NEWS & EVENT
Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy as the IWA Executive Director Visit XAUAT and delivers invited lecture
On June 28, Prof. Kala Vairavamoorthy, the Executive Director of International Water Association (IWA) visited Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). During the Meeting with Mr. Xiaowei Zhu, the president of XAUAT, Prof. Kala signed the Memorandum of Understanding for the establishment of IWA CoF Research Centre (Xi’an). The nameplate unveiling ceremony was held and the certificate of Honorary Professor was awarded to Prof. Kala on the meeting.
The webinar for The Elsevier Publishing Landscape and JWPE
March 1st, 2023
The webinar for The Elsevier Publishing Landscape and Journal of Water Process Engineering (JWPE) was held on March 1st, 2023, which is co-organized by Elsevier, JWPE Editorial Office and International Forum of Water Sustainability, and supported by Int’l AWR Center. Dr. Luaine Bandounas, the Executive Publisher of Elsevier based in Oxford, UK and Prof. Xiaochang Wang, Co-Editor in Chief of JWPE were invited to give presentations and hold discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar. Over 13000 researchers, technologists, and students joined the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅹ)
December 8, 2022
The 10th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on December 15, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Prof. Min Yang, IWA Distinguished Fellow, Research Center for Eco-Environment Sciences of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Aijie Wang, IWA Distinguished Fellow, Harbin Institute of Technology, were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar. This webinar was moderated by Prof. Rong Chen, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, XAUAT. Also, over 9000 researchers, technologists, and students joined the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅸ)
December 8, 2022
The 9th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on December 8, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Prof. Gertian Medema, Principal Microbiologist at KWR Water Research Institute and Professor of Water & Health at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, and Prof. Joan Rose, Michigan State University, winner of the Stockholm Water Price were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar. This webinar was moderated by Prof. Chongmiao Zhang, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, XAUAT. Also, over 9000 researchers, technologists, and students joined the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅷ)
December 1, 2022
The 8th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on December 1, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Prof. Glen Daigger, IWA Past President, Fellow of National Academy of Engineering, USA, Prof. Jurg Keller, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering(ATSE), were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar. This webinar was moderated by A/P. Qian Zhang, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, XAUAT. Also, over 9000 researchers, technologists, and students joined the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅶ)
25 November
The 7th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 25, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Dr. Inês Breda, secretary of the IWA young water professionals steering committee, Mr. Jacob Amengor, the moderator of the panel discussion and Chair of the IWA young water professionals steering committee, Dr. Isabela Espindola, the IWA Membership Engagement Officer and responsible person for young water professionals, Prof. Xiaochang Wang, IWA board member and distinguished fellow, Xiaoyuan Zhang, associate professor at Tsinghua University, and the newly elected chair of IWA China Chapter were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅵ)
22 November
The 6th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 22, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Prof. Enrique Cabrera Rochera, Senior Vice President of IWA and Professor at Universitat Politècnica de València, and Mr. Perry Rivera, IWA Board Member, COO of New Business Operations, and Managing Director of Manila Water Company were invited to discuss with the Chinese attendees of the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅴ)
18 November
The 5th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 18, 2022. This webinar shared a video of the third keynote report given at the Copenhagen IWA World Water Congress entitled “Empowering Communities to Shape Sustainable Water Solutions-Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge” by A/Prof. Dawn Martin-Hill, Indigenous Studies at McMasters University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅳ)
15 November
The 4th webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 15, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Ms. Nathalie Olijslager, Program Director of the UN 2023 Water Conference, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands, and Mr. Sylvain Usher, Executive Director of the African Water Association (AfWA), Ivory Coast were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅲ)
10 November
The 3rd webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 10, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Ms. Corinne Trommsdorff, CEO and Founder of Water Cities, and Prof. Tony Wong, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering were invited to hold a discussion with the Chinese attendees of the webinar and express their perspectives on urban water management.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen(Ⅱ)
3 November
The 2nd webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on November 3, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT). Delegates from the IWA Fellows Greater China Interest Group (IWA-FGCIG) and IWA China Young Water Professionals (YWP) attended this event online.
Content Sharing of IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen
27 October
The first webinar in a series for Content Sharing from the 2022 IWA World Water Congress in Copenhagen was held on October 27, 2022. The webinar series is jointly hosted by the International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) and Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT)
China Water Environment Group wins 2022 IWA Project Innovation Award
16 September, 2022
In September this year, China Water Environment Group Lake Erhai project won the 2022 International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award (PIA) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
IWA Journal Water Reuse Publishes an Invited Feature Article by Prof. Xiaochang C. Wang
27 July 2022
Invited by the Editor in Chief of Water Reuse (IWA Publishing), Professor Xiaochang C. Wang, CTO of IFWS, has published a feature article titled “Safe water reuse through a quasi-natural water cycle” which presented his viewpoint on creating a quasi-natural water cycle for water reuse. Using existing data collected by his research group, he displayed the remarkable effects of emerging pollutants removal and associated reduction of biotoxicities from the reclaimed water during open-storage under a quasi-natural condition and revealed the related mechanisms. System design with integration of engineered and natural elements is recommended an effective manner for safeguarding water quality.
Full article is downloadable from https://doi.org/10.2166/wrd.2022.039
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“International Webinar on Technologies for Energy/Resource Recovery from Wastes” was hold by IFWS
28 July, 2022
IFWS organized the “International Webinar on Technologies for Energy/Resource Recovery from Wastes” .
IFWS organized the 1st academic conference
8 April 2022
International Forum of Water Sustainability (IFWS) organized the “International Conference on Water Environment of the Upper and Middle Yellow River”