Seminar: Trends in Environmental Biotechnology, 4 December 2007
UNESCO-IHE will host a seminar on Trends in Environmental Biotechnology on December the 4th, 2007, in Delft. The seminar, organised in the context of the International Year of Sanitation 2008, will address the role of sanitation in achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
One of the most critical issues for mankind is to have sufficient quantities of microbiologically and chemically non polluted water available for all domestic, alimentary and industrial purposes. Access to proper sanitation plays a pivotal role.
Availability of microbially safe water is a complex issue. Microbial contaminations are very diverse including pathogens which contaminate fishes and invertebrates as well as microbial toxic metabolites which accumulate in higher trophic levels.
The seminar focuses on the pathogens - health relation in the water cycle and aims to highlight three aspects: New technological designs that reduce pathogen risk; new analytical methods to assess water quality and the presence of pathogens in water, and new approaches in desinfection, including prevention of contamination.
Date published: 09 November 2007