The 4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences
the chairs
Conference Title: Urban Hydraulic Cycle in a Climate Changing Environment
We are pleased to welcome you to the 4th International Electronic Conference on Water Sciences (ECWS-4), which will be held online, promoted by the open-access journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water.
In the last few years, three International Electronic Conferences on Water Sciences (ECWS-1, ECWS-2, and ECW-3) have addressed important water-related aspects. A fourth conference, aimed at deepening the discussion on issues of the urban hydraulic cycle (UHC), is needed, with the attention focused on water resources availability and exploitation and related management and works, drinking water processes, supply and water distribution systems, storm and sanitary sewers, and wastewater treatments.
Climate change can alter the balance between the different components of the hydrological cycle. The induced variability may affect water resources availability, people’s lifestyle, and the behavior of water systems as a whole. It is necessary to introduce new models, processes, and methodologies for better (a) understanding how to exploit the available water resources and maintaining a sustainable regime of water use; (b) improving drinking water quality and sanitation, particularly in developing countries; (c) managing the water supply and distribution systems to reduce energy consumption and leakages, ensuring good quality; (d) designing, monitoring, and operating sanitary, storm, and combined sewers avoiding pollutant dispersion in the environment and urban floods; and (e) developing new wastewater treatments and processes to improve the water quality returned to the environment.
The ECWS-4 invites researchers from the academia as well as from the industry to contribute with novel ideas and experiences to deal with processes within the context of UHC, making references to the following topics framed in a climate changing environment with a special focus on sustainability:
- Managing Water Resources from Aquifers, Rivers and Lakes
- Drinking Water Treatments and Processes with Special Focus on Developing Countries
- Water Supply and Distribution Systems
- Sanitary, Storm and Combined Sewers and Related Control Works
- Wastewater Treatment Modeling, Optimization and Control
Conference Secretariat
Vanessa Sun
Email: ecws@mdpi.com
Meet Our Chairs
Hydraulic Infrastructures, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100, Ferrara, Italy;Dr. Marco Franchini has been Full Professor since 2001 and he is currently teaching Hydraulic Infrastructures at the Department of Engineering in Ferrara (Italy). He has been coordinator of the graduate and undergraduate didactic structure of the civil engineering and environmental engineering courses in the period 2001-2015. He is currently head of the Engineering Department in Ferrara (2018-2021). He operated as Associated Editor of the Journal of Hydrology in the years 1992-2002. He was secretary of the sector "Surface Hydrology" of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) in the years 1992-1996. He is currently member of the Editorial board of Water (MPDI) and Editor of Water Supply Journal (IWA). He is currently reviewer for about ten international ISI Journals. Overall, he has coordinated more than 45 research and applied projects for several agencies. He has been president of "Centro Studi Sistemi Idrici" (2015-2018) and director of the Scientific Board of the Terra&Acqua Tech Laboratory of the University of Ferrara (2014-2018). He has been associate researcher of the CNR-IRPI in Perugia (Italy) (2010-2015). He is author and co-author of more than 210 papers published in national and international conference proceedings and journals. He has been awarded 4 times.
Water Engineering Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, I-06125 Perugia, Italy;Bruno Brunone, PhD (1987), is a professor (2000) and director (1997) of the Water Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the University of Perugia. He is an Associate Editor of the J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE and Editor of Water Supply and Water. Brunone is a member of a research unit within the HK Research Grant Council (RGC)'s Theme-based Research Scheme - Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) “Smart Urban Water Supply System (Smart UWSS - http://smartuws.ust.hk/). He has been the President of the Organizing Committee of the 12th Int. Conf. on "Computing and Control for the Water Industry" (CCWI2013), and the 16th Int. Conf. on "Water Distribution System Analysis" (WDSA2014) and is been the founder and organizer of the series of the biennial Italian Conferences on pipe system management (eight editions). Brunone main research interests are: pipe system management with the attention focused on transient test-based techniques for fault detection, modeling of trans
Important Dates
- Abstract submission deadlineSep 30, 2019
- Abstract acceptance notificationOct 10, 2019
- Full file submission deadlineOct 31, 2019
Deadline for Abstract Submission: 30 September 2019
Notification of Acceptance: 10 October 2019
Deadline for Submission of Full Paper/Poster/Power Point: 31 October 2019
Conference Open: 13-29 November 2018