European Forum Water 2005: DVGW

On 4th April 2005, water experts from Germany and especially from Southern, Central and Eastern Europe gathered at the first European Forum Water in Magdeburg, Germany.

75 participants from nine nations (Germany, Austria, United Kingdom, Hungary, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia) met to discuss the following topics during the inaugural event of the European Forum Water, a day before commencement of wat 2005. The speeches were translated simultaneously into five languages.

Cross-frontier strategies in water supply
EU drinking water directive - implementation and call for action
Financing possibilities for a secure water supply in Europe
Technical self-regulation as the motor of European water supplies and wastewater disposal
Standardization strategies
Water research

The conference was initialised by the DVGW, modeled on the successful European Forum Gas and presented by five additional German-speaking associations of the European water sector (BGW, DWA, figawa, ÖVGW, SVGW). In continuative conversations during breaks and the evening reception, new partners were successfully acquired. The participants agreed that the cross-frontier exchange of information in a coalescing Europe is steadily gaining in importance. In future, the European Forum Water could set the stage to discuss problems concerning this specific trade. The next European Forum Water will be arranged with representatives of the cooperating organisations and is scheduled for 3. - 7. April 2006, in the context of WASSER BERLIN next year.

Programme

European Forum Water - Programme (english) (PDF, 257 KB)

Europa Forum Wasser - Programm (deutsch) (PDF, 250 KB)

Evropské fórum Voda - Návrh programu (ceštiny) (PDF, 260 KB)

Európai Vízfórum - Programtervezet (magyar) (PDF, 258 KB)

Forum Europejskie Woda - Projekt programu (polski) (PDF, 258 KB)

Europski forum o vodama - Plan programa (hrvatski) (PDF, 258 KB)

10.00 Welcoming address Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Mehlhorn, Stuttgart

10.15 Water supplies in the Danube region – strategies for European integration Dipl.-Ing. W. Kling, Vienna

10.45 Water protection across national frontiers in the catchment area of the Elbe Dipl.-Ing. J. Kinkor, Prague

11.15 Discussion

11.30 Lunch break

12.30 Approaches to implementing the EU drinking water directive and possible future changes J. Fawell, Flackwell Heath

13.00 Financing possibilities for the ex tension and maintenance of secure water supplies in Europe N. Gasten, Frankfurt a. M.

13.30 Discussion

13.45 Technical self-regulation as the motor of European water supplies and wastewater disposal Dr.-Ing. W. Lindner, Bergheim

14.15 The standardization strategy of DIN Dipl.-Ing. W. Wollgam, Cottbus

14.45 Discussion

15.00 Coffee break

16.00 The European Acceptance Scheme – building products in contact with drinking water from the European and national viewpoint Dipl.-Ing. K. Endrullat, Berlin

16.30 Water research in a European context Prof. Dr. R. D. Gimbel, Mülheim

17.00 Final discussion

Organisational Guarantor:

DVGW e.V.
Deutsche Vereinigung des Gas- und Wasserfaches e.V. - Technisch-wissenschaftlicher Verein
Josef-Wirmer-Straße 1-3
53123 Bonn
Deutschland
Fax 0049-2 28/91 88-9 90
Tel. 0049-2 28/91 88-7 11
E-Mail: info(at)dvgw.de