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delegates with a thought-provoking discussion forum. Running for around 60-90 minutes, the two themes for this year’s event are “Wastewater-based epidemiology” and the “Race to Net-Zero”.
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The Conference and Workshop sessions are being organised by Oliver Grievson, who says: “The virtual nature of the 2021 event will mean that delegates can dip in and out of the event from the comfort and convenience of their own desk, tablet or mobile phone.
“I used to work for Anglian Water, and I remember bringing a small group of technicians to a WWEMevent. They all found the visit exciting and extremely useful because they learned a great deal from the presentations and from the interactions that they had with instrument manufacturers. WWEM2021 will be a virtual event, so I hope that staff from all sections of the water industry will be able to log in from wherever they are at the time of the event, to take advantage of this opportunity.
“In the past, the physical WWEMevents have
provided a great opportunity for the water sector to explain the monitoring challenges that they face to the supply chain, and this has greatly improved the relevance of product development. I very much hope therefore that this year’s virtual event will provide the same opportunities for knowledge sharing.”
By pre-registering for WWEM2021 visitors will be able to download the event APP which will provide free and easy access to everything that the event has to offer, as well as a list of all delegates and participants.
WWEM 2021 Analytical (virtual) Conference
TheWWEM2021 Analytical conference will take place on 13th October focusing on three topical issues within Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring. For the first time, WWEM2021 will be a virtual event, which will dramatically expand the number of delegates pre-registering to participate via the event’s APP or website from the comfort and convenience of their own PC, tablet or smartphone.
The three main themes of the conference will be the challenges involved with the laboratory analysis of microplastics, coronaviruses and PFAS.
Microplastics Dr Richard Cross from UK CEH will provide the
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opening presentation, explaining that whilst a standard definition of microplastics has yet to be agreed, with the EC definition of a nanomaterial, microplastics may be considered as plastic particles smaller than 5mmand greater than 100 nm. This presents an analytical challenge for the detection and quantification of microplastics in complex environmental samples, because no single method can successfully enumerate all possible polymer types, across the full size range.
Dr Cross will present his team’s experiences in sampling, method development, processing and analysis at 8 WTWs and 8 WwTWs over a 7- month period in the UKWIR project ‘Sink to River - River to Tap’ - the first study of its kind in the UK to develop a robust approach to sampling and detection of microplastic particles in the treated
water cycle.
Dr Fay Couceiro from the University of Portsmouth (UK) will then discuss microplastics in the aquatic environment and their impacts on environmental and human health. This will encompass wastewater effluents, freshwaters and marine waters, the main microplastics types and their ability to act a vectors. She will explain that once microplastics are in environmental waters they are too difficult and expensive to recover so it is essential to identify appropriate interventions, and some of these will be discussed.
Coronaviruses
Dr Isobel Stanton from UKCEH will describe the TERMproject in which levels of SARS-CoV-2 were
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