UBC TALKS introducing new era of toxic-free water cycle
How to ensure a safe water cycle and effectively remove micropollutants from wastewater, fulfilling the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive? The answers come at the UBC TALKS webinar on 25 March 2025!
During the UBC TALKS webinar introducing new era of toxic-free water cycle on 25 March 2025 at 9.30–11.00 CET / 10.30–12.00 EET, the international experts from the Baltic Sea Region will discuss the challenge of micropollutants in wastewater, technologies for their removal, as well as the new European regulations requiring significant infrastructural investments in all larger cities.
Tune in to hear the European contexts and the local BSR developments in testing the most efficient trains of technologies to remove micropollutants. You will also learn about the capacity building opportunities, and will be equipped with an interactive online training package for local authorities and water utilities.
Agenda: UBC TALKS about new era of toxic-free water cycle
Welcome to the webinar and introduction to EMPEREST project
Lotta Lehti, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission
Setting the scene: impact of micropollutants on aquatic environment and the European regulatory advances
Mikhail Durkin, Coalition Clean Baltic
EMPEREST: A smart mobile solution to plan large-scale investments into advanced wastewater treatment
Experiences from Tartu and Tallinn, Estonia
Concept and technologies: Taavo Tenno, University of Tartu
Piloting experiences: Marlen Taggu, Tallinn Water Ltd.
Experiences from Gdansk and Szczecin, Poland
Concept and technologies: Marek Swinarski, Gdansk Water Utilities Ltd.
Piloting experiences: Piotr Miakoto, Water and Sewage Company Ltd. of Szczecin
Training materials to build capacities of water utilities and cities
Vanessa Ingold, DWA German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste DWA Regional group North-East
Further discovery opportunities
Mariia Andreeva, UBC Sustainable Cities Commission