2022 WATER DAYS
PROGRAMME
Thursday, 13 October 2022
| 8.30–9.00 | Registration of participants |
| SYMPOSIUM OPENING | |
| 9.00–9.30 | Introductory addresses Marjetka Levstek, PhD, Chair of the Slovenian Association for Water Protection (SDZV) Uroš Brežan, Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning |
| 9.30–11.00 | WATER – MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE |
| 9.30–9.45 |
Understanding groundwater at local and global scale
Prof. Mihael Brenčič, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| 9.45–10.00 |
Value of water: if it is hidden, it will be overlooked
Stanka Cerkvenik, MSc, Institute of Public Services |
| 10.00–10.15 |
Water - an invisible phenomenon in political thought
Assoc. Prof. Andrej A. Lukšič, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Political Theory, Institute of Ecology |
| 10.15–10.30 |
Overlooked international legal aspects of interventions in water and aquatic environments during their implementation
Prof. Vasilka Sancin, PhD, and Urška Stopar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law |
| 10.30–11.00 |
Round table
Moderated by Pavel Gantar, PhD |
| 11.00–11.30 | Break |
| 11.30–13.15 | WATER RESOURCES AND DRINKING WATER |
| 11.30–12.00 |
Experiences and benefits of the implementation of the ISO22000 standard in a large water supply system
1
Meritxell Minoves, Aigües de Barcelona, Spain |
| 12.00–12.15 |
Anthropogenic impacts on groundwater quantities in Slovenia
Peter Frantar, PhD, Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency |
| 12.15–12.30 |
Problems of drinking water supply as the consequence of the environmental accident at the company Melamin in Kočevje
Antun Gašparac, Hydrovod, d. o. o. |
| 12.30–12.45 |
A new method for faecal source tracking in water
Matjaž Retelj, MSc, National Laboratory of Health, Environement and Food |
| 12.45–13.15 |
Round table
Moderated by Brigita Jamnik, PhD |
| 13.15–15.00 | Lunch |
| 15.00–17.00 | "WATER" CAFÉ – MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE |
| Moderated by Stanka Cerkvenik, MSc | |
| 19.30 | Dinner |
Friday, 14 October 2022
| 9.00–11.00 | WASTEWATER DISCHARGE AND TREATMENT |
| 9.00–9.30 |
Danish approach to handling of hospital wastewater - from a
pollution problem to new water resources
1
Kristina Buus Kjær, MSc, DHI A/S, Denmark |
| 9.30–10.00 |
Testing of private sewer connections – why and how?
1
Wendy Francken, VLARIO, Belgium |
| 10.00–10.15 |
Adaptation of urban areas to extreme rainfall for stormwater control
Matej Radinja, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, and Maja Štajdohar, MSc, Ljubljana Public Utility Company |
| 10.15–10.30 |
Monitoring the impact of municipal and industrial treatment plants
on the ecological status of watercourses in Slovenia
Aleksandra Krivograd Klemenčič, PhD, Ministry of Environement and Spatial Planning, Slovenian Environment Agency |
| 10.30–11.00 |
Round table
Moderated by Mojca Vrbančič, MSc |
| 11.00–11.30 | Break |
| 11.30–13.00 | WATER IN NATURE – TOWARDS NEW MANAGEMENT METHODS |
| 11.30–11.45 |
Challenges in groundwater conservation, the hidden natural heritage
of Slovenia
Asst. Prof. Cene Fišer, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty |
| 11.45–12.00 |
Spatial distribution analysis of multispectral contaminants in the
Ljubljana Basin waters
Ines Vidmar, PhD, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| 12.00–12.15 |
Inland water science involving citizens
Asst. Prof. Tina Eleršek, PhD, National Institute of Biology |
| 12.15–12.30 |
Understanding of river environment changes by combining remote
sensing and anthropological research
Liza Stančič, ZRC SAZU, Institute of Anthropological and Spatial Studies |
| 12.30–13.00 |
Round table
Moderated by Prof. Mihael J. Toman, PhD |
| 13.00–14.00 | CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE WATER |
1 The lecture will be given in English and online.