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Session 1 |
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Water Use Challenges and Solutions in the Extractive Industries - Management and Operations
Extractive industries (e.g. mining and oil and gas extraction) have multiple water supply and water quality effects, both during and following operation of facilities. In addition, unsafe structures can result in huge impacts to ecosystems and communities. This session will focus on the management decisions that need to be made to avoid negative economic, environmental, and community impacts.
Extractive industries (e.g. mining and oil and gas extraction) have multiple water supply and water quality effects, both during and following operation of facilities. In addition, unsafe structures can result in huge impacts to ecosystems and communities. This session will focus on the management decisions that need to be made to avoid negative economic, environmental, and community impacts.
The session contains the following presentations:
Dimensions of Water Management in Extractive Industries
Petra Schneider (Magdeburg-Stendhal University, Germany) (Presentation) Mining and Water Alvaro Hernandez (CODELCO, Chile) (Presentation) Administración del Recurso Agua en las Operaciones Mineras de HEC Elvira Tovar & Christian Ayala (HOLCIM, Chile) (Presentation) Environmental Management in a Large-scale Mine: Case Study of Fruta del Norte María Cristina Acosta (Lundin Gold, Ecuador) Water Footprint in the Oil Industry - A Study of the Use and Consumption of Water in an Oil Drilling Rig Richard Chango Valverde (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
Chaired by:
Cheryl Davis |
Timing:
30 September, 10:30-12:00 |
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Session 2 |
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Water Use Challenges and Solutions in the Extractive Industries - Water Quality and Environment
Extractive industries can have harsh long-term effects on the environment, water quality, and communities, both during and following their operation. Rehabilitation of environments and water supplies adversely affected by both operations and facilities (e.g., the dams constructed to hold toxic effluent from mining operations) can be both complex and expensive. This session will focus on environmental, water quality, and community impacts and their remediation.
Extractive industries can have harsh long-term effects on the environment, water quality, and communities, both during and following their operation. Rehabilitation of environments and water supplies adversely affected by both operations and facilities (e.g., the dams constructed to hold toxic effluent from mining operations) can be both complex and expensive. This session will focus on environmental, water quality, and community impacts and their remediation.
The session contains the following presentations:
Towards Community Base Natural Resources Management: River Sand Mining in the Rural Villages of Eastern Cape, South Africa
Andisiwe Bango (Sisula University, South Africa) (Presentation) Prokaryotic Diversity During Removal of Copper and Zinc from Acid Rock Drainage Aracely Zambrano-Romero (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador) Pollution of Rivers by Artisanal Mining Activities and Use of Bioremediation Techniques for Heavy Metal Reduction. Case Study: Ponce Enriquez-Ecuador Paola Almeida Guerra (ESPOL, Ecuador) (Presentation) Balance Scorecard Apply to an Integrated Watershed Restoration Proposal in a Mine Polluted Area Alby Aguilar Pesantes (Universidad de León, Spain) An Integrated Approach for River Water Quality Monitoring in a Large Scale Gold Mining Watershed Daniel Mercado Garcia (Ghent University, Belgium) (Presentation) |
Chaired by:
Alvaro Hernandez |
Timing:
30 September, 13:30-15:00 |
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Session 3 |
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Treatment of Industrial Wastewater
Effective treatment of the effluent from industrial processes is generally more complex and also of even greater environmental and public health consequences than the treatment of residential wastewater because of the dangerous substances contained in the effluent. This session will provide an overview of issues relating to treatment and beneficial use of wastewater from industrial processes.
Effective treatment of the effluent from industrial processes is generally more complex and also of even greater environmental and public health consequences than the treatment of residential wastewater because of the dangerous substances contained in the effluent. This session will provide an overview of issues relating to treatment and beneficial use of wastewater from industrial processes.
The session contains the following presentations:
Industrial Water Reuse: Approach & Treatment
Val Frenkel (Greeley and Hansen, USA) (Presentation) Best Available Technologies as a Sustainability Tool for Industrial Wastewater Management and Treatment Maria Concetta Tomei (IRSA-CNR, Italy) (Presentation) Industrial Wastewater Discharge Management in Cuenca, Ecuador Ana Carolina Iñiguez (ETAPA, Ecuador) (Presentation) Use of Wetlands to Treat Industrial Wastewater Florent Chazarenc (IRSEA, France) Photocatalytic Ceramic Membrane Bioreactor Driven by Visible Light - Potential Applications in Water Treatment Poojesh Bertram-Mohammadi (IKIAM, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
Chaired by:
Val Frenkel |
Timing:
30 September, 15:30-17:00 |
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Session 4 |
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Financing Sustainable Use of Water by Industry
Financing institutions can play a key role in encouraging sustainable use of water by industry by offering financial support for projects that will make industrial water use more sustainable (e.g., treatment of industrial wastewater prior to its discharge to water bodies). In this session, participants will discuss (1) financing support currently available for projects to support more sustainable use of water by industry; (2) barriers to use of those resources; and (3) whether additional financing support is needed.
