Plastic pipe conferences announced for 2017
The Plastic Pipes Conference Association( PPCA) has announced dates and venues for its two spin-off conferences and exhibitions in South Africa and China for this year.
The first event will be held on 4 – 5 September 2017 at the Emperors Palace in Johannesburg, while the second event will be hosted in Hangzhou, China, on 26 – 27 October 2017.
The PPCA is organising these events in close collaboration with the respective plastic pipe associations, namely the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association( SAPPMA) and the China Plastics Piping Association( CPPA).
In South Africa, the conference will be held in conjunction with PIPES XI, the annual plastic pipes event organised by SAPPMA. At least 10 papers will be included from the international Plastic Pipes Conference that was held in Berlin during 2016. For this reason, the duration of PIPES XI has been extended to two days.
Zoran Davidovski, spokesperson for the events, forecasts large attendances.“ Our industry is in a constant process of innovative change as it finds new solutions for replacing ageing steel and concrete pipe systems. In the midst of these improvements, industry and government are faced with the need for new technical standards.”
For South Africa, full details of the programme, registration, the exhibition, and sponsorship opportunities will shortly be posted on their website, www. sappma. co. za u
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World Water Day 2017: wastewater
World Water Day is held annually on 22 March as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources.
An international day to celebrate freshwater was recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development( UNCED). The United Nations General Assembly responded by designating 22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect of freshwater. In 2017, the theme will be‘ Wastewater’ and in 2018,‘ Nature-based solutions for water’.
Each year, Aqua for All organises, together with the Netherlands Water Partnership, the Dutch celebration of World Water Day.
World Health Organisation statement
Globally, the clear majority of all the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry, and agriculture flows back to nature without being treated or reused, thereby polluting drinking-, bathing-, and irrigation water and losing valuable nutrients and other recoverable materials.
Reducing, safely treating and reusing wastewater, for example in agriculture and aquaculture, protects workers, farmers, and consumers, and it promotes food security, health, and wellbeing.
What is wastewater?
Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence( pollution). Wastewater can originate from a combination of domestic, industrial, commercial or agricultural activities, surface run-off or stormwater, and from sewer inflow or infiltration.
Municipal wastewater( also called sewage) is usually conveyed in a combined sewer or sanitary sewer, and treated at a wastewater treatment plant. Treated wastewater is discharged into receiving water via an effluent pipe. Wastewater generated in areas without access to centralised sewer systems rely on on-site wastewater systems. These typically comprise a septic tank, drain field, and optionally, an on-site treatment unit. The management of wastewater belongs to the overarching term sanitation, just like the management of human excreta, solid waste, and stormwater( drainage).
Sewage is a type of wastewater that comprises domestic wastewater and is therefore contaminated with faeces or urine from toilets, but the term sewage is also used to mean any type of wastewater.
Sewerage is the physical infrastructure, including pipes, pumps, filters, screens, channels, and so on, used to convey sewage from its origin to the point of eventual treatment or disposal.
Announcement by UNESCO
Launch of the 2017 UN World Water Development Report
Date: Wednesday, 22 March 2017 Time: 9:00 – 16:00 Location: Durban, South Africa
The United Nations World Water Development Report( WWDR) is the UN’ s flagship report on water. It is published each year with a focus on different strategic water issues. The title of the 2017 WWDR is‘ Wastewater: the untapped resource’. The launch of the 2017 WWDR is at the core of the World Water Day celebrations. The theme of the report has been aligned with World Water Day— both focus on wastewater this year. During the event, the main findings of the WWDR 2017 will be presented to the audience and to the media. Hard copies of the report and its related materials will be distributed. The development of the WWDR, co-ordinated by the World Water Assessment Programme( WWAP), is a joint effort of the UN agencies and entities that make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations, and other stakeholders. u
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