WATER AND SANITATION IN INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER RELIEF
Edinburgh, UK, 28 - 30 May 2008

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
004	Gerad Fernando	National Water Supply and Drainage Board	Sri Lanka	Water Supply & Sanitation Needs in a Disaster - Lessons learned Through the Tsunami Disaster in Sri Lanka
055	Mansoor Ali	Practical Action (ITDG)	UK	Integrated Approaches to Promote Sanitation in Urban Slums
097	Blanca Antizar-Ladislao	The University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Sanitation Connection – contribution of IWA-YWP to a web based platform
169	Aggrey Mwaipaya	Sustainable Community Participation In Rural Development (SCOPIRD)	Zambia	Water and Environmental Sanitation Policy Challenges for Zambia
174	Victor Chipofya	Uni Malawi	Malawi	Policy Harmonisation - A Strategy Towards Sustainable Development, Management and Utilisation of Water Resources: Case of Malawi
198	Miriam Hansen	EWB	Scotland	Building Bridges: Educational Opportunities and Constraints for Teachint Engineering, Water, and Saitation Concepts in Resource Poor Areas
206	Sarah Kent	RESET	UK	Are Small-Scale Integrated Giogas Latrines and Appropriate Sanitation Option for Flood-Prone Regions in Developing Nations?

Part II Appropriate Water Supply Technologies: Performance, Maintance Strategies and Costs

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
001	Andrea Correira-Semiao	The University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Effect of Organic Matrices and pH in the Removal of Uranium by Submerged Ultrafiltration Membrane
010	Blanca Antizar-Ladislao	The University of Edinburgh	UK	Investigation of the use of doped-TiO2 to water disinfection and decontamination
017	Doris Van Halem	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	Subsurface arsenic removal for small-scale application in developing countries
019	Debora Ley	University of Oxford	UK	Sustainable Tourism and Clean Water Project for two Guatemalan Communities: A Case Study
020	Caetano Dorea	University of Glasgow	Scotland	Coagulant-based emergency water treatment
023	Dalila Capão	Heriot-Watt University	Scotland	Reverse Osmosis and Solar Energy: a Viable Combination for the Provision of Drinking Water in Remote Areas
025	Esi Awuah	PMB	Ghana	Evaluation of Simple Methods of Arsenic Removal from Domestic Water Supplies in Rural Communities
028	Gavin Park	Heriot-Watt University	Scotland	Design of a Wind-Powered Renewable Energy Membrane System for Ghana
033	Helfrid Rossiter	The University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Use of decentralised ultra and nanofiltration unit for heavy metal removal from drinking water in remote locations
035	Isabel Escobar	The University of Toledo	US	Development of smart membrane with microbial monitoring capabilities
038	Jasper Verbek	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	Operational experience with micro hydraulic flocculator in Indonesia after the “Tsunami of 2004”
041	Beatriz Garcia Fayos	Polytechnic University of Valencia	Spain	Ultrafiltration as an Alternative Membrane Technology to Obtain Safe Drinking Water: 10 years of Experience on the Scope of the Aquapot Project
048	Laura Richards	Heriot-Watt University	Scotland	Impact of pH on Trace Contaminant Removal by Nanofiltration/Reverse Osmosis in Remote Australian Communities
049	Laura Banasiak	The University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Trace inorganic contaminant removal from brackish water using electrodialysis
052	Linda Mezule	Riga Technical University	Latvia	A simple technique for water disinfection with acoustic cavitation: Effect on survival of Eschericha coli
060	Maria Fidalgo de Cortalezzi	Buenos Aires Insitute of Technology (ITBA)	Argentina	Iron oxide adsorbers for arsenic removal: a low cost treatment for rural areas and mobile applications
064	Mooyoung Han	Seoul National University	Korea	Rainwater Harvesting as The First Priority Relief Option in Banda Aceh
073	Philippe Moulin	Université Paul Cézanne	France	TRANSPORTABLE MEMBRANE PROCESS TO PRODUCE DRINKING WATER
081	Klemens Schwarzer	Solar-Institut Juelich	Germany	New Solar Thermal Desalination System with Heat Recovery
162	Ahmad Setiawan	Curtin University of Technology	Australia	Renewable Energy Applications for Sustainable Power and Water Supply in Remote Areas and Disaster Relief Conditions
187	Roya Sheikholeslami	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Strategies for Future Research and Development in Desalination – Challenges Ahead
189	Annalisa de Munari	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Application of Solar-Powered Desalination in a Remote Town in South Australia
191	Cairns Smith	University of Aberdeen	Scotland	A Visible Light Driven Photoelectro Catalytic Fuel Cell for Clean-up of Contaminated Water Supplies
214	Peta Neale	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Magnetic Ion Exchange (MIEX®): Is There Potential for International Development?

