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Throughout the conference, the following sessions related to water in cities are scheduled:
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Session 1 |
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Regenerative Water and Sanitation Services
The lack of safe and reliable water supply affects more than 800 million people worldwide, and over 2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation The lack of safe and reliable water supply affects more than 800 million people worldwide, and over 2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation services. This combined with increased urbanization, climate change, pollution and inadequate financing creates unprecedented challenges to the provision of water and sanitation services. To address these challenges an approach of regenerative services which includes ensuring sustainable practices of utilities which can be supported by tools to upgrade the efficiency and capacity of drinking water and wastewater utilities. Furthermore, a holistic approach to managing water and sanitation service includes designs that support a circular economy which mean implementing reuse and recovery, and the application of closed-loop decentralized systems. These efforts can support the aim of ensuring public health and sustaining all needs while protecting the quality and quantity of water resources.
The lack of safe and reliable water supply affects more than 800 million people worldwide, and over 2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation The lack of safe and reliable water supply affects more than 800 million people worldwide, and over 2.5 billion people lack adequate sanitation services. This combined with increased urbanization, climate change, pollution and inadequate financing creates unprecedented challenges to the provision of water and sanitation services. To address these challenges an approach of regenerative services which includes ensuring sustainable practices of utilities which can be supported by tools to upgrade the efficiency and capacity of drinking water and wastewater utilities. Furthermore, a holistic approach to managing water and sanitation service includes designs that support a circular economy which mean implementing reuse and recovery, and the application of closed-loop decentralized systems. These efforts can support the aim of ensuring public health and sustaining all needs while protecting the quality and quantity of water resources.
The session contains the following presentations:
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Técnicas sin Zanja - Trabajos Eco Amigables - Eco Responsables
SADE (SADE, Ecuador) (Presentation) Bioelectrochemical Peroxide Production for Water Disinfection Suanny Mosquera Romero (Ghent University, Belgium) (Presentation) Ultrafiltración, una Solución Rentable para la Potabilización de Agua Superficial: Case de Estudio "Potabilización del Embalse San Juan, Ecuador" Mariela Cuartucci (Fluence, Argentina) (Presentation) Remoción de Contaminantes Emergentes en Medio Acuoso Utilizando la Especie Vetiver (Chrysopogon Zizanioides) Miriam Checa (ESPOL, Ecuador) Integrated Water Management: Sustainable and Regenerative Water and Sanitation Paula Kehoe (San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, USA) (Presentation) Regenerative Water and Sanitation Services: Proyecto de Plantas de Tratamiento "Las Esclusas y los Merinos" José Luis Santos (EMAPAG, Ecuador) (Presentation) Water and Wastewater Companies for Climate Mitigation (WaCCliM) - Proyecto Empresas de Servicios de Agua y Saneamiento para la Mitigación del Cambio Climático Geraldine Canales (GIZ, Peru) (Presentation) |
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Chaired by:
José Porro |
Timing:
30 September, 13:30-15:00 |
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Session 2 |
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Integrating Water in City Planning and Design
Half of humanity now lives in cities and, within two decades, nearly 60% of the world’s population -5 billion people- will be urban dwellers. Due to rapid urbanization, cities face a growing demand for water and sanitation services. To meet this demand, cities are going deeper and further, which leads to over-exploitation of water resources. Integrating urban planning with the management, protection and conservation of the total urban water cycle water can enable innovation, social cohesion, creativity and culture. Some of the actions that can be taken include optimising the use of alternative water sources, design of green spaces for water retention and flood mitigation as well as improved livability, and overall integration of green infrastructure across the city. This all requires municipal support and buy-in for sustainable water use.
Half of humanity now lives in cities and, within two decades, nearly 60% of the world’s population -5 billion people- will be urban dwellers. Due to rapid urbanization, cities face a growing demand for water and sanitation services. To meet this demand, cities are going deeper and further, which leads to over-exploitation of water resources. Integrating urban planning with the management, protection and conservation of the total urban water cycle water can enable innovation, social cohesion, creativity and culture. Some of the actions that can be taken include optimising the use of alternative water sources, design of green spaces for water retention and flood mitigation as well as improved livability, and overall integration of green infrastructure across the city. This all requires municipal support and buy-in for sustainable water use.
The session contains the following presentations:
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Planning the Cities of Futures in LIC
Victor Faria (CEDAE, Brazil) (Presentation) Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Urbanisation: the Water Perspective Petra Schneider (Magdeburg-Stendhal University, Germany) Creating Robustness through the Functional Improvement of Spaces Krista Decat (Aquafin, Belgium) (Presentation) Guayaquil: Un Modelo de Gestión Sostenible y Sustentable Andres Mendoza Paladines (EMAPAG, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
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Chaired by:
Paula Keho |
Timing:
30 September, 15:30-17:00 |
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Session 3 |
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AquaRating as Model to Improve Water Utilities Performance Globally
The international experience indicates that major improvements in water utilities can be achieved through: (i) reduction of water losses through well-designed performance-based contracts; (ii) improvement in commercial management, invoicing and collection and cost recovery processes; (iii) increase in labor productivity since labor cost can often represent a high percentage of operating costs (approximately 35%) in water utilities; and (iv) efficient use of energy (which represents usually 30 to 40% of operating costs.
