Peter van der Steen

Dr. Peter van der Steen is lecturer in Waste Water Treatment. He holds a MSc degree from Wageningen University in the Netherlands (1994) and a PhD degree from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel (2001).

During his studies he specialized in wastewater treatment, especially anaerobic wastewater treatment and treatment in waste stabilization ponds. Currently he is active in the following fields:

· Integrated urban water management

· Sustainable wastewater treatment and reuse

· Technology selection

Van der Steen is active within the EU funded SWITCH project on Integrated Urban Water Management, where he coordinates the research theme on "A Paradigm Shift in Urban Water Management". At UNESCO-IHE he coordinates the modules 'Integrated Urban Water Management' and 'Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse' in the MSc programme Municipal Water and Infrastructure.

He is currently involved as mentor in two PhD projects:

* Babu Mohammed - Improving Nitrogen Removal in Algae Wastewater Stabilization Ponds

* Alberto Galvis - Development of a technology selection model for pollution prevention and control in the municipal water cycle

Other activities include consultancy missions on wastewater treatment and lecturing in short courses in a number of countries.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Skilled in:

- Analysis of wastewater management problems and design of (technical) solution strategies

- Management of research projects in urban water management.

- Knowledge transfer through education (course development) and coaching.

- Application of specialist knowledge regarding several wastewater treatment

technologies (anaerobic treatment, pond systems, macrophyte ponds)

- Evaluation of wastewater technologies from a perspective of effluent re-use for

irrigation and public health (pathogen removal)

- Design and execution of applied scientific research

• Publications