Join us for the 1st International WDSA / CCWI Joint Conference in July 23-25, 2018 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. This conference will bring together professionals from municipalities, consulting firms, and universities to exchange ideas about the big challenges facing the water industry.
General Conference Themes
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- SMART water systems
- Water engineering solutions for smart, livable and sustainable cities
- Integral approaches and sustainable urban water cycle problems
- Asset management and performance modelling
- Demand forecasting, leakage and energy management
- Real time monitoring, modelling, prediction control, SCADA, GIS and data management issues
- Climate change and urban water management, water supply and water scarcity
- Storm water control in urban and industrialized areas including blue-green solutions
- Water and wastewater treatment modelling, optimization and control
- Wastewater and storm water quality modelling, including sediment and pollutant transport
- Advances in sensors, instrumentation and communications technologies
- Big data techniques and analysis
- Security, reliability and resilience
- Practical applications including laboratory, modelling, case studies, demonstration projects
- Field work: case studies and practical applications
- Water and wastewater issues and advances in the Arctic and cold climate regions
- Educational and research transfer tools
- Water distribution network modelling
- Water distribution networks as complex systems
- Water distribution network optimization: planning, design, rehabilitation and expansion
- Leakage and energy management in water distribution networks
- Smart water distribution networks (metering, assessment, forecasting and operations)
- Transient analysis in water distribution networks
- Water security in water distribution networks
- Drinking water quality and treatment issues (biofilm, discoloration and contaminant intrusion)
- Water distribution network operation and maintenance
- Benchmarking in water distribution networks
- The future of EPANET2 and SWMM5.0
- Future of water distribution system research
- Emerging technologies in water distribution systems practice
Special Conference Track for Industry Participants
Water professionals from industry, municipalities, government, and consulting firms are invited to attend this conference. A special conference track focused on industry presentations will allow water professionals from municipalities, government, and private consulting to exchange ideas and share experiences on interesting projects.
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