17th Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 9th Resource Oriented Sanitation
17th SWWS and 9th ROS
Local organizer
Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental (ABES), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Companhia de Saneamento do Paraná (SANEPAR), Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Estações Sustentáveis de Tratamento de Esgoto (INCT ETEs Sustentáveis)The International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Groups for Small Water and Wastewater Systems (SWWS) and the Resource Oriented Sanitation (ROS) held the latest version of the IWA SWWS and the IWA ROS in 2019 Australia. The proposal is to return to hold both conferences – 17th IWA Small Water and Wastewater Systems and 9th IWA Resource Oriented Sanitation – in Curitiba, Paraná State, Brazil. The event is aimed at water and sanitation specialists, researchers, students and companies with solutions for resource recovery and small water and sewage treatment systems. During the event it is intended to bring together participants from different parts of the world, in particular the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Thematic areas
Wastewater Systems (small scale), Wastewater Systems (large scale), Water and Health, Resource Recovery and Reuse, Treatment Technologies, InnovationEvent topics
Case studies of small water and wastewater systems
Resource-oriented sanitation solutions
Energy efficiency in small water and wastewater systems
Small scale and decentralized wastewater treatment and manage
Eco-solutions for wastewater treatment
Management of sludge from small water and wastewater systems
Non-sewered systems
Monitoring and removal of emerging contaminants and pathogens
Monitoring of water bodies
Nutrients removal and recovery in source-separation systems
Pathogen fate and removal in water and wastewater systems
Sanitation solutions for rural communities
Biogas management and energy recovery
Odor control and carbon neutrality in wastewater systems
Sludge treatment and reuse
Water reuse (rain water harvesting, use of treated wastewater
Management and planning tools (LCA, risk assessment
Social aspects, environmental policies and regulations
Innovation, education, training and certification
Environmental microbiology and population dynamics
Process modelling
Wastewater-based epidemiology
Organizing Committee
Karen Juliana do Amaral (chair)
Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental / Universidade Federal do Paraná
Brazil
Yes
Gustavo Collere Possetti
Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental / Water and Sanitation Company of Paraná State
Brazil
Yes
Inga Herrmann
Luleå University of Technology
Sweden
Yes
Günter Langergraber
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
Austria
Yes
Paula Loureiro Paulo
Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul
Brazil
Yes
Cesar Rossas Mota Filho
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia em Estações Sustentáveis de Tratamento de Esgoto / Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brazil
Yes
Programme Committee
Gustavo Collere Possetti (chair)
Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Sanitária e Ambiental / Water and Sanitation Company of Paraná State
Brazil
Yes
Germán Buitrón Méndez
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico
Yes
Florent Chazarenc
French National Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE)
France
Yes
Guoren Xu
Harbin Institute of Technology
China
Yes
Yang Liu
University of Alberta
Canada
Yes
Kai Udert
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Switzerland
Yes
Darja Istenic
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering
Slovenia
Yes
Girija Ramakrishna
CDD Society
India
Yes
Sadhan Kumar Ghosh
Jadavpur University
India
No
Prithvi Simha
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
Sweden
Yes
Staffan Filipsson
IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Sweden
Yes
Abdulmajid Sulaiman
Bayero University, Kano
Nigeria
Yes
Kartik Chandran
Columbia University
United States Of America
Yes
Gabriel Carranza
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
United States Of America
Yes
Goksen Capar
Ankara University
Turkey
Yes
Jaime Díaz Gómez
Universidad de Boyacá, Uniboyacá
Colombia
No
Klaus Ruben Nelting
Ostfalia University
Germany
No
Luewton Lemos F Agostinho
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Netherlands
No
Jules van Lier
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
No
Raul Muñoz
Universidad de Valladolid
Spain
No
Ana Soares
Cranfield University
United Kingdom
Yes
Marcos von Sperling
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Brazil
Yes
Carlos Augusto Chernicharo
CR-ETES
Brazil
Yes
Lourdinha Florêncio
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Brazil
No
André Bezerra dos Santos
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Brazil
No
Marcelo Antunes Nolasco
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
Yes
Karen Juliana do Amaral
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Brazil
Yes
Previous editions of this event
12th SWWS + 4th ROS Muscat, Oman, 2-4 November 2014
13th SWWS + 5th ROS Athens, Greece, 14-16 September 2016
14th SWWS + 6th ROS Nantes, France, 22-26 October 2017
15th SWWS + 7th ROS Haifa, Israel, 14-18 October 2018
16th SWWS + 8th ROS Perth, Australia, 1-5 December 2019
Type Conference (in person)
Country Brazil
City Curitiba
Start date 10 Nov 2024
End date 14 Nov 2024
Upcoming deadlines
01/12/2023
Call for papers open
01/12/2023
Registration opens
31/05/2024
Extended abstract submission deadline
01/07/2024
Authors’ notification
01/08/2024
Full paper submission deadline
01/08/2024
Early bird registration deadline
01/11/2024
Registration closes