ANNOUNCEMENT

The first AQUAREHAB End-User Workshop will be held on 18th November, 2009 at the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) in Mechelen, Belgium. The aim of the workshop is to present the AQUAREHAB Project to end-users from across Europe and receive feed-back about their needs, visions and ideas concerning the rehabilitation of degraded waters. This is the first in a series of workshops that will be organised by AQUAREHAB across the EU during the coming 4 years.

The meeting follows straight on after the RISKBASE Conference, which is also being held at the Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM) (17 – 18 November, 2009) http://www.riskbase.info/.

The programme starts at 13h30 and ends at 17h00 with a short reception:

Introduction to Aquarehab - Leen Bastiaens, VITO
Technologies addressed in Aquarehab - Leen Bastiaens, VITO
Decision support models to be used in Aquarehab - Piet Seuntjens, VITO
Coffee break
Soil remediation policy in a regional context – speaker to be confirmed, OVAM
Reduction programme on priority substances in the Scheldt River Basin - Bob Peeters, VMM
Discussion

Meeting Address
Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM)
Stationsstraat 110
B-2800 Mechelen
Belgium