Part III Why is Sanitation failing? Sustainable Sanitation Approaches

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
015	Younkyoo Choung	Yonsei University	Korea	Influence of aeration rate on nitrogen during blackwater composting
016	Debra Phillips	Queen's University of Belfast	Northern Ireland	Cost-Effective Clean-Up of Contaminated Groundwater by Permeable Reactive Barriers
029	George Rockson	KNUST	Ghana	Useful Recovery of Biodegradable-waste in Developing Countries: Source separation versus Mechanical Biological Waste Pre-Treatment
034	David Pedrueza	Action against Hunger - Spain	Angola	Living in the Musseques
036	Ives Magloire Kengne	University of Yaounde	Cameroon	Vertical flow constructed wetlands as sustainable sanitation approaches for faecal sludge dewatering in developing countries
047	Richard Amankwah Kuffour	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana	Effect of using Different Particle Sizes of Sand as Filter Media, for the Dewatering of Highly Concentrated Faecal Sludge (FS)
050	Laurie McNeill	Utah State University	US	Sustainable Implementation of Treated Wastewater for Reuse in Agricultural Irrigation in the West Bank
053	Michael Gormley	Heriot-Watt University	Scotland	Can numerical computer modeling aid innovation, efficiency and cost reduction in sanitation provision?
054	Mariska Ronteltap	UNESCO-IHE	Netherlands	Integration of human excreta management and solid waste management in practice
083	Vandana Parth	National Geophysical Research Institute	India	Hydro and Pedo Geochemistry in and around municipal waste disposal site near Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad City, India
084	Victor Chipofya	Centre for Water, Sanitation, Health and Appropriate Technology Development (WASHTED)	Malawi	Sustainable Sanitation in Rural Areas with Waterlogged Sandy Soils: Case of Monkey Bay on the Shore of Lake Malawi
087	Morgan Leo Akpan	Geoenvironmental Design and Research Limited	Nigeria	The challenges of environmental sanitation in nigeria: an overview
103	Bryne Ngwenya	The University of Edinburgh	Scotland	Thermodynamic Framework for Water Purification Through Metal Biosorption
110	Cigdem Eskicioglu	University of Ottawa	Canada	Enhanced disinfection and methane production from sewage sludge by microwave irradiation
114	Eva Eriksson	TU Denmark	Denmark	Metals in greywater; sources, presence and removal efficiencies
171	Margriet Samwel	WECF	Netherlands	Improving School Sanitation in a Sustainable Way for a better Health of School Children in the Eecca and in the New EU Member States
183	Olufunke Cofie	IWMI	Ghana	Resource Recovery from Urban Waste: an Integral Part of Sustainable Sanitation in Developing Countries
204	César Sáez-Navarrete	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	Sulphate Reduction and Biomass Growth Rates for Desulfobacterium autotrophicum in Yeast Extract – Supplemented Media at 38ºC
215	Christian Zurbrügg	EAWAG ETH	Switzerland	A system Perspective in Sanitation - Human Waste from Cradle to Grave and Reincarnation
216	Martin Crapper	University of Edinburgh	Scotland	The Significance of Ambient Atmosphere and Temperature on Ex-situ Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soil: A Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling Approach

Part IV Integrating Water & Sanitation: Infrastructure, Energy, Monitoring & Maintenance Issues

