IMETE Summer School on Resource Recovery from Wastewater

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This summer school focuses on the development of technologies for recovery of resources from wastewater. The following topics will be dealt with: water reuse, recovery of energy from wastewater, recovery of nutrients from wastewater, recovery of metals from wastewater, recovery/production of organic products from wastewater, emerging issues and entrepreneurship. Several lectures, including case studies, are given by international experts in the field, and a panel discussion will be organised. Moreover, during a field trip, systems for water reuse and recovery of energy and nutrients from wastewater and organic waste will be visited.

Period
08-09-2014 - 12-09-2014 (1 weeks)

Target group
The course is aimed at Master and PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, and employees of companies or (inter)national (non-)governmental organizations interested in, aiming or starting to develop or apply technologies for resource recovery from wastewater. A background (bachelor level) in chemistry is required.

Course aim
Until recently, water treatment technologies were mainly focused on remediation. However, in recent years technologies for resource recovery from wastewater also became increasingly important as major economic and environmental drivers currently exist to develop better resource recovery from wastewater. If successful, such recovery can considerably decrease the share utilities take in the global wastewater treatment costs due to economic attractiveness of the generated resources for industry. The IMETE summer school 2014 will help to drive the development of integrated technologies for recovery of resources from wastewater, which on the long run will bring along a further environmental benefit.



Credits
4.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 600[Convert to USD]Fee for members of the International Water Association (IWA) and studentsEUR 800[Convert to USD]Other participants

Course leader
Prof. dr. Gijs Du Laing (Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry and Applied Ecochemistry, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium)

Ghent University IMETE
Address: Coupure Links 653 Gent
Postal code: 9000
City: Gent
Country: Belgium
Website: http://www.imetesummer.ugent.be
E-mail: imete@ugent.be
Phone: 003292645995