In Wastewater Treatment We Will Confirm the Acceptance of Your Registration by E-Mail

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 Koblenz. The main entrance is on Julius-Wegeler-Straße near the “Rhein-Mosel-Halle”. The BfG is within 10-minute walking distance from the main railway station “Koblenz Hauptbahnhof”. Please note that there are no parking facilities nearby.

Registration Workshop The number of participants is limited. We will therefore accept the registration on a “first come, first served” basis. Integrative approaches to remove We ask you to ensure that your registration is received compounds of emerging concern by 10 February 2017. Please use the attached registration form, which you may return by fax, mail or e-mail. (CECs) in wastewater treatment We will confirm the acceptance of your registration by e-mail. A registration fee will not be charged. 7-8 March 2017 in Koblenz, Germany We propose to spend Tuesday evening together in a Koblenz restaurant. Please indicate your interest to attend on your registration form, so that we can make a reservation.

Poster presentation You are invited to submit a poster describing results of Working language your current work closely related to the workshop topics. The official language of the workshop is English. Please give us the title of your poster on the registration form, if you prefer to present a poster. Contact If you have further questions, please contact:

Accommodation For programme and scientific matters: A list of recommended hotels can be found on the third Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes, BfG page of this flyer. Alternatively, hotel listings can be Phone: +49 261 1306 5560; E-Mail: [email protected]

Organized and hosted by found on the “Koblenz-Touristik” webpage: Dr. Adriano Joss, Eawag http://www.koblenz-tourism.com/accommodation.html Phone: +41 58 765 5408; E-Mail: [email protected] German Federal Institute of Hydrology – Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde (BfG)

Participants are requested to make their own travel www.bafg.de arrangements. For registration and organizational matters: Yvonne Strunck, BfG Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Phone: +49 261 1306 5361, Fax: +49 261 1306 5632 (Eawag) Have a pleasant journey to Koblenz! E-Mail: [email protected] www.eawag.ch

The workshop gives an overview over recent progress Microbiological treatment processes Wednesday, 8 March 2017 concerning the most promising options for the removal session chair: Juan Lema of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater 9:00 Can we improve the biological removal of 11:00 Overview of biological treatment processes micropollutants? (Keynote) treatment. The main topics are microbiological process- Adriano Joss, Eawag Jeppe Lund Nielsen, Aalborg University es under aerobic and anaerobic conditions and combina- tions thereof as well as oxidative and physical-chemical 11:30 Influence of nitrification activity and redox (Bio)chemical approaches to understand microbial processes such as ozonation and sorption on activated conditions on micropollutant degradation transformation Arne Wick, BfG carbon. In addition the workshop focusses on the com- session chair: Jeppe Lund Nielsen bination of modern biomolecular and analytical tech- 12:00 Moving bed biofilm reactors (MBBR): An 9:45 Characterization of biological treatment sys- niques to understand microbial and abiotic transforma- option for enhanced micropollutant removal? tems by genomic high-throughput sequencing tion. Benefits and limitations of integrative approaches Per Falas, Eawag; Kevin Jewell, BfG David Wolf, BfG to evaluate processes will be discussed with special 10:15 Elucidation of microbial degradation processes attention to innovative techniques in ecotoxicology and 12:30 Lunch break and Poster session using molecular and biochemical techniques non-target analysis. Furthermore, the impacts of dis- Ann-Kathrin Ghattas, BfG charged wastewater on river ecology will be discussed. 14:00 Enzymatic co-metabolic transformation of Revealing current trends in micropollutant treatment, 10:45 Coffee break and Poster session micropollutants during anaerobic digestion the workshop addresses decision makers, planners, (Keynote) operators as well as researchers. Juan Lema, University of Santiago de 11:15 Finding relationships between gene expression Compostela and micropollutant biotransformation The workshop is organized by BfG, Eawag and the (in activated sludge systems) University of Frankfurt, the partners in the ERC project 14:30 Mainstream ANAMMOX: can we achieve Kathrin Fenner, Eawag

“Athene”. energy-autarky in wastewater treatment? 11:45 Metaproteomic analysis: Linking activity to Michele Laureni, Eawag identity

Henrik Kjeldal, Aalborg University

15:00 Coffee break and Poster session Programme 12:15 Lunch break and Poster session

Tuesday, 7 March 2017 Oxidative and physical-chemical treatment processes Integrative approaches to evaluate processes session chair: Adriano Joss session chair: Thomas Ternes 15:30 Ozonation: progress in full-scale application 8:30 Registration 13:30 Ecotoxicological in-vitro and in-vivo and identifying suitable sites approaches for process evaluation Urs von Gunten, Eawag 9:00 Welcome and introduction of BfG Jörg Oehlmann, Frankfurt University

Birgit Esser, Head of Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG) 16:00 Addition of powdered activated carbon 14:00 Ecological impacts of micropollutants in Peter Heininger, BfG Marc Böhler, Eawag aquatic ecosystems Christian Stamm, Eawag 9:10 Scope and objectives of ERC project “Athene” 16:30 Combination of ozonation and GAC Thomas Ternes, BfG Julian Fleiner, Eawag 14:30 Nontarget analysis for process evaluation

Gudrun Nürenberg, Kevin Jewell, BfG 17:00 Discussion about processes 9:45 Aerobic granular sludge – Nereda technology? 15:00 Discussions about the practical suitability of (Keynote) 18:00 End of the first day integrative approaches Mark van Loosdrecht, TU Delft 15:30 Final discussion, summary and closing 10:30 Coffee break and Poster session 19:30 Dinner in a Koblenz restaurant remarks

16:00 End of the workshop

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 E-Mail: [email protected] www.bafg.de

recommended hotels (for guests of the BfG, March 2016) No hotel single room address e-mail telephone fax incl. breakfast from 1 Hotel Brenner € 69,-- Rizzastr. 20-22 [email protected] (+49)261/91578-0 (+49)261/36278 2 Cityhotel Hamm € 58,-- St. Josef-Str. 32 [email protected] (+49)261/30321-0 (+49)261/30321-60 3 Hotel Hohenstaufen € 76,-- Emil-Schüller-Str. 41-43 [email protected] (+49)261/3014-0 (+49)261/3014-444 4 GHOTEL Koblenz € 65,-- Neversstraße 15 [email protected] (+49)261/200245-0 (+49)261/200245-555 5 Hotel Ibis € 72,99 Rizzastr. 42 [email protected] (+49)261/3024-0 (+49)261/3024-240 6 Hotel Kleiner Riesen € 69,-- Kaiserin-Augusta-Anlagen 18 [email protected] (+49)261/30346-0 (+49)261/160725 7 Hotel Haus Morjan € 70,-- 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 Cologne 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 about train connections: 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.

Registration Form (to be returned by telefax, mail or E-mail) Please make sure that this binding registration is received by 10 February 2017.

To: Bundesanstalt für Gewässerkunde z. Hd. Frau Strunck Postfach 20 02 53 56002 Koblenz GERMANY

Fax: ++49-261-13065632 E-mail: [email protected]

Workshop Integrative approaches to remove compounds of emerging concern (CECs) in wastewater treatment 7-8 March 2017 in Koblenz, Germany

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