WRRC 2023 Fall Seminar

November 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Zoom Meeting

WATER IS WATER – NOT WASTE! International Options for Smart Wastewater Treatment Decisions

by Wastewater Education 501(c)3

For many small communities in Hawaii, the US, and overseas, the central wastewater infrastructure is not always affordable, geologically impossible to construct, and financially unsustainable with local resources. WasteWater Education 501(c)3, with 21 years of operation, provides access to education and resources that increase public awareness of the link between appropriate wastewater systems and (1) clean drinking water, (2) safe recreational waters, (3) environmentally sustainable surface, and (4) groundwater with watershed-based best management practices. WasteWater Education emphasizes water resource management and reuse strategies given the increasing impacts of climate change. Extreme weather events impact maintenance, operations and water availability and use. Resource recovery and building ‘smart’ should be prevalent in the design process. Webinar attendees will hear from our Board of Directors, who are international professionals, on how issues affecting Hawaii have been addressed worldwide and how the lessons learned can be put into practice here.

Ben Kele: Board Chair. Director at Arris Water, Rockhampton, Australia Director and co-founder of Arris Water.

Oliver Grievson: Vice Chair. Associate Director at AtkinsRéalis and a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter.

Lesley Desjardins: Board Secretary. Executive Director Western Canada Onsite Wastewater Management Association.

Richard Flynn: Board Member. Chairman IOWA at Irish Onsite Wastewater Association (IOWA). Vice President CABE.

Dendra J. Best: Executive Director, Wastewater Education 501(c)3. HWEA, ASTM D-19, NEHA, CCH Board.

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WRRC, Mānoa Campus

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Zhiyue Wang, 956-7298, zhiyue@hawaii.edu

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