Avner Adin , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Asher Brenner , Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Or Goldfarb , Water Commission – Israel ; Amit Gross, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Eytan Levy , AqWise –

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Organizing Committee:

Nehemiah Hassid, Chair of organizing, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Eilon Adar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Avner Adin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Asher Brenner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Or Goldfarb, Water Commission – Israel ; Amit Gross, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; Eytan Levy, AqWise –

Wise WaterTechnologies Ltd; Yoram Oren, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Zeev Ronen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev ; David Waxman, Chairman, Israeli Association of Water Industries

Advances in technological development and elevated standards of living in many areas

around the world will dramatically increase the demand for additional water of high quality.

Available natural sources of water for future development are scarce and limited to a few

regions on the globe. As a result, scientists the world over are constantly looking for ways to

increase the availability of this most precious resource, both in terms of quantity and quality.

This pressure is more pronounced in arid lands and in developing countries, many of which

are located in drylands. One commonly suggested solution is to produce “new” water, for

example, from desalination and treated effluents.

Intensive scientific research over recent years has produced a wealth of new information and

a detailed understanding of the world’s water resources, as well as many potential new

technologies for water development. Yet, these are not always applied for practical purposes

in the wider water sector. One reason for this is that water-related research hails from a vast

array of scientific disciplines, housed within different departments, faculties and institutions

around the world. Disciplines dealing with aspects of water research include: hydrochemistry,

environmental microbiology, engineering, water policy, management, hydrogeology, etc.

At present, the public and private water sectors are not readily exposed to these widely

scattered research groups and their new findings. Furthermore, there is little synergy between

scientists working in the above disciplines, whose research is often carried out in entirely

different institutions. As a result the full potential of the research is not integrated or brought

into contact with those who implement new technologies.

The main objective of this conference is to bridge the gap between academic research

institutions and various branches of industry involved in water technology and innovation.

Specific objectives include:

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Presenting examples of novel innovation with a potential applicable to the water

industry.

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How to turn a novel idea into a final product.

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How to bring about a working cooperation between academia and industry in order to

develop new products.

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Creating avenues for identifying new developments in water technology.

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Water systems management

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Advanced processes for municipal and industrial sewage treatment

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New technologies for desalination and water treatment

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Advanced irrigation systems

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Polluted groundwater – advanced methods for monitoring and remediation

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The use of marginal water – treatment and recycling

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Water - safety and security

Tuesday, 28 November 2006

08:30-10:15 Registration and Refreshments

10:15 -10:30 Greetings and Opening Remarks

Mediator: E. Adar

Chairman, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research

Opening Remarks: A. Vonshak

Director, The Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research

10:30 -12:00 Opening keynote lectures: • Water Technology Initiative - From Low Tech to High Tech

B. Oren, Former Chairman of Mekorot - Israel's National Water Company (2003-2006) • Commercial production of the pigment astaxanthin from the alga Haematococcus

pluvialis- "From petri Dish to salmon Fish"

S. Boussiba,The Landau Family Microalgal Biotechnology Laboratory. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

• Drip irrigation – the invention that changed the face of agriculture in the 20th century

E. Meltzer,President and CEO of "Africa-Israel", former president of "Netafim" (Tentative title lecture)

12:00-13:00 Lunch & Posters Presentation

13:00 -15:00 Parallel Sessions A:

A1. Polluted water – advanced methods for monitoring and remediation

Mediator: N. Weisbrod, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel A1-a Local site Remediation by Induction of Subsurface Shock Waves (SSW)

S. Sorek and A. Gross

Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

A1-b Behavior, Characteristics and Exploitation Techniques of Submarine Springs. A Review Paper

A. Stefanon, Department of Environmental Science, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy

A1-c Iron and manganese removal from water

Á. A. Aldama, J. Aparicio, A. Güitrón; C. Calderón Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Mexico

A1-d Controlled Field Experiments on Aquifer Recharge in a Coastal Sandfill

Lloyd H. C. Chua, Edmond Y. M. Lo, T. T. Lim, E. B. Shuy and S K Tan

Nanyang Technological University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Division of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Singapore

A1-e Nutrient recycling from organic waste for the production of organic fertilizers and protection of the environment

A. Gross, O. Guy, P. Fine and A. Nejidat

Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

A1-f Characterization and Prediction of Long Term Water Quality in Ground Water

A2. Advanced processes for municipal & industrial Wastewater treatment

Mediators: A. Brenner; Z. Ronen, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel A2-a Stimulated Biodegradation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Biological Activated