The AquaRating was jointly designed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Water Association (IWA) and intends to cover all aspects associated with the efficient management of water utilities with 8 areas of evaluation, a set of 60 indicators as well as 52 groups of good practices. The Aquarating has been implemented in over 80 utilities throughout the world and the session will include innovative cases of implementation in the region as well as in other parts of the world as well as results of benchmarking exercises and the many ways AquaRating has been implemented in the countries.
The international experience indicates that major improvements in water utilities can be achieved through: (i) reduction of water losses through well-designed performance-based contracts; (ii) improvement in commercial management, invoicing and collection and cost recovery processes; (iii) increase in labor productivity since labor cost can often represent a high percentage of operating costs (approximately 35%) in water utilities; and (iv) efficient use of energy (which represents usually 30 to 40% of operating costs.
The AquaRating was jointly designed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Water Association (IWA) and intends to cover all aspects associated with the efficient management of water utilities with 8 areas of evaluation, a set of 60 indicators as well as 52 groups of good practices. The Aquarating has been implemented in over 80 utilities throughout the world and the session will include innovative cases of implementation in the region as well as in other parts of the world as well as results of benchmarking exercises and the many ways AquaRating has been implemented in the countries.
The session contains the following presentations:
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AquaRating - 3 Años Transformando la Gestión de las Empresas de Agua y Saneamiento en el Mundo
Corinne Cathala (IDB, USA) Francisco Cubillo (Consultant, Spain) Federico Perez Penalosa (Consultant, USA) (Presentation) AquaRating - Transformando la Gestión de las Empresas de Agua y Saneamiento en el Mundo Corinne Cathala (IDB, USA) Francisco Cubillo (Consultant, Spain) Federico Perez Penalosa (Consultant, USA) (Presentation) Agua y Saneamiento Argentinos S.A. - AquaRating Lucila Giles Storti (AySA, Argentina) (Presentation) Caso de Implementación AquaRating: Empresa Pública Social de Agua y Saneamiento (EPSAS S.A.) - Bolivia Ivette Arias (EPSAS, Bolivia) (Presentation) |
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Chaired by:
Corinne Cathala |
Timing:
01 October, 10:30-12:00 |
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Session 4 |
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Connecting Watersheds and Urban Areas
Over 1.4 billion people currently live in river basins where the use of water exceeds minimum recharge levels, leading to the desiccation of rivers and depletion of groundwater. Increasing water scarcity and climate change impacts, coupled with rising demand and competition between multiple users such as cities, industry, agriculture and the environment, are putting unprecedented pressure on river basins worldwide. By proactively taking part in basin management, the city secures water, food and energy resources, protects water quality, and increases resilience to extreme events. There are many tools and approaches that can provide mechanisms for improved sustainability in the wider catchment on which a city relies including water funds, water stewardship and multi-stakeholder platforms.
Over 1.4 billion people currently live in river basins where the use of water exceeds minimum recharge levels, leading to the desiccation of rivers and depletion of groundwater. Increasing water scarcity and climate change impacts, coupled with rising demand and competition between multiple users such as cities, industry, agriculture and the environment, are putting unprecedented pressure on river basins worldwide. By proactively taking part in basin management, the city secures water, food and energy resources, protects water quality, and increases resilience to extreme events. There are many tools and approaches that can provide mechanisms for improved sustainability in the wider catchment on which a city relies including water funds, water stewardship and multi-stakeholder platforms.
This session contains the following presentations:
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La Gestión Integrada de los Recursos Hídricos (GIRH) - Conceptos y Ejemplo Francés
Antinea Garcés (AFD, France) (Presentation) Fondo de Agua de Guayaquil para la Conservacion de la Cuenca del Río Daule Giovanni Ginatta (Fondagua, Ecuador) (Presentation) Adoption of Watershed Management by a Water Utility Peter Goethals (Ghent University, Belgium) (Presentation) Water Stewardship & Cities - Finding Innovative Approaches to Link Resilience and WWF's Cities Agenda Alexis Morgan (WWF Germany, Canada) (Presentation) Connection Watersheds and Urban Areas José Luis Santos (EMAPAG, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
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Chaired by:
Hugo Contreras |
Timing:
01 October, 13:30-15:00 |
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Session 5 |
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Incentives for Water-wise Cities
Available and sustainable management of water and sanitation in cities relies upon the collective action of interdependent stakeholders, playing their role effectively and efficiently. Transitioning to water wise cities starts with people –people that inform and implement the right enabling environment which includes gender equity. Incentivising investment and good management of water and sanitation services for municipal areas can be supported by regulatory authorities. This can be in many forms, such as financial subsidies and penalties, but also enabling public participation and stakeholder engagement, or encouraging capacity building and training on sustainable practices in water construction, operations and maintenance operations.
Available and sustainable management of water and sanitation in cities relies upon the collective action of interdependent stakeholders, playing their role effectively and efficiently. Transitioning to water wise cities starts with people –people that inform and implement the right enabling environment which includes gender equity. Incentivising investment and good management of water and sanitation services for municipal areas can be supported by regulatory authorities. This can be in many forms, such as financial subsidies and penalties, but also enabling public participation and stakeholder engagement, or encouraging capacity building and training on sustainable practices in water construction, operations and maintenance operations.
The session contains the following presentations:
And a panel discussion with the following participants:
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Pierre Brunet (Nova Veolia, France)
Eva Martinez Días (AQUIALIA, Spain) José Luis Santos (EMAPAG, Ecuador) |
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Chaired by:
Rui Marques |
Timing:
02 October, 10:30-12:00 |