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
003	Adoko Sambwa	Private Researcher	Nigeria	Recycling of Used DC Motors as Solar Pumps for Water Supply and Water Delivery Applications in Urban Poor and Rural Communities in Sub-Saharan Africa
031	Kevin Hall	Queens University	Canada	Water supply augmentation and sanitation enhancement: West slum sector, village of Mathigiri, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu
037	J?rgen Baisch	Institute Water for Africa e.V.	Germany	Data Shortage in Africa
042	Sharon Jones	Lafayette College	US	A Holistic Method to Evaluate Sustainability for Rural Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Systems
062	Mohammad Almasri	An Najah University	Palestine	Drinking water quality in the West Bank: Modeling chlorine residual and disinfection byproducts in an intermittent water supply network
063	Mohammad Feisal Rahman	The University of Western Ontario	Canada	Occurrence and Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds and Pharmaceuticals from Drinking Water: Challenges in the Context of the Developing World
065	Mooyoung Han	Seoul National University	Korea	Water Environmental & Sanitation Status in Disaster Relief of Pakistan 2005 Earthquake
082	Theresa Mkandawire	Malawi Polytechnic	Malawi	Assessment of Drinking Water Quality in Bangwe Township, Blantyre: Case Study of Mtopwa Village
090	Esi Awuah	PMB	Ghana	Water Quality in Small Town’ Piped Water Schemes
107	Margaret Grieco	Napier University	Scotland	Living infrastructure: replacing children's labour as a source of sanitation services in Ghana
112	Xuefeng Cui	University of Liverpool	UK	Threatening of Climate Change on Water Resources and Supply: Case Study of Northwest China
118	Omokaro Obire	Rivers State University of Science and Technology	Nigeria	Impact of human activities on drinking water quality in Niger Delta of Nigeria
119	Omokaro Obire	Rivers State University of Science and Technology	Nigeria	Chemistry and mycological quality of a drinking water source in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
123	Heather Murphy	University of Guelph	Canada	Recontamination of water storage containers in household clay pot water filters used in rural Cambodia
164	Adebayo Eludoyin	Obafemi Awolowo University	Nigeria	Some chemical attributes of runoff from a medium size urban market in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
165	Bart van der Bruggen	KU Leuven	Belgium	Construction of the Gilgel Gibe dam in Ethiopia: impact of upstream wastewater discharge and remediation possibilities
177	Amit Kohli	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Mexico	Maximizing Water Availability: A Statistical Model
180	Salule Masangwi	University of Malawi/Strathclyde	Malawi	Behavioural and Environmental Determinants of Childhood Diarrhoea in Chikwawa, Malawi
184	Robert Burgon	WPC/SNIPEF	Scotland	Water and Sanitation – Don’t Forget the Plumbing!
196	Colin Gordon	Cardonal College	Scotland	Plumbing Skills Development for a Healthy Future
199	Kamal Dahanayake	Rural Water Supply and Sanitation	Sri Lanka	Policy and Guidelines: Service Connections, Metering and Tariff Setting for Rural Water Supply Systems
201	Orodi Odhiambo	University of Nairobi	Kenya	Integrated Water, Energy and Sanitation Solution for Stand-alone Settlements
210	Alan Ervine	University of Glasgow	Scotland	Site Selection for Combined Hydro, Irrigation and Water Supply in Malawi: Assessment of Water Resource Availability
211	Edda Vuhahula	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences	Tanzania	Dental Fluorosis in Tanzania Great Rift Valley in Relation to Fluoride Levels in Water in ‘Magadi’ (Trona)

Part V Industry Forum and Case Studies

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
011	Bob Garrow	R S Garrow Ltd	Scotland	Two technologies which just need energy to clean drinking and waste waters
030	Gunnar Jacks	KTH	Sweden	Clinoptilolite in Water Purification in Emergency Situations
203	Faustina Atipoka	Bongo District Assembly	Ghana	Water Supply Challenges in Rural Ghana
	Pasidu Pallawella	Energy Forum	Sri Lanka	Water to Light up Rural Life

Part VI Capacity Building, Financing Mechanisms & Workshop Summary: Research Needs to meet Water & Sanitation Millennium Goals

Ref	Name	Organisation	Country	Title
079	Sameer Sah	Plan International UK	UK	Community Let Total Sanitation: Addressing the challenges of scale and sustainability
106	Debby Dollar	KNUST	Ghana	Local Initiative in Community Water Supply: Case Study in Ashanti Region, Ghana
167	Ibrahima Sy	Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique (CSRS)	Mauritania	The water and sanitation policies and their impacts on the communities development: case study in Rufisque (Senegal)
188	Adewole Adedeji	Obafemi Awolowo Uni IfeIfe	Nigeria	Water Resources Management and Pollution Control in Nigeria: A Legal Analysis
200	Ananda Dissanayake	Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project	Sri Lanka	Sanitation Revolving Fund -National Initiative for Sustainable Sanitation Solution

 

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