Carbon Systems

P. Werner, H. Lorbeer, A. Tiehm, N. Hüsers, J. Großmann; Technischeb Universitat Dresden, Germany

A2-b Development of a new method for sludge disinfection using ionizing radiation

G. Shani and S. Magidovich,

Biomedical and +_{Nuclear Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev} A2-c P2W - The Ultimate Solution in Industrial Wastewater Treatment

P. Zeevi, P2W

A2-d Distributed plasma generation in liquids: Physics and utilization in water treatment

A.M. Anpilov, E.M.Barkhudarov, N. Christofi, V.A. Kopiev, I.A.Kossyi, Yu.N. Kozlov, M.I.Taktakishvili, S.M. Temchin, Yu. V. Zadiraka

General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

A2-e Radicals as intermediates in de-halogenation processes

I. Rusonik, E. Shandalov, I. Zilbermann, E. Maimon, H. Cohen &,D. Meyerstein Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Department of Biological Chemistry, College of Judea and Samaria

A2-f Use of AOP technology for removal of antibiotic residuals – from bench scale to pilot scale

H. Mamane and D. Avisar, Tel-Aviv University

A2-g Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation: Application of nanotechnology in treatment of industrial wastewater

M. Abecassis-Wolfovich, M. Milman, R. Levi, M. Landau & M. Herskowitz Blechner Center for Industrial Catalysis and Process Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

15:00-15:15 Coffee break

15:15 -17:15 Parallel Sessions B:

B1. Advanced irrigation systems

Mediator:E. Meltzer, President & CEO of "Africa-Israel", former president of "Netafim",

Israel

B1-a A User-Friendly Program for Estimating Subsurface Wetting Patterns

N. Lazarovitch,

Mary Poulton

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Alex Furman,

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Arthur W. Warrick

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

B1-b Design and Development of Rainwater Harvesting System

R. Gupta, R. Ralegaonkar

Dean EHD, Chief MU, BITS, Rajasthan, India B1-c title lecture - TBA

U. Shani, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem B1-d Intensive Irrigation

B2. The use of marginal water – treatment and recycling

Mediator:A. Gross, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

B2-a Water quality mapping in South Africa using the high resolution airborne hyper spectral sensor AISA-ES

T. Feingersh, C.J. Kleynhans , G. Revivo, D. Heller *, R. Stark, C. van Ginkel, A. Gerber

Bar-Kal Systems Engineering ltd.

B2-b BioIronTech Process and Composition for the Recovery of Nutrients from Urban Storm water, Aquacultural Water, and Municipal Wastewater

V. Ivanov, E. Y. Lo, E. Shuy, J. Wang, O. Stabnikova, S. Kuang, C. Guo;

School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

B2-c The Low-Head Air-Driven Aquaculture Recirculating System – From Research To A Commercial Pilot

N. Mozes,Yuval Alfiya, Israel Haddas

Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

B2-d A Novel Zero-Discharge Recirculating System for Brackish water Inland Aquaculture

L. Friedman, A. Singer, S. Parnes, A. Gross, A. Sagi, A. Brenner and Natella Mirzoyan Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

B2-e The water saving potential and the economic feasibility of urban on-site greywater reuse

E. Friedler, Division of Environmental, Water and Agricultural Engineering. Faculty of Civil and Environmental engineering, Technion, Haifa

B2-f A New Era in Water Disinfection: Development and Integration of Hydro-Optic Disinfection Technology

Y. Rozenberg, Atlantium, VP R&D

B2-g A novel micro-wetland based system for sustainable greywater reuse

A. Weil Shafran, Z. Ronen, E. Adar and A. Gross

Department of Environmental Hydrology & Microbiology, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

17:30 -18:45 Inauguration of the National Center for Advanced Water Technologies

Presentation Mr. Haim Blumenblat

Daroma Negev Future - Presentation of the National Center for Advanced Water Technologies

Greetings: Mr. Shimon Peres

Minister for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee Mr. Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer

Minister of National Infrastructures, Israel Prof. Rivka Carmi

President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Prof. Avishay Braverman

Member of Knesset Booky Oren

Former Chairman of Mekorot - Israel's National Water Company (2003-2006)

Wednesday, 29 November 2006

09:00 -10:30 Keynote lectures:

• Transfer of technology from the Academy to the Industry – necessity, problems and possible solutions

