON SITE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT

Chair: Oleszkiewicz, Andreottola Chair: Jonsson, Fatone

09:00-09:25 Javier Guerrero – SpainUnderstanding the detrimental effect of nitrate presence under anaerobic conditions in a EBPR system

Marco A. Garzón-Zúñiga - MexicoTreatment of wastewater from a school in a decentralized filtration system by percolation over organic packing media

09:25-09:50 Martina Santinelli - ItalyA hybrid denitrification - alternate cycles reactor to enhance the nitrogen biological removal in a real wastewater treatment plant

Radin Maya Saphira Radin Mohamed - AustraliaNutrient leaching of turf grass irrigated with laundry and bathtub greywater

09:50-10:15 Jan Oleszkiewicz - CanadaAchieving low ammonia limit from lagoons in a cold climate

Kebreab Ghebremichael - NetherlandsBiosand filter: enhancement of the hydraulic performance using alternative filter medium

10:15-10:40 Shengbo Gu - ChinaStart up short-cut nitrification at low temperature with a real-time control strategy based on pH and blower frequency

P. L. Veale - IrelandRecycled glass compared to sand as a media in polishing filters for on-site wastewater treatment

10:40-11:05 Claudia Cattaneo - ItalyShipboard wastewater treatment: organic carbon and ammonium nitrogen removal in a moving bed biofilm reactor

Richard John Outhwaite - United KingdomOptimisation of household scale biosand filters

PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

4 PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

coffee break

Chair: Gonzales, Bolzonella Chair: Zeeman, Pavan

11:25-11:50 Tarek Ismail Sabry - EgyptAn Integrated anaerobic - Aerobic system for wastewater treatment in rural areas

Daniel Paul Smith - United StatesOnsite wastewater nitrogen reduction with expanded media and elemental sulfur biofiltration

11:50-12:15 Giacomo Carletti - ItalyBiological process optimization: nutrients performances, settling behaviour and biotic quality of the sludge

Joe Whitehead - AustraliaManaging on-site wastewater management systems and their contribution to water quality in Gippsland, Australia

12:15-12:40 Roque Passos Piveli - BrazilNitrification and denitrification simultaneous: alternative for improvement of domestic sewage treatment by activated sludge

Laurence William Gill - IrelandRecent developments in on-site wastewater treatment legislation for Ireland

12:40-1�:05 Youku Gong - ChinaFormation of N2O during denitrification process under low dissolved oxygen concentration

Abdelkader Lakel - FranceOn-site wastewater treatment system: efficiency at long term and behavior of sand filter in great variations of organic and hydraulic loads

lunch

EXTENSIVE AND NATURAL SYSTEMS STORMWATER AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT

Chair: Von Sperling, Tromellini Chair: Gonzales, Carrer

14:00-14:25 Yutaka Sakakibara - JapanTreatments of trace phenolic EDCs by aquatic plants

14:25-14:50 Arnoud Cuppens - BelgiumDefinition of realistic disturbances as a crucial step during the assessment of resilience of natural wastewater treatment systems

Giorgio Ferrari - ItalyThe characteristics of rainfall runoff in the Venice area and the actions of the Venice Water Authority for stormwater management

14:50-15:15 Humberto Carlos Ruggeri - BrazilPost treatment of effluent from shallow pond aiming at multiple service

Stefano Biondi - ItalyStormwater collection and management: innovative installation in large infrastructures

15:15-15:40 Angela Ortigara - ItalyInfluence of high organic loads during the summer period on the performance of Hybrid Constructed Wetlands (VSSF+HSSF) treating domestic wastewater in the Alps region

Mouna Ketata-Rokbani - TunisiaSpatial variability of groundwater quality parameters in El Khairat deep aquifer (Enfidha, Tunisian Sahel)

coffee break

» TUESDAY - 19/04/2011

5PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Kimura, Eusebi

16:00-16:25 Antonio Albuquerque - PortugalImpact of mass loading rate and vegetation on the performance of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

16:25-16:50 Neil Buchanan - AustraliaComparison of a high rate algal pond with a ‘standard’ secondary facultative waste stabilisation pond in rural South Australia

