Workshops/Conferences
NWRI provides resources and assistance in holding 1-2 day short courses, workshops, symposiums, and conferences to highlight innovative research, scientific techniques, and technologies that will advance the state of knowledge in the areas of water treatment technologies, water quality, water policy and economics, public health, and water resources management.
Services include management, event planning, promotion, print-outs and/or publication development, registration, and event staffing.
These services are underwritten by a sponsoring agency(s).
Examples of short courses, workshops, symposiums, and conferences:
- Managed Aquifer Recharge Symposium
Date: January 2011
Location: Irvine, California
Partners: Water Research Foundation (WaterRF) and Orange County Water District
Purpose: To provide a forum to highlight the need and benefits of storing more water underground through managed recharge efforts, specifically focusing on technical and policy issues regarding augmenting aquifers with surface waters (including river water, recycled water, and storm water) through recharge basins.
- Advanced Asset Management Workshop
Date: July 2010
Location: Oakland, California
Partners: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and East Bay Municipal Utility District
Purpose: To improve the asset management assessment skills of water utilities, raise awareness of the sustainable management of assets, and address core questions involved in asset management techniques for the purpose of better acquisition, operations, maintenance, renewal, and replacement decisions.
- Direct Potable Reuse Workshop
Date: April 2010
Location: Sacramento, California
Partners: WateReuse California and California Urban Water Agencies
Purpose: To identify information gaps that need to be addressed to develop direct potable reuse regulations, as appropriate, for the State of California.
- Advanced Asset Management Workshop
Date: April 2010
Location: Los Angeles, California
Partners: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation; Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Purpose: To improve the asset management assessment skills of water utilities, raise awareness of the sustainable management of assets, and address core questions involved in asset management techniques for the purpose of better acquisition, operations, maintenance, renewal, and replacement decisions.
- First International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in Porous Media
Date: May 2009
Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
Partners: Canadian Water Network
Purpose: To advance our understanding of the transport and survival of microorganisms and, particularly, pathogens in subsurface environments and the associated risk of pathogen contamination in groundwater. - Short Course on UV for Wastewater and Water Reuse
Date: March 2008
Location: Orlando, Florida
Partners: International Ultraviolet Association, WateReuse Florida, Carollo Engineers, Black & Veatch
Purpose: To provide the tools and resources needed to help utilities implement cost- and performance-effective UV systems as a reliable treatment technology for waterborne pathogens in wastewater and recycled water.
- Advanced Asset Management Workshop
Date: September 2007
Location: Santa Ana, California
Partners: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Purpose: To improve the asset management assessment skills of water utilities, raise awareness of the sustainable management of assets, and address core questions involved in asset management techniques for the purpose of better acquisition, operations, maintenance, renewal, and replacement decisions. - Short Course on Membrane Bioreactors
Date: April 2007
Location: Orlando, Florida
Partners: Cranfield University, MWH, Trussell Technologies
Purpose: To provide first-hand knowledge on the background, principles, products, and other critical factors surrounding the design and operation of membrane bioreactors for wastewater treatment and water reclamation. - Microfiltration IV Conference Featuring a Short Course on Membrane Bioreactors
Date: March 2006
Location: Orange, California
Partners: MWH, Cranfield University, U.S. Filter, and Zenon Environmental Corporation
Purpose: To provide an update on the status of microfiltration technology and focus on critical issues faced by end-users, such as new applications, regulatory perspectives, operational experiences, and fouling control.
- International Workshop on Novel and Enhanced Water Treatment Technologies for Upgrading Water Quality
Date: September 2005
Location: Tianjin, China
Partners: China Water Association, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Tianjin Water Company
Purpose: To discuss the latest technological and scientific developments associated with drinking-water quality, including processes for upgrading drinking-water quality at relatively low cost and convenient operation.
For questions about holding a workshop or conference, please contact:
Jeff Mosher
Executive Director, NWRI
Phone (714) 378-3278
Email Jeff