Financing institutions can play a key role in encouraging sustainable use of water by industry by offering financial support for projects that will make industrial water use more sustainable (e.g., treatment of industrial wastewater prior to its discharge to water bodies). In this session, participants will discuss (1) financing support currently available for projects to support more sustainable use of water by industry; (2) barriers to use of those resources; and (3) whether additional financing support is needed.
The session consists of the following keynote presentation:
Sustainability Strategy - Water Initiatives - Green Lines
Santiago Vicencios & Carolina Landin (Produbanco, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
And is followed by a group discussion with the audience.
Chaired by:
Cheryl Davis |
Timing:
30 September, 17:10-18:00 |
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Session 5 |
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Incentives, Barriers, Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Use of Water in Industry
Although concepts and technologies exist to support sustainable use of water by industry, a major question is how to motivate industry to make the investments and operational changes required for sustainable water use, in view of the fact that water is often cheap, water use and the water quality of effluent are often poorly regulated, and businesses may lack both funding and a business case for modifying their water use. In this session, this will be addressed in terms of how the organizational ecosystem in which industry operates can be modified through collaboration of educators, researchers, government policy-makers and regulators, funding institutions, non-profit organizations, and industry itself to change the way water is used.
Although concepts and technologies exist to support sustainable use of water by industry, a major question is how to motivate industry to make the investments and operational changes required for sustainable water use, in view of the fact that water is often cheap, water use and the water quality of effluent are often poorly regulated, and businesses may lack both funding and a business case for modifying their water use. In this session, this will be addressed in terms of how the organizational ecosystem in which industry operates can be modified through collaboration of educators, researchers, government policy-makers and regulators, funding institutions, non-profit organizations, and industry itself to change the way water is used.
The session consists of a keynote presentation, followed by a panel discussion with the following participants:
Water's Organizational Ecosystem: Changing Attitudes and Culture to Achieve Collaborative Approaches to Water Crises
Michael Spencer (Monash University, Australia) (Presentation) |
And is followed by a panel discussion with the following panelists:
Jimmy Andrade (CEMDES, Ecuador)
Juan Pablo Corredor (Coca Cola, Ecuador) Jens Hoenerhoff (German Development Bank, Germany) Paola Larrea (ABInbev, Ecuador) Juan Pablo Mariluz (Department of Agriculture, Peru) Alexis Morgan (WWF, Canada) Jason Morrison (Global Water Mandate, USA) Petra Schneider (Magdeburg-Stendhal University, Germany) Michael Spencer (Monash University, Australia) |
Chaired by:
Cheryl Davis |
Timing:
01 October, 15:30-17:00 |
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Session 6 |
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Industry and the Circular Economy
A key requirement for sustainable water use is for the water outputs of different parts of the economy to become safe and usable inputs for others. This session will include a keynote that provides the context of our evolving understanding of the operational meaning of sustainable use of water, as well as presentations on how more sustainable use of water by industry can contribute to a circular economy.
A key requirement for sustainable water use is for the water outputs of different parts of the economy to become safe and usable inputs for others. This session will include a keynote that provides the context of our evolving understanding of the operational meaning of sustainable use of water, as well as presentations on how more sustainable use of water by industry can contribute to a circular economy.
This session contains the following presentations:
The Role of Industry in Supporting a Circular Economy
Stijn Speelman (Ghent University, Belgium) (Presentation) Towards Resource Recovery from Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Tubing Two-phase Partitioning Bioreactors: Challenges and Perspectives Maria Concetta Tomei (IRSA-CNR, Italy) (Presentation) Resource Recovery from Industrial Wastewater Florent Chazarenc (IRSEA, France) (Presentation) Diseño de Sistemas de Tratamiento de Aguas Residuales para Optimizar la Reutilización y Recuperación: Proyecto Vindobona, Quito, Ecuador Luis Gómez-Ávila (EPMAPS, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
Chaired by:
Cheryl Davis |
Timing:
01 October, 17:10-18:00 |
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Session 7 |
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Sustainable Use of Water by Industry: What Does 'Good' Look Like?
It is important for us to get a clearer picture of what it means for industry to use water sustainably, including the costs and challenges of achieving more sustainable water use. In this session, speakers from multiple industries will discuss what sustainable water use by industry means from their vantage point.
It is important for us to get a clearer picture of what it means for industry to use water sustainably, including the costs and challenges of achieving more sustainable water use. In this session, speakers from multiple industries will discuss what sustainable water use by industry means from their vantage point.
Presentations will be provided by the following participants:
Philip Morris Brasil and Water
Felipe Bremm (Philip Morris, Brazil) (Presentation) Towards an Efficient Use of Water in the Bottled Water Industry Through Water Footprint Calculation Dolores Gutierrez-Cacciabue (Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina) Aeropuerto Ecológico Galápagos - Think Green, Built Future Edgar Munoz (Aeropuerto Ecológico Galápagos, Ecuador) (Presentation) A Preliminary Model for Industrial Cluster Water Stewardship Projects in China Michael Spencer (Monash University, Australia) (Presentation) Compañía Coca-Cola - Water Stewardship 2018 Juan Pablo Corredor (Coca-Cola, Ecuador) (Presentation) |
Chaired by:
Cheryl Davis |
Timing:
02 October, 13:30-15:00 |