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Water and Sanitation under Changing Climatic Conditions
Thursday 21 August
Workshop 7 - Afternoon Workshop
Convenor : Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI)
Co-Convenors : International Water Association (IWA) and Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)
We must rapidly adapt to climate change and its likely impact on water tables and availability, rising sea levels, fl oods and droughts. Heavy rainfall and fl ooding can cause sewers to overflow and damage or destroy sanitation installations. Severe consequences for human and environmental health follow. Droughts will increase water stress and impact waterborne sanitation. Adaptation efforts include trapping carbon in the biogenic zone by returning carbon from organic solid waste and sanitation systems to the soil. Normal variability in weather and hydrological conditions impacts sanitation systems and poses critical challenges. Climate change increases the size and the scope of the challenge and puts enormous pressure on strategic planning while increasing the need to upgrade and maintain sanitation infrastructure. Appropriate and robust total sanitation system solutions that can functionally withstand dramatic weather variations are needed.
The workshop will focus on the dynamics of the integrated policy options needed to adapt to changes in hydrological variability and catastrophic weather-related events. Strategic approaches to manage and upgrade current infrastructure, and address critical lack of access to sanitation, should be addressed. Case studies that demonstrate innovative thinking and planning, decisionmaking strategies and adapted service delivery are welcome.
Workshop Details :
Chair: Mr. Martin Walshe, GWP
Commentator: Dr. Darren Saywell, IWA
Rapporteur: Mr. Alan Hall, GWP
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