Climate change is increasingly affecting the prevailing ways of water supply & water use in Europe and the Baltic Sea Region. Opening up alternative water sources, incl. the reuse of storm & wastewater, and promoting the utilisation of water of different qualities can be ways to make water management more climate resilient. We kindly invite you to the 1stWaterMan & ERB Water Core Group Dialogue Forum which intends to launch a BSR-wide dialogue on the potentials & challenges of water reuse, incl. presentations & discussions on the policy framework, experiences & practices from other parts of Europe and prospects in the Baltic Sea Region. Please register your participation in the event until 27 October 2023.
Agenda
Time
Item
Tuesday, 7 Nov 2023
13:00 Lunch at Green Solution House / Restaurant GSH
Study trip: Prospects for water reuse on the Island of Bornholm
14:00 Departure of the bus in front of Green Solution House / Hotel GSH
Joint visitof different places of interest on the Island of Bornholm, including.
- Svaneke Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP)
- Farmer in Svaneke that plans to reuse water from the WWTP for irrigation
- Exhibition about “Energy Island Bornholm” at Elværket in Rønne
17:30 Arrival of the bus back at Green Solution House / Hotel GSH
19:00 Joint dinner
Wednsday, 8 Nov 2023
09:00 Registration
Opening & introduction09:30 Welcome addresses
Claus M. Andersen, Bornholm’s Energy & Utility Co.
Maria Ixcott Nilsson, Chairperson ERB Water Core Group, Region Kalmar County
10:00 Climate projections for the Baltic Sea Region
Erik Kjellström, Climate researcher, Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological
Institute (SMHI - tbc)
Questions & answers/discussion
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Water reuse: The EU Policy Environment
Valentina Bastino, Policy Officer, European Commission, DG Environment,
Unit Sustainable Freshwater Management Questions & answers/discussion
11:30The WaterMan project: Promoting water reuse in the Baltic Sea Region
Tobias Facchini, WaterMan Lead Partner, Region Kalmar County
Jens Masuch, WaterMan project management, GA-MA Consulting
Daniel Sereth Larsen & Sara Björkqvist, Bornholm’s Water & Wastewater A/S
Eva Jēkobsone & Jānis Blūms, Saldus Municipality
Questions & answers/discussion
12:00 Joint lunch
Water reuse in practice: Experiences from other parts of Europe13:00 How can water reuse help to mitigate water scarcity?
Approaches & initiatives in Europe
Marie Raffin, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Water Reuse Europe
Questions & answers/discussion
13:30 How to achieve acceptance of water reuse on the side of stakeholders &
population? – Strategies & experiences from Murcia Region in Spain
Manuel Boluda Fernandez, Directorate General Water Management,
Region of Murcia
14:00 Coffee break
Prospects for water reuse in the Baltic Sea Region 14:30Challenges for water management in the BSR Region
Elsi Kauppinen, Lead Coordinator of PA Nutri of the EUSBSR, Sea Region Centre
for Economic Development Transport & the Environment for Southwest Finland
15:00 Panel discussion: How can water reuse contribute to climate-resilientwater supply in the Baltic Sea Region?
Panellists:
Elsi Kauppinen, Lead Coordinator of PA Nutri of the EUSBSR
Sophie Herbert, MA/JS, Interreg Baltic Sea Region Programme
Hanna Berggren, Kalmar Municipality
Magdalena Gajewska, Gdańsk University of Technology
Ulf Miehe, Berlin Centre for Competence on Water
Moderators: Tobias Facchini, Jens Masuch
Questions & answers/discussion
16:00 Coffee break
Outlook & farewell16:30 Upcoming events & offers within the WaterMan project
Jens Masuch, WaterMan project management, GA-MA Consulting
16:45Closing remarks
Tobias Facchini, WaterMan Lead Partner, Region Kalmar County
Torben Jørgensen, ERB Water Core Group, Bornholm’s Energy & Utility Co.
17:00 End of the Dialogue Forum
18:00 Joint dinner at Green Solution House / Restaurant GSH