13th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution
27 June - 29 June 2016
San Servolo, Venice, Italy
Introduction
Water Pollution 2016 is the 13th International Conference in the series of Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Water Pollution. The conference, which has always been very successful, provides a forum for discussion amongst scientists, managers and academics from different areas of water contamination. The wealth of information exchanged in this international meeting continues to be of great benefit to all involved with water pollution problems.
The environmental problems caused by the increase of pollutant loads discharged into natural water bodies requires the formation of a framework for regulation and control. This framework needs to be based on scientific results that relate pollutant discharge with changes in water quality. The results of these studies allow industry to apply more efficient methods of controlling and treating waste loads, and water authorities to enforce appropriate regulations regarding this matter.
Environmental problems are essentially interdisciplinary. Engineers and scientists working in this field must be familiar with a wide range of issues including the physical processes of mixing and dilution, chemical and biological processes, mathematical modelling, data acquisition and measurement, to name but a few. In view of the scarcity of available data, it is important that experiences are shared on an international basis. Thus, a continuous exchange of information between scientists from different countries is essential.
Environmental problems are essentially interdisciplinary. Engineers and scientists working in this field must be familiar with a wide range of issues including the physical processes of mixing and dilution, chemical and biological processes, mathematical modelling, data acquisition and measurement, to name but a few. In view of the scarcity of available data, it is important that experiences are shared on an international basis. Thus, a continuous exchange of information between scientists from different countries is essential.
The Water Pollution Conference started in Southampton in 1991 and has been held in Milan, Italy (1993); Porto Carras, Greece (1995); Lake Bled, Slovenia (1997); Lemnos, Greece (1999); Rhodes, Greece (2001); Cadiz, Spain (2003); Bologna, Italy (2006); Alicante, Spain (2008); Bucharest, Romania (2010); The New Forest, UK, home of the Wessex Institute (2012) and the Algarve in 2014. All published papers since 1993 have been widelydistributed and archived in the eLibrary where they are permanently available to the scientific community (www.witpress.com/elibrary).
Conference Topics
The following list covers some of the topics to be presented at Water Pollution 2016. Papers on other subjects related to the objectives of the conference are also welcome.
- Monitoring, modelling and forecasting
- Freshwater quality
- Marine water quality
- Groundwater and aquifer issues
- Water management
- Remediation
- Agricultural contamination
- Wastewater treatment and management
- Offshore pollution and oil spills
- Mining and water quality
- Soil erosion and water pollution
- Emerging technologies
- Health risk studies
- Micropollution and nanoparticles
- Microbiological aspects
- Risk assessments
- Socio-economic-political consequences
- Education and training
- Population and climate change
- Future trends in water pollution
- Emerging approaches for water waste management
Find out more on the conference webpage.