WRE Activities – Webinars

Water Reuse Europe Activities

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Webinar on What is the place of decentralised wastewater treatment for water reuse in Europe?

On 7th February 2024, Water Reuse Europe brought together experts on decentralised treatment from across Europe and beyond to discuss drivers for considering this option, innovative strategies and technologies, benefits and challenges, regulatory issues, costs implications and overall shed some light on how decentralised treatment can play a role in the development of the European water reuse sector.

Our webinar’s speakers included:

  • Paula Kehoe, Director of Water Resources, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC), USA.
  • Pierre Magnes , Managing Director, FIRMUS and FGWRS France.
  • Isabelle Michel, Process Engineer, Aquabio, UK.
  • Dries Seuntjens, Project Manager, DuCoop, Belgium.
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    Water Reuse Europe members can access the webinar recording and presentation files in our members area.

    Water Europe Joint Webinar on Agricultural water reuse in Europe: status, challenges and opportunities for further growth

    On the 27th June 2023, Water Reuse Europe and Water Europe – through the expertise of its Working Group on Water and Sustainable Agrifood Systems –brought together experts in the agricultural water reuse sector from across Europe, to discuss the status of water reuse through examples of good practices, the challenges faced to comply with the EU Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2020/741) on minimum requirements for water reuse coming into force on the 23rd of June 2023, and opportunities to further encourage circular approaches in the agricultural sector.

    Our webinar’s speakers included:

  • Roberta Maffettone, Scientific Project Officer, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy.
  • Francesco Fatone , Professor of Chemical-Environmental Engineering, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy.
  • Maria Nikolopoulou, Environmental Engineer, EYDAP SA, Greece.
  • Attilio Toscano, Professor of Agricultural Hydraulics and Watershed Protection, University of Bologna, Italy.
  • Stevo Lavrnić, Senior Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy.
  • Ulf Miehe, Head of Process Innovation, KWB, Germany.
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    Water Reuse Europe members can access the webinar recording and presentation files in our members area.

    Webinar on Governance Models for Water Reuse In Europe - July 2022

    On the 5th July 2022, Water Reuse Europe brought together speakers from across Europe involved in the development and implementation of water reuse schemes to discuss the governance models in place in their respective countries, the challenges associated with these, and how the concept of governance is decisive in success of any water reuse scheme.

    Our webinar’s speakers included:

  • Miquel Rovira Boixaderas, Sustainability Area Director and Member of the Steering Committee, Eurecat, Spain. On: Water Reuse in Tarragona, Spain
  • Giacomo Giannoccaro , Associate professor, Dip. Scienze Agro-Ambientali e Teritoriali (DiSAAT), Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy. On: Reclaimed urban wastewater for reuse in agriculture: Governance issues in the Puglia region.
  • Inge Genné, Programme Manager WATER, VITO WaterKlimaatHub, Belgium. On: Making Flanders “WaterProof” – a systemic approach.
  • Heather Smith, Senior Lecturer in Water Governance, Cranfield University, UK. On: Implementing the Water Reuse Regulation: Emerging Challenges.
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    Water Reuse Europe members can access the webinar recording and presentation files in our members area.

    Webinar on Industrial Reuse - January 2022

    On the 28 January 2022, Water Reuse Europe organised a webinar on Industrial Reuse. The aim of this third webinar was to gauge the status of industrial reuse in Europe and discuss opportunities for further growth and challenges to address to further encourage circular approaches in the industrial sector.

    Our webinar’s speakers included:

  • Chris Heslegrave, Sales Manager, Aquabio Limited, UK;
  • Tom Vandeputte, Account manager Industry & Services, De Watergroep, Belgium
  • Tibor Kretschmann, Project Engineer, EnviroChemie, Germany.

    The webinar also featured presentation from the three finalists of Water Reuse Europe’s Innovation Prize 2021 and the winner announcement, Águas do Tejo Atlântico for their VIRA – Turn concepts and minds.

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    Water Reuse Europe members can access the webinar recording and presentation files in our members area.

  • WRE 2021 Webinar

    On the 26th of June, Water Reuse Europe and the American WateReuse Association brought together speakers from the USA and Europe from the USA and Europe who are involved in implemented – or are planning – potable reuse schemes to learn from their respective experiences in the development of such schemes with a specific emphasis on regulatory approaches, risk management and communication; and to discuss what is needed to enable wider adoption of potable reuse across Europe’s territories.

    The webinar, chaired by Water Reuse Europe director Emmanuel Van Houtte (Geologist, IWVA, BELGIUM) and WateReuse Board of Directors member Craig W. Lichty P.E. (Vice President, Client Director, Black & Veatch, USA), was a real success, bringing together more than 60 persons from around the world involved in water reuse and more specifically in the implementation – or are planning – of potable reuse schemes.

    More information on the webinar programme and our speakers are accessible here by clicking on the image.

    Water Reuse Europe members can access the webinar recording and presentation files in our members area.

    WRE 2020 Webinar

    On the 5th of June 2020, the Official Journal of the European Commission published the first European Regulation on Water Reuse (Regulation (EU) 2020/741) on minimum requirements for water reuse. A few months after its implementation (in December 2020), Water Reuse Europe organised a webinar to gauge the impact of this new legislative tool on agriculture from end-users’ perspectives.