Meeting of management committee of SWWS and ECOSAN

16:50-17:15 Tsunao Matsumoto - BrazilSolids, organic matter and pathogens removal performance by primary facultative stabilization ponds

17:15-17:40 Ligia Amado - PortugalInfluence of the hydraulic loading rate on the performance of a LECA-based horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland

17:40-18:05 Tal Ronen - IsraelExtensive systems with intensive process for decentralized communities

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011

SALA AUDITORIUM SALA TEATRO

SEQUENCING BATCH OR INTERMITTENTLY AERATED BIOREACTORS WATER REUSE AND RESOURCE RECOVERY

Chair: Torrijos, Battistoni Chair: Zeeman, Bolzonella

09:00-09:25 Mariele Katherine Jungles - BrazilEvaluation of aerobic granular sludge technology for the treatment of sewage in small communities in Brazil

Marthe de Graaff - NetherlandsResource recovery from black water: total concept and outlook

09:25-09:50 Claudio Di Iaconi - ItalyA low footprint and excess sludge production system for wastewater treatment

Eran Friedler - IsraelPotential impacts of on-site greywater reuse in landscape irrigation

09:50-10:15 Silvia Lopez Palau - SpainControl of a granular sequencing batch reactor treating winery wastewater based on DO and ORP profiles

Lucia Hernandez Leal - NetherlandsGrey water treatment concept integrating water and carbon recovery and removal of micropollutants

10:15-10:40 Barbara Paci - ItalySmall wastewater treatment plants: modelling and real results of the alternate cycles process.

Kangmin Chon - Republic of KoreaPerformance assessment of pilot-scale municipal wastewater reclamation system using coagulation, disk filtration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membrane

coffee break

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011

6 PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

Chair: Mata-Alvarez, Ramadori Chair: Richard, Eusebi

11:25-11:50 Simon Gonzalez - MexicoPerformance evaluation of a SBR under high organic loads treating municipal wastewater

Baiyu Zhang - CanadaBiosurfactant production through solid waste composting

11:50-12:15 Francesco Fatone - ItalyTreatment of strong nitrogenous wastewater in a small SBR for the short-cut nitrogen removal

Hui-Wen A. Cheng - IrelandDetermining potential indicators of Cryptosporidium oocysts throughout wastewater treatment process

12:15-12:40 Sebastiano Carrer - ItalyMBR and SBR decentralized treatment plants for the city of Venice. Reliability and efficiency analysed through a remote control system.

Carlos Chernicharo - BrazilMethane losses in UASB reactors treating domestic wastewater: mass balance and possible improvements

12:40-1�:05 Bilsen Beler Baykal - TurkeyAn investigation on the recovery of plant nutrients from clinoptilolite exhausted with domestic wastewater

Lunch

MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY PLANNING AND POLICY

Chair: Kimura, Fatone Chair: Torrijos, Bernstein

14:00-14:25 Siok Ling Low - SingaporeNutrients removal by microalgae cultivated using effluent from membrane bioreactors

Richard Roland - CanadaEnvironmental Management System (EMS) for biosolids composting “A Canadian success story”

14:25-14:50 Mohammed Othman - Saudi ArabiaEvaluation of cloth-media filter for membrane bioreactor treating municipal wastewater

Willj Merz - ItalyA territorial approach for excess sludge management: the case of autonomous province of Trento

14:50-15:15 Katsuki Kimura - JapanTreatment of municipal wastewater with a short retention time by a baffled membrane bioreactor: performance and fouling characteristics

Thomas Hug - SwitzerlandStochastic modeling to identify requirements for centralized monitoring of distributed wastewater treatment

15:15-15:40 Philippe Humeau - FranceTechnical-economic analysis of implementation of membrane processes for on-site greywater recycling

Nilaksh Kothari - IndiaEcological Sanitation-Sustainable Solution for Developing Countries

coffee break

Chair: Fatta-Kassinos, Ferrari Chair: Gonzales, Pavan

16:00-16:25 Jim Chen - SingaporeMembrane bioreactor process modeling and optimization by artificial neural network and integrated bioprocess models

Elisabetta Tromellini - ItalyThe decentralized wastewater treatment system of the city of Venice leads to the improvement of water quality in its canals.

