Program
Topics & conveners
There have been envisaged 20 sessions by the Sc/Tc Committee on the following topics:
SESSIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZERS/CONVENERS:
- MAR and Integrated Water Resources Management.
MAR & rural.
MAR for rural and irrigation water supplies
Potential of MAR in long-term/distance water diversion schemes
MAR in conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater
Establishing strategic groundwater reserves.
River Bank Filtration.
CONVENERS:
Prof. Jeff Camkin. Univ. of Western Australia-LNEC. Australia-Portugal.
(2-TBC).
- MAR as a key Climate Change adaptation measure.
Innovation in harvesting and storing flood water
Detention and infiltration systems
Mitigation of climate change adverse impacts by means of MAR.
Flood-MAR.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Paul Pavelic. IWMI. Laos-Australia.
Dr. Noureddine Gaaloul. INRGREF. Tunisia-France.
- Sustainable MAR in developing countries
MAR in developing countries.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Yan Zheng. Univ. of Science and Technology, Beiging. China.
Dr. Carlos Gutiérrez Ojeda. Mexican Institute on Water Technology (IMTA), Mexico.
- MAR mapping.
Advanced methodologies for the selection of aquifers/sites
MAR maps methods
New MAR maps.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Arnaud Sterckx. IGRAC. The Netherlands-Belgium.
Dr. Catalin Stefan. University of Dresden. Germany.
- MAR and economic aspects.
Quantification of benefits and costs of MAR
Circular economy and MAR (from cradle to cradle)
Financing MAR for water and food security
Water footprint from MAR activities.
Green and blue waters
Public Procurement of MAR Innovative Solutions.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Andrew Ross. Australian National University. Australia.
(2-TBC).
- MAR to MAR-k€t.
MAR to complement groundwater demand management
MAR and agroindustry
MAR and Mining Industrial applications of MAR Geothermal injection, MAR to source heat pumps…
CONVENERS:
Dr. Jon San Sebastián. Tragsatec. Spain.
Ph.D. Carola Rojas Vega. Peruvian Water National Authority (ANA), Peru.
- MAR and water reuse.
Water reclamation technologies for MAR Reclaimed water reuse via aquifers.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Christoph Sprenger. Berlin Kompetenz Wasser. Germany.
Dr. Ido Negev. Mekorot Inc. Israel.
- Sustainable Managed aquifer Recharge Technical Solutions.
Advances in design and construction criteria of MAR systems
BIM
MAR Technical Solutions (SMARTS)
Methods and strategies Alternative and innovative water recharge systems
Operations and maintenance of MAR.
CONVENERS:
Dr. David G. Pyne. ASR Systems. USA.
Dr. Enrique Fernández Escalante. TRAGSA-IAH-MAR Comm. Spain.
- MAR and management of clogging.
A classical session in every ISMAR
CONVENERS:
Dr. Jordan Clark. University of California, Santa Barbara. USA.
Dr. Russell Martin. Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec, Australia.
- MAR Regulations.
MAR worldwide regulations
Recharge policies, quality standards Institutional innovation for MAR
Water banks, groundwater user groups…
Governance Decision Support Systems (DSS).
CONVENERS:
Dr. Manuel Sapiano, SEWCU, Malta.
Dr. Elena López Gunn, I-Catalist, Spain.
- MAR and monitoring.
Water management and MAR innovative systems
IT applications Normalization, standardization and interoperability advances.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Othman Almashaqbeh. Royal Scientific Society. Jordan.
MSc. Eng. Bob Bower. WGA. New Zealand.
- MAR and modeling.
New developments and codes
Practical examples Water quality interaction codes
Hydro-economic modeling.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Shakeel Ahmed. CSIR-Nat. Geophysical Res. Inst. Saphpani. India.
Dr. Rudy Rossetto. Schola Superior Ingenieria Santa Anna, Pisa. Italy.
- MAR and ecosystems.
Riparian restoration
Mitigating geological/geotechnical impacts using MAR, land subsidence, collapses…
CONVENERS:
Dr. Juan Grima Olmedo. IWRA-IGME. Spain.
Dr. Suzana de Lima Montenegro. Pernambuco University. Brasil.
- MAR in coastal areas and islands.
MAR for mitigating saltwater intrusion
MAR with desalinated water.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Kim Yongcheol. KIGAM. Korea.
(2-TBC).
- MAR and environmental impacts/risks.
Risk and impacts assessment
Specific indicator systems for MAR
MAR activities impact evaluation assessment
Benchmarking.
CONVENERS:
Dr. José Antonio de la Orden Gómez. IGME. Spain.
Dr. Larry Eaton. GSI Oregon. USA.
- MAR water quality and related hydrogeochemistry aspects.
MAR for drinking water quality improvement
Techniques to break/recycle emergent compounds.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Pieter J. Stuyfzand. University of Delft-KWR. The Netherlands.
Dr. Teresa Leitão. LNEC. Portugal.
- MAR Health Aspects.
Removal and fate of microorganisms and organic compounds
Fate of pathogens in the aquifer and fate of pollutants of concern in MAR system
Microbial ecology of MAR aquifer storage zones.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Declan Page. CSIRO Land and Water. Australia.
Dr. Boris van Breukelen. Technical University of Delft. the Netherlands.
- Urban MAR.
Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDS)
Rainwater/stormwater harvesting.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Koen Zuurbier. KWR. The Netherlands.
Dr. Sara Perales Momparler. GreenBlueManagement. Spain.
- R&D projects on MAR.
Innovation and integration in MAR Recent and ongoing R&D projects (EC perspective)
Research gaps.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Peter Dillon. Former CSIRO -IAH-MAR Comm. Australia.
(2-TBC).
- Education and Training on MAR.
Training for MAR operators
Training for future water managers
Dissemination strategies and examples.
Bench-learning.
CONVENERS:
Dr. Wang Weiping. Univ. of Jinan Shandong. IAH-MAR Comm. China.
Mr. Doug Bartlett. Clear Creek Associated – American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). USA.
Please, check the 20 session planned and kindly send your best proposal and papers to take part in them.