The Lebanese University cordially invite all water stakeholders to join their 2^nd National Seminar on Wastewater Treatment & Reuse which will take place on 15^th February 2021 at the Faculty of Public Health of the Lebanese University from 08:30 till 13:30.

The event is being organized under the auspices of the ENI CBC Med funded project AQUACYCLE, Towards Sustainable Treatment and Reuse of Wastewater in the Mediterranean Region, as a joint event by the Faculty of Public Health, the Faculty of Science & the Doctoral School for Science and Technology at the Lebanese University.

The theme of the seminar will be on the use of non-conventional water resources (NCWR) as a solution towards local water security and climate change adaptation.

The objective of the seminar is to promote sustainable practices in the circular economy context, with a focus on the safe reuse of treated domestic wastewater by sustainable nature-based solutions and advanced technologies.

The foreseen sessions/topics will include:

1. Novel Strategies towards a Circular Economy in the Wastewater Sector
2. Sanitation, Wastewater Management and Sustainability: from Waste Disposal to Resource Recovery
3. Innovative technologies for decentralised wastewater treatment in urban and peri-urban areas
4. Treated wastewater quality guidelines for agricultural use (WHO and FAO standards), and
5. Closing Session: the use of NCWR as a sustainable, innovative and cost-effective way of improving community access to water in water scarce areas of Lebanon

The seminar is free of charge but registration is mandatory at

http://www.biotech.ul.edu.lb/aquacycle/news.html.

For more information about the seminar, please visit  http://www.biotech.ul.edu.lb/aquacycle/events.html.