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Subject: water-l digest: May 12, 2014
From: "Water Issues Announcement List digest" <water-l@lists.iisd.ca>
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Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 00:00:13 -0500

WATER-L Digest for Monday, May 12, 2014.

1. RE: A new publication on pollutant dischage and water quality
2. Consultant Senior Francophone Eau
3. Decade's Weekly Issue 35 - El semanal del Decenio 35
4. Registration and scholarships: Online Course in Integrated and Adaptive Water Resources Planning, Management & Governance
5. Elevating the Post-2015 Water Goal: Webinar Invitation

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From: "Yoshiaki Tsuzuki" <tsuzuki.yoshiaki@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 19:44:23 +1000
Subject: RE: A new publication on pollutant dischage and water quality
Dear All

I would like to introduce my new book on pollutant discharge and water quality along the urbanisation.

Tsuzuki, Y. (2014) Pollutant Discharge and Water Quality in Urbanisation, Series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology, 92 p. ISBN: 978-3-319-04756-0 (eBook), 978-3-319-04755-3 (Softcover)

The book is based on the lecture note of a lecture on water quality and urbanisation, which I have conducted in Japan for the training course on water environment monitoring for professionals from developing and middle-income counties of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2008-2012. Readers can obtain basic knowledge and concepts of pollutant discharge and water quality, their relationships between economic development, hard and soft measures to improve ambient water quality, and low-cost sanitation.

Pollutant discharge per capita (PDC) is a simple concept and a primary indicator in wastewater treatment planning. Application of this indicator in all kinds of municipal wastewater treatment including centralised and on-site treatment systems would enhance understanding of the technologies and systems in our societies. Quantitative understanding of pollutant discharge and pollutant load would be useful as well as achieving the sanitation Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) indicator for ambient water quality improvement.

"Contents of this book are (1) water quality in the rivers and coastal areas, (2) pollutant load and water quality, (3) soft measures in households, (4) relationship between economic development and pollutant discharge per capita (PDC), (5) municipal wastewater pollutant discharge control, and (6) water and sanitation in developing countries." (From Acknowledgements)

"Anticipated readers are from university undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of environment engineering, environment economics, development economics, environment policy and related fields, and professionals and specialists in these fields." (From Acknowledgements)

You can find further information on the book at:
http://goo.gl/8sL9CQ
(this link actually lead to https://sites.google.com/site/yoshiakitsuzuki/publications-of-yoshiaki-tsuzuki/pd-wqinurbanisation)

For the Review Copies, I am asking to the publisher. I will put the information on the Review Copies at the book information on my website above after obtaining a reply from them.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any further inquiry.

Yoshi

Yoshiaki Tsuzuki
(Mobile) +61 (0)410 230 355
E-mail: y.tsuzuki@uq.edu.au, tsuzuki.yoshiaki@gmail.com, yoshi01122@yahoo.com.au
Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/yoshiakitsuzuki/Home
skype ID: yoshiau1




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From: "Maxime" <maxime.thibon@oss.org.tn>
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 12:54:28 -0500
Subject: Consultant Senior Francophone Eau
L'Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel, organisation internationale , est à la recherche d'un consultant sénior pour la rédaction du rapport de synthèse du troisième phase d'étude sur le Système Aquifère du Sahara septentrional

La consultation d'une durée de l'ordre de 4 mois  requiert des connaissances scientifiques sur les questions liées à l'hydrologie, à l'agriculture , à la GIRE, à la sociologie et à l'économie rurale et des capacités attestées de synthèse et de rédaction en français.

L'annonce est disponible à http://www.oss-online.org/fr/aosassiii
et les termes de référence du poste (joint à ce courriel)
http://www.oss-online.org/sites/default/files/fichier/Termes%20de%20r%C3%A9f%C3%A9rence_SASS_Synth%C3%A8se_3004_0.pdf


Maxime Thibon
Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel
Boulevard du leader Yasser ARAFAT
BP 31, 1080 Tunis, Tunisie
http://www.oss-online.org/


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From: "Kate Reilly, Miss" <kate.reilly@mail.mcgill.ca>
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 15:48:12 +0000
Subject: Registration and scholarships: Online Course in Integrated and Adaptive Water Resources Planning, Management & Governance

Dear all,

 

Registration is now open for an 8-week online certificate program in Integrated and Adaptive Water Resources Planning, Management & Governance offered by the Department of Bioresource Engineering at McGill University.

 

Further information can be found here:

https://www.mcgill.ca/macdonald/programs/cpd/workshops/iwrm

The course takes a holistic look at water resources management with a specific focus on integrated water resources management (IWRM) and adaptive water management. It is designed specifically for professionals who want to upgrade their skills in water management concepts and practices, and aims to provide tools and training for watershed planning techniques, adaptive management strategies, capacity building approaches, water governance, and water risk assessment to
strengthen IWRM capacities globally. Participants with diverse disciplinary backgrounds (e.g., geography, engineering, social sciences, business, etc.) are welcomed and encouraged to apply.

 

Sponsorship is also available for eligible applicants from the Global Water Partnership. For more details see:

http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-in-action/News-and-Activities/GWP-Sponsors-McGill-Universitys-Online-Course

 

Kate Reilly, M.Sc.  
PhD student | Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences  | Macdonald Campus of McGill University

21,111 Lakeshore Road | Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue  | Quebec | H9X 3V9 | E: kate.reilly@mail.mcgill.ca

 



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From: "Laura Palazio" <laura.palazio@getf.org>
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Date: Mon, 12 May 2014 08:38:20 -0500
Subject: Elevating the Post-2015 Water Goal: Webinar Invitation
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been a key driver of progress around the world for many development priorities, including water. With the MDG target year of 2015 approaching, a wide range of stakeholders have engaged in the process of setting the next round of goals, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through this process, the water sector has an important opportunity to establish a meaningful goal around water.

This webinar, organized by Global Water Challenge, seeks to share perspectives on the water goal and what their respective organizations are doing to advance the goal.

The webinar will take place tomorrow, May 13th, at 11 am EST. The featured presenters come from UNICEF, the U.S. State Department, the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN and the Swiss Water Partnership.

Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5948308785782687489



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