First European Symposium on Remediation Technologies and their Integration in Water Management

 *   Date: September 25-26th, 2012
 *   Place: Barcelona
 *   Scope: Bringing together pioneers and experts from all over the world to exchange information and new experience for improving the quality of groundwater and surface water.

We therefore kindly invite you to participate in this symposium and present your contribution to participants from all over the world and discuss your findings.

More information about the scope of the symposium can be found on:
our event website<http://www.flexmail.eu/l-9bafc2c79c50f838a34ad23d5a4197d0fc0ceffc9b817527>

You are kindly invited to submit an abstract for this event:

 *   Deadline: May 4th, 2012
 *   Abstracts can be submitted on-line at our website: submit abstracts<http://www.flexmail.eu/l-aeff2ec399c1f4b8a34ad23d5a4197d0fc0ceffc9b817527>

These conferences will be integrated in this first symposium:

 *   The 5th European Conference on Permeable Reactive Barriers & Reactive Zones (PRB/RZ-2012)
 *   The Intermediate External Conference of the FP7 AQUAREHAB project
 *   The Final Conference of the FP7 UPSOIL project

Diverse plenary and parallel sessions with oral presentations and a poster session will be offered jointly by:

PRB/RZ-2012

Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) and reactive zones (RZs) are recognised technologies for the in situ improvement of the groundwater quality. Both techno-logies aim to realise a local stimulation of pollutant removal processes to prevent further migration of pollutions. The newest trends in this field will be presented.

AQUAREHAB

This is an EU financed large scale FP7 research project that started 1st May 2009 with 19 project partners (GA No. 226565). Project title: Development of rehabilitation technologies and approaches for multipressured degraded waters and the integration of their impact in river basin management. aquarehab.vito.be
UPSOIL is a collaborative FP7 project (GA No. 226956, 15 partners) that started October 2009, entitled: Sustainable soil upgrading by developing cost effective, biogeochemical remediation approaches.
www.upsoil.eu

SCARCE

This is a Spanish CONSOLIDER-INGENIO project that aims to understand the effects of global change on rivers being submitted to multiple stressors.
www.idaea.csic.es/scarceconsolider

The quality of natural water resources is a major concern for the coming decades. According to the EU Water Framework Directive, the quality of groundwater and surface water needs to be improved in Europe.

Over the past 20 years a variety of innovative remediation technologies have been developed as alternatives for dig & dump and pump & treat approaches. For instance in-situ technologies like Permeable Reactive Barriers (PRBs) and Reactive Zone (RZs) based on biotic as well as abiotic remediation processes have been studied and implemented to cope with different pollutants and pollutant mixtures in groundwater. An ongoing search for new materials, additives and concepts widens the application areas.

To include the impact of remediation technologies in water management, knowledge on their sustainability, the associated costs, and their impact on the water quality in the wider environment and in time is required. Efforts in these directions have been made during recent years and will be presented and discussed during the conference.

Water management in Europe is being developed at river basin scale with the main focus on surface water. The integration of groundwater in the overall water management approach is a challenge for the near future. Barriers and potential approaches to come to the integration of groundwater and surface water in one water management approach will be addressed during the conference.

This symposium is relevant for scientists, policy makers (local, country and European level), consultants, site owners, water managers and remediation companies who are working on or involved in (ground)water issues. The purpose is to bring together pioneers and experts from all over the world to exchange information and new experience.