16:25-16:50 Monica Liliana Salazar - MexicoInfluence of hydraulic retention time on permeate quality and fouling in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating synthetic municipal wastewater

Marcos von Sperling - BrazilBreakdown of construction costs for conventional sewerage systems (collection, transportation and treatment) in Brazilian towns

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011

7PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

16:50-17:15 Victor Wei - CanadaElectrically enhanced MBR system for total nutrient removal in remote northern applications

Alejandro Meleg - ColombiaSISAR: An Innovative Sustainable Management Model for Small Decentralized Water and Wastewater Systems in Developing Countries

17:15-17:40 Kathleen Moons - BelgiumFrom conventional SWWTP to small MBR opportunities in Flanders

Akira Sakai - JapanAn Integrated Planning Scheme to Improve the Living Environment through Safe Water Supply and Sanitation in a Rural Village of Bangladesh

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011

ROOM 6

Le attività di Salvaguardia effettuate dal Magistrato alle Acque di VeneziaThe environmental safeguarding activities carried out by the Venice Water Authority

Conduttore - Chair: Dott.ssa Elisabetta Tromellini

09:00 Saluti di benvenutoWelcome to participants

Prof. Ing. Patrizio Cuccioletta

09:15 Le attività di Salvaguardia della LagunaThe activities for the safeguard of the Venice Lagoon

Ing. Arch. Giampietro Mayerle

09:45 L’Ufficio Tecnico dell’AntinquinamentoThe Pollution Control Office

Ing. Alfredo CaielliDott. Giorgio Ferrari

10:15 I laboratori e la rete di monitoraggio dell’Ufficio Tecnico per l’AntinquinamentoThe laboratories and the water monitoring system of the Pollution Control Office

Dott. Claudio CarrerDott.ssa Elisabetta Pisaroni

11:00 pausa

11:�0 Il Centro Sperimentale di Voltabarozzo - PadovaThe Hydraulics Models Center of Voltabarozzo - Padua

Ing. Maurizio Pozzato

12:10 Il Servizio Informativo a supporto della conoscenza dell’ambienteThe Informative Service

Ing. Roberto Rosselli

12:�0 La tutela dell’acqua in Laguna e nel territorioThe protection of water in the Lagoon and in the mainland

Ing. Alfredo Riondino

1�:00 fine

L’impegno dei Club Services e delle Associazioni per l’acqua nel mondoThe Club Services and Associations effort for the water in the world

Presiede - Chair: Dott.ssa Elisabetta Tromellini Soroptimist

14:00 Saluti delle AutoritàOpening ceremony

14:20 Soroptimists go for water Dott.ssa Wilma MalucelliSoroptimist

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011

8 PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

14:40 Rotary: l’acqua come prioritàRotary: water as a priority

Dott. Alvise FarinaRotary

15:00 Associazioni, professioni e l’impegno per l’acquaAssociations, professionals and the effort for water

Prof. Arch. Alessandro CastagnaroANIAI

15:20 Peculiarità degli acquiferi profondi del Veneto orientalePeculiarity of deep aquifer in the Oriental Veneto Region

Ing. Vittorio DrigoCollegio degli Ingegneri

15:40 ConclusioniConclusions

Dott. Giorgio VallicellaRotary - Distretto 2060

16:00 pausa

16:�0-18:00 Sessione aperta: informativa dei singoli club e associazioni, esposizione materialiOpen session: information from clubs and associations, material exhibition

» THURSDAY - 21/04/2011

SALA AUDITORIUM SALA TEATRO

AREA STUDIES – CASE STUDIES CHEMICAL PHYSICAL TREATMENT

Chair: Mata-Alvarez, Di Iaconi Chair: Fatta-Kassinos, Cavinato

09:00-09:25 Stephen Kennedy - United KingdomWastewater Management at Saudi Aramco Drilling Rig Sites using Modern Mobile Wastewater Treatment Processes

Irene Michael - CyprusOfloxacin removal from secondary treated domestic effluents by solar catalytic processes

09:25-09:50 Raffaella Rizzetto - ItalyManagement of decentralized waste water treatment plants in Venice. Analysis of costs and efficiency

