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Course in domestic wastewater treatment
Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment is organising a course in domestic wastewater treatment in the third week of September 2008. It provides an excellent opportunity for professionals like builders, architects and contractors to meet and interact with experts in the field of decentralised wastewater treatment.
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22 September 2008
to 26 September 2008 |
| Where | New Delhi, India |
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Cities in India are growing, but in a haphazard manner. The demand for water has exploded, while tonnes of waste is generated everyday and is left untreated. How do we even begin to compute these costs, and assess the water-waste balance for our thirsty urban growth?
Clearly, cities can do more with less – by cutting down on inefficiencies and distribution losses, all signs of poor management.
But equally important are issues of resource equity – the massive gap in water supplies within the city. The challenge is therefore as much about justice as it is about technology.
We also need to address the enormous challenge of water pollution caused primarily by human waste. There is an urgent need to switch from the current paradigm of capital, water and material intensive processes of waste management to a more cost effective, non-sewerage paradigm of human waste disposal.
About the course
Through hands-on workshops, interactive seminars, detailed case studies, film shows, field trips, and classroom instructions, the programme will explore the current water-waste situation, pollution management practices and policies and their drawbacks.
It will also suggest an alternative paradigm suited to the Indian situation. Hands-on design workshops will teach participants how to design and implement localised wastewater treatment systems in a variety of situations and localities. Field visits will allow participants to view innovative decentralised wastewater systems implemented across the city.
You will have the unique chance to meet and interact with experts and professional in the field of decentralised wastewater treatment.
Course modules
Status of water and excreta management in Indian cities; water pollution and its management in Indian cities; alternate sewage and pollution management strategies; fundamentals of wastewater treatment; planning, designing, implementation and monitoring of localised wastewater treatment systems; issues in wastewater reuse; and policies, legislation on water pollution and wastewater treatment.
A certificate of participation will be awarded to all at the end of the course.
Venue
Anil Agarwal Green Centre,
38, Tughlakabad Institutional Area,
New Delhi 110062
Course Fees
For professionals (including builders, architects and contractors: Rs 8,800/-
Others (including academics, researchers and NGOs): Rs 4,400/-
We accept demand drafts and cheques (drawn in favour of ‘Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi).
Contact person
R.K. Srinivasan
Phone: +91-11-29955124/125 (Ext. 236)
Fax: +91-11-29955879
Email: rksri@cseindia.org
Date
September 22–26, 2008
Last date of application will be September 15, 2008
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