Organisational matters How to find us

Venue The workshop will be held in the main building of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) at Am Mainzer Tor 1 in . The main entrance is on Julius-Wegeler-Straße near the “Rhein-Mosel- Halle”. The BfG is within 10-minute walking distance from the station “Koblenz Hauptbahnhof”. Please note that there are no parking facilities nearby. Workshop

Registration Wastewater treatment targeted The number of participants is limited. We will there- fore accept the registration on a “first come, first at organic micropollutant served” basis. biodegradation We ask you to make sure that your registration is received by 10 October 2014. Please use the attached 11-12 November 2014 in Koblenz, Germany registration form, which you may return by fax, mail or e-mail. We will confirm the acceptance of your registration by e-mail. A registration fee will not be charged. We propose to spend Tuesday evening together in a local wine restaurant. Please indicate your interest in such a meeting on your registration form, so that we Working language can make a reservation. The official language of the workshop is English.

Contact If you have further questions, please contact: Accommodation A list of recommended hotels can be found on the For programme and scientific matters: third page of this flyer. Alternatively, hotel listings Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes, BfG Phone: +49 261 1306 5560; E-Mail: [email protected] can be found on the “Koblenz-Touristik” webpage: Organized and hosted by http://www.koblenz-touristik.de/en/accommodation.html Dr. Adriano Joss, Eawag Phone: +41 58 765 5408; E-Mail: [email protected] German Federal Institute of Hydrology – Participants are requested to make their own travel Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG) arrangements. www.bafg.de For registration and organizational matters: Yvonne Strunck, BfG Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Have a pleasant journey to Koblenz! Phone: 0049 (0)261/ 1306-5361, Fax: 0049 261/ 1306-5632 (Eawag) E-Mail: [email protected] www.eawag.ch

The workshop is organized by the partners in the ERC 11:45 Aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation of Wednesday, 12 November 2014 project Athene that is focusing on the understanding of the diatrizoate and trimethoprim potential of biological processes for enhanced biodegrada- Kevin Jewell, Maria Redeker, BfG 9:00 Microorganism identification in wastewater tion of organic contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) with respect to the removal of micropollutants (Keynote) and on technical solutions to harness them. In the first part 12:15 Lunch break Prof. Dr. Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Aalborg University of the workshop, the CECs removal capabilities will be discussed regarding a variety of biological treatment op- 9:45 Towards community systems microbiology in 13:15 Activity and growth of suspended anammox tions targeting at anaerobic processes as well as carbon- bioprocess engineering sludge in pre-treated municipal wastewater limited and/or nitrogen-limited conditions and their combi- Dr. David Gregory Weissbrodt, Eawag Michele Laureni, Eawag nations. The performances of these biological processes will be compared with those of conventional wastewater 13:45 Discussion 10:15 Coffee break treatment. 14:15 Non-target screening used as an evaluation

Another main focus of the workshop will be on integrative tool for advanced wastewater treatment pro- 10:45 Sequence-based population analysis of mixed cesses methodologies that allow the evaluation of biological pro- microbial communities Dr. Wolfram Seitz, Zweckverband Landeswas- cesses. We will discuss the advances by assessing the Dr. Andreas Dötsch, Karlsruhe Institute of Tech- serversorgung direct impacts of discharged wastewater on river ecology nology as well as the performances of combined biological treat- 14:45 Establishment of the non-target approach to ment processes in terms of reduced ecotoxicity. The final evaluate the process performance of “Athene” 11:15 Finding relationships between gene expression and micropollutant biotransformation session of the workshop will highlight the benefits and the set-ups Dr. Kathrin Fenner, Eawag applicability of advanced molecular biology and microbio- Gudrun Nürenberg, BfG logical methods for better understanding and elucidating 11:45 Strategies for the identification of micropollu- the biological degradation of CECs in biological waste- 15:15 Coffee break tant degrading enzymes in “Athene” water treatment. Daniel Krah, BfG

15:45 Comparative toxicity assessment of advanced 12:15 Final discussion wastewater treatment technologies within the Programme project “SchussenAktivplus” 12:45 Summary and closing remarks Prof. Dr. Jörg Oehlmann, Johann Wolfgang Tuesday, 11 November 2014 Goethe University am Main 13:00 Lunch break 9:00 Registration 16:15 River ecology: The Ecoimpact project 10:00 Welcome Dr. Christian Stamm, Eawag Michael Behrendt, Federal Institute of Hydrology 14:00 Tour of the “Athene” pilot plant at the Wal- (BfG) 16:45 Ecotox evaluation of the “Athene” pilot plant lersheim wastewater treatment plant with in-vitro and in-vivo bioassays 10:15 Introduction to “Athene” – Aim and motiva- Johannes Völker, Johann Wolfgang Goethe tion University Frankfurt am Main 16:30 End of the workshop Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes, BfG

10:30 Design principles for enhanced transformation 17:15 Final discussion of chemicals of emerging concern in biological

wastewater treatment systems (Keynote) 18:00 End of the first day Prof. Dr. Jörg E. Drewes, TU München

11:15 Comparative performance of “Athene” set-ups regarding micropollutant removal 19:30 Dinner in a local wine restaurant Dr. Per Falas, Eawag

Federal Institute of Hydrology Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde Am Mainzer Tor 1 56068 Koblenz

Phone: ++49 (0)261/ 1306-0 Fax: ++49 (0)261/ 1306-5302 email: [email protected] www.bafg.de

recommended hotels (for guests of the BfG, July 2014) No hotel single room address e-mail telephone fax incl. breakfast 1 Hotel Brenner € 67,-- Rizzastr. 20-22 [email protected] (+49)261/91578-0 (+49)261/36278 2 Hotel Hamm € 55,-- St. Josef-Str. 32 [email protected] (+49)261/30321-0 (+49)261/30321-60 3 Hotel Hohenstaufen € 72,-- Emil-Schüller-Str. 41-43 [email protected] (+49)261/3014-0 (+49)261/3014-444 4 GHOTEL Koblenz € 63,-- Neversstraße 15 [email protected] (+49)261/200245-0 (+49)261/200245-555 5 Hotel Ibis € 70,99 Rizzastr. 42 [email protected] (+49)261/3024-0 (+49)261/3024-240 6 Hotel Kleiner Riesen € 63,-- Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 18 [email protected] (+49)261/30346-0 (+49)261/160725 7 Hotel Haus Morjan € 60,-- Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer [email protected] (+49)261/304290 (+49)261/3042956

How to find the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG)

By car: Either Motorway A3, exit “Dernbacher Dreieck” or Motorway A61, exit “Kreuz Koblenz”, continue A48 in the direction of Koblenz, exit “Koblenz-Nord”. Follow B9 towards Koblenz for approx. 8 km. Follow signs for “Koblenz/Rhein-Mosel-Halle”. Go straight on and turn right after the 4th traffic light towards “Rhein-Mosel-Halle/Weindorf”. Follow the road to the left and go straight on at the lights. The BfG main building is on the right.

(Parking facilities: Rhein-Mosel-Halle or in streets nearby).

By aeroplane: From Airport by train to Koblenz via Cologne (Köln). Travel time: approx. 1½ hours. Train connection approx. every half an hour.

From Frankfurt/Rhein-Main Airport by train via station „Fernbahnhof“. Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Trains to Koblenz go every hour.

For further information: http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

From Frankfurt/Hahn Airport by bus to Koblenz railway station (Hauptbahnhof). Travel time: approx. 1¼ hours. Bus connections five times a day. For details: http://www.hahn-airport.de/default.aspx?menu=passengers_visitors&cc=en.