V. Kraemer - NetherlandsCoagulation of municipal wastewater using bio-coagulant in combination with alum

09:50-10:15 Tsunao Matsumoto - BrazilManagement results evaluation for two wastewater treatment in the city of Santa Fe do Sul-SP, Brazil

Mansoor Ahammed - IndiaEffect of source water quality on solar water disinfection under real conditions with or without solar collectors

10:15-10:40 Anna Laura Eusebi - ItalyIndustrial wastewater platform: upgrading of the biological process and operative configurations to best performances

Ximena Maria Vargas - ColombiaCoupled system evaluation photo-fenton / aerobic SBR treatment for synthetic textile wastewater degradation

10:40-11:05 Giovanni Sacchiero - Italy“Leflor” horizontal flow drying beds: a solution for a territorial sludge management

Gavin Lawrence Park - United KingdomThe effect of intermittent operation on a wind-powered membrane system for brackish water desalination

coffee break

» THURSDAY - 21/04/2011

9PLATFORM PRESENTATIONS

» THURSDAY - 21/04/2011

SALA AUDITORIUM

Chair: Cecchi

11:15-12:00 Roberto Ramadori - ItalySequencing batch reactors for small municipal and industrial wastewater treatment

12:00-1�:00 AWARDS AND CONCLUDING REMARKSPatrizio Cuccioletta President of Venice Water AuthorityAlfredo Riondino Venice Water Authority

Awards, young water prizes and closing ceremony

lunch

14:00-18:00 Technical tours

» FRIDAY - 22/04/2011

TECHNICAL TOUR

09:00-1�:00 Technical tour (MOSE)

» FRIDAY - 22/04/2011

11POSTERS

POSTERS» TUESDAY - 19/04/2011 SWWS

Seungho Yu KOREA, REPUBLIC OF Disinfection of Wastewater Effluent by UV and Radiation, and Microbial Reactivation 01

M. Milan ITALY Upgrading of a wastewater treatment plant of a touristic locality with a Membrane Bioreactor 02

Luigi Falletti ITALY Rainwater in Wastewater Treatment Plants: a Case Study 0�

lain-Chuen Juang TAIWAN, CHINA The Influence of Characteristics of Industrial Wastewater on Permeate Flux of Membrane Process 04

Simone Damasceno BRAZILpH, alkalinity and temperature monitoring for biological nitrogen removal by sequencing batch reactor

05

Mohammad Reza Mehrnia IRAN Describe of sectional resistance of biofouling in

sMBR by a simple model 06

Hussein Znad AUSTRALIA Self Immobilized Activated Sludge in a Newly Modified Airlift Bioreactor for Wastewater Treatment 07

Hermes Redi ITALY Design of the New Equalization Compartment in the Trissino (Vi) Wastewater Treatment Plant 08

Mohammad Reza Mehrnia

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Coating modification of polysulfone ultrafiltration membranes for separation of water from W/O emulsions

09

Wanxia Fu CHINA Testing And Analysis Of The Water-saving Effects Of Flow-limiting Valve In Public Buildings 10

Iori Mishima JAPANCharacteristics of nitrogen removal and N2O generation in small scale wastewater treatment plant

11

Dokianakis Spyros GREECE PAHs and LAS mass balance in a free water surface constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater 12

Loredana De Florio SPAIN Hybrid Membrane bioreactor application for decentralized treatment and reuse 1�

Hidenori Harada SPAIN Economic analysis of decentralized sanitation systems: a case study in Japan 14

Fernanda Lopez SPAIN Aerobic degradation of Caffeine by Sequencing batch reactor 15

12 POSTERS

Bing Chen, CANADAA Preliminary Study on the Ultraviolet Irradiation Effect on Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Offshore Produced Water

16

Mohammad Reza Mehrnia

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Removal of oily hydrocarbons from industrial wastewater by a submerged membrane bioreactor 17

Mohammed Abu-Nayan UNITED KINGDOMWastewater Management at Saudi Aramco Drilling Rig Sites using Modern Mobile Wastewater Treatment Processes

18

L. Conte ITALYSmall urban wastewater treatment plants: centralization or upgrading ? Two Italian cases of study

19

Mohammad Reza Mehrnia

ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Continuous treatment of phenolic wastewater by MBR: pure culture of Alcaligenes faecalis 20

