Sensible Water Technology (12-13 April, 2007)

12 & 13 April 2007, Wetsus, Leeuwarden

The symposium was organised by and for SENSE PhD students, but is open to anybody who is interested.

Download the final program! 

Preliminary program 

THURSDAY12 APRIL

Opening

• Dr. Carolien Kroeze (SENSE) 
• Prof. Cees Buisman (scientific director of Wetsus)

 "Waste water treatment: ready for the future?"

Opened and chaired by dr. Hardy Temmink (WUR)

Presentations by SENSE PhD students:

•  Microbial fuel cells produce electricity from wastewater. A. ter Heijne
•  Can worms solve the sludge problem? T. Hendrickx
• Process and Economic Modelling of Ultrafiltration Units: An RSM approach.
  M. Daramola
•  Link between flocculation and fouling in an MBR. M. Remy
•  Application of anaerobic membrane bioreactors to the treatment of wastewaters under extreme salinity conditions. D. Jeison
• Energy and nutrient recovery and removal of micro-pollutants from black water. M. de Graaff
• Sulfate reduction under acidic conditions in  high rate bioreactor systems for treatment of mining and metallurgical waste and process water. M.Bijmans
• Characterization and biological treatment of greywater. L. Hernández Leal
• Gas desulfurization at halo-alkaline conditions: product formation and biomass growth. P. van den Bosch

- Tour through Wetsus and poster presentations by all participants

- Throughout the symposium, there will be an exclusive exposition of paintings made by
   Antoon Akkermans (1940-2006).

Career succes panel: "Live your dream" with

• prof. Cees Buisman (Wetsus)
• prof. Fons Stams (WUR)
• dr. Maarten Nederlof (Vitens)
• Anne Jan Toonstra
• prof. Iteke Weeda

Chaired by prof. Hans Wesselingh

Dinner and evening program

• improv theatre: Ulteam
• Dance piece “Sur faces” by Silke Celeste Mehler
• Stand-up comedy “Hikikomori” by Anne Jan Toonstra
• Ceres Jazz Band

           FRIDAY 13 APRIL

"Micropollutants: analysis, toxicity and removal"

Opened and chaired by dr. Juliette Legler (VU, SENSE core 1 manager)

Presentations by SENSE PhD students:

• Influence of pH (6, 5 and 4) on nutrients dynamics and sludge characteristics of acidifying sulfate reducing bioreactors. S. Lopes
• Heavy metals in aquatic systems impacted by iron mining and ore processing in Brazil: geochemistry, bioavailability and bioaccumulation. A. Pereira
• Cobalt Toxicity in Anaerobic Granular Sludge: Role of Speciation. F. Fermoso
• Environmental Risk Assessment of pesticide use in black pepper plantations. Wiratno
• Biological removal of selenium from wastewaters – Chances and Challenges.  M. Lenz
• Local treatment of Groundwater Polluted with MTBE by Combined Adsorption and Advanced oxidation. L. Fassote
• Sulfate reduction with methane as electron donor. R. Meulepas
• Desalination with Capacitive Deionization. B. van Limpt
• Selective metal sulfide precipitation in a CSTR controlled by a pS electrode. R. Sampaio
  

"Microbiological challenges in water treatment" 

Opened and chaired by dr. Maarten Nederlof (Vitens)

 Presentations BY SENSE PhD students:

• Surface modification. A. Brzozowska
• Cleaning industrial wastewater with methane. C. Jagersma
• Characterization of natural organic matter a in drinking water train by SEC and FEEM. S. Baghoth
• Investigation of microbial communities on industrially used revers osmosis membranes. L. Bereschenko
• Cleaning under the supermarket: Assessing the bioremediation capacity of soil       contaminated with chlorinated ethenes. F. Maphosa

Closing session
Dr. Ad van Dommelen (SENSE)

Registration fee: 50 euros. This includes lunches, dinner, coffee breaks and access to the evening program.

The symposium will be an official SENSE meeting, which can be added to your ITSP.