A. Beth-Halachmi; Managing partner of Euro fund Venture Capital; Member of the National Council of Higher Education – Planning and Budgeting Committee • Financing Innovative Water Tech Companies from Product to Profit

L. Shenkar; The Artemis Project, USA

• Make Israel a world-class leader in the advanced water solutions market

O. Yogev;President, Plastro Irrigation Systems; Chairman, Waterfronts –Israeli Water Alliance

10:30-10:45 – Coffee Break

10:45 -12:45 Parallel Sessions C:

C1. Water – safety and security

Mediators: I. Juran; E. Show

C1-a Color sensor for rapid detection of bacteria in water

R. Jelinek , Ben Gurion University of the Negev

C1-b Mekorot’s experience in implementing new approaches for emergency situations management

S. Cohen, Mekorot, Israel National Water Co.

C1-c Connecting the dots – An innovative philosophy with dealing with water quality and safety emergency situations.

D. Schattner

C1-d The Connection between Quality and Management Standards and Security

I. D. Akerman, Standards Institution of Israel

C1-e Rapid microbiological detection – an operational tool against bioterror.

E. Shaw

C1-f μMAC-ToxScreen - On Line Analyzer for Early Warning Detection of Toxic Pollutants in Water

N. Ulitzur1, S. Ulitzur, and P. Moscetta CheckLight Ltd.

C1-g Continuous monitoring of poisonous contents in water

A. H. Parola, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

C2. New technologies for desalination and water treatments Mediator: Jack Gilron, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

C2-a Effect of Drinking Water Standard and Local Seawater Quality on Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination

D. Sun, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

C2-b Microbial Support Capacity (MSC): A “biologically oriented” approach to check efficiency of prefiltration and other treatments before RO and NF membranes

T. Berman, Yigal Alon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

C2-c WAIV – Pilot testing on real brines

J. Gilron, M. Fulton, M. Waisman, Y. Volkmann, E. Ramon

C2-d Water Desalination Using Athermal Technology of Mesoscale Vortices

H. Branover, B.E. Goldbaum and N. Goldbaum; Center for MHD Studies, Ben-Gurion University

C2-e Prevention of precipitation fouling in RO by reverse flow operation

E. Korin, Y. Ladizhansky, M. Waisman, N. Daltrophe and J. Gilron

Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

C2-f Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter Using 3-D Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Its Application to Water Monitoring

M. Borisover, Y. Laor, M. Lado, I. Saadi

Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Cente

C2-g SWRO Plants in ISRAEL-Water quality and Environmental issues for potential research

A. Tenne, Desalination Department, Water Commission

13:00-14:00 – Lunch & Posters Presentation

14:00 -15:30 Parallel Workshops (Tentative groups)

W1. Water policy and Management; Mediator: E. Levy, AqWise – Wise Water Tech. Ltd., Israel andL. Shenkar; The Artemis Project, USA

W2. Safety and Security; Mediator: I. Juran, USA

W3. Advanced Water Treatments; Mediator: P. Werner, Technischeb Universitat Dresden, Germany and A. Brenner, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

W4. Advanced Irrigation Systems; Mediator: TBA

15:45 -17:00 Special Keynote lecture • Opportunities for Research on Water in FP7

Eva Rockman

, Health and Environment, ISERD: Israel Europe R&D Directorate

• Need-oriented awareness as a key to cost effective product development by academicians

R. Mandelbaum,LDD Technologies, General Manager, Israel

• Mekorot - A Bridge Over Troubled Water- A New Approach of Commercializing Water Technologies

Ronen Wolfman - CEO, Mekorot - Israel's National WaterCompany

17:00 -18:00 Cocktail Party & Closing panel

Thursday, 30 November 2006

09:00 -13:00 Professional Tour:

• Biochemical Treatment of Industrial hazardous west, Ramat Hovav; Local Industrial Council

• Aquaculture with seawater and saline groundwater

• Demonstration of multiple water-use - Negev highlands farms • Advanced aquaculture best on saline water, Kadesh Barnea

• Desalination of brackish groundwater (~3800 mg/L TDS), Nitzana Desalination facility

Dates of Conference:

Tuesday, November 28th - Wednesday, November 29

, 2006

Date of Professional Tour:

Thursday, November 30

2006.

Location:

Sessions will take place at the Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, The Jacob Blaustein

Institutes for Desert Research, on the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,

Israel. Website: www.ziwr.co.il.

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