Barbara Carrera ITALY The historical evolution of regulations concerning sewage discharges in Venice. 21

Ayese Sarimeseli TURKEY Cleaning of Domestic and Industrial Waste Water from Magnetic Particles Using Electromagnetic Filter 22

Roque Passos Piveli BRAZILComparative analysis between the activated sludge process and the moving bed biofilm reactor for the nitrogen removal of sewage

2�

Facchin ITALYApplication of a sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of pastry wastewater in an isolated area. A case study

24

» TUESDAY - 19/04/2011 SWWS

1�POSTERS

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011 ECOSAN

Raafat Alnaizy UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Decentralized Treatment of Domestic Wastewater for Irrigation in Semi-arid Countries 01

Shao-Feng Tseng TAIWAN, CHINA Biological hydrogen production using alumina balls immobilized Clostridium butyricum CGS2 02

Chia-Ming Chang TAIWAN, CHINA Biological hydrogen production using alginate immobilized Clostridium butyricum CGS2 0�

Majid Dixon IRAQ Use of Ballast Flocculation to Treat Iraqi Surface Water 04

Peter Ridderstolpe SWEDEN Now is the time for Sustainable Sanitation in Central and Eastern Europe 05

Nolwenn PRADO FRANCELong Time Performances of a Small Aerated Domestic Wastewater Treatment System under Restrictive Conditions

06

Marika Palmér Rivera SWEDEN Blackwater separation and reuse with vacuum toilets in a local activity centre in Sweden 07

Meiyan Xing CHINA

A Less Resource Intensive and More Ecological Sustainable Option for Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment Employing Vermifiltration in Rural Areas in China

08

Gernot Kayser GERMANY Optimized nutrient elimination in subsurface flow constructed wetlands 09

Ebba Cecilia af Petersens SWEDEN Avloppsguiden - the Swedish national knowledge node for onsite sanitation 10

Michalis Fountoulakis GREECEOpinion of urban and rural population about wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation in Heraklion, Crete, Greece

11

Tsunao Matsumoto BRAZILSolids, Organic Matter and Pathogens Removal Performance by Primary Facultative Stabilization Ponds

12

Abbas Kaviani ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN

Crop Water Productivity Estimation in Qazvin Plain with Remote Sensing and Lysimeter 1�

Bharat Sapkota NEPALPost Construction Approach: Sustainability of Rural Infrastructure in Very Poor Community The RVWRMP experiences in Far and Mid Western Nepal

14

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011 ECOSAN

14 POSTERS

Tsunao Matsumoto BRAZILEvaluation of the Mula WWTP effluent disposal inflence in the Cabeceira da Mula stream water quality index

15

MA Hongtao CHINAMethodology of Basin Integrated Wastewater Treatment System Planning Based on Water Quality Objective - A Case Study in Beijing Nanshahe River

16

Marisela Bernal González MEXICO

Identification of methanogenic and sulfato-reducing bacteria from three upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors operating at 45, 55, and 65ºC with sugarcane-based vinasses diluted with tap water (50:50)

17

Valeria Maria Becette ARGENTINA Treatment of effluent from a lemon processing plant by using water hyacinth 18

Maruf Mortula UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Heavy Metal Removal from Aluminum Smelter Waste Water using Tree Leaves 19

Hakan Jonsson SWEDEN Greywater treatment using bark filter: focus on BOD5 reduction compared to a sand filter 20

Nan SHENG HONG KONG Case study: analysis of public-private partnerships for a small-scale water supply project in China 21

Simone Damasceno Gomes BRAZIL Anaerobic treatment of wastewater from starch using

bamboo medium support 22

Cuimin Feng CHINA Evaluation and Analysis on Eutrophication Level for a Lake in China 2�

Cristiane Kreutz BRAZILHydrodynamic response of an anaerobic fixed bed reactor subjected to constant flow treating cattle slaughterhouse wastewater

24

Roque Passos Piveli BRAZIL Effluent Post-Treatment of Wastewater from UASB Treatment Aiming to Use in Agricultural Soils 25

Elena Rada ITALYDecentralized wastewater treatment selection for reducing the potential health risk in a low-income region in Chile

26

» WEDNESDAY - 20/04/2011 ECOSAN

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