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Intl. Congress form | International Congress Report | International Congress Report For Faculty | 9th IWA Eastern European Conference for Young Water Professionals by Dr. Mahdi Hadi

9th IWA Eastern European Conference for Young Water Professionals by Dr. Mahdi Hadi

Application Code :

762-0117-0022

Created Date : Wednesday, June 21, 2017-16:02 16:02:24Update Date : Saturday, July 1, 2017-13:48 13:48:49
IP Address : 194.225.213.61Submit Date : Saturday, July 1, 2017-13:49 13:49:07Email : hadi_rfm@yahoo.com

Personal Information

Name :	Mahdi
Surname :	Hadi
School/Research center :	Institute for Environmental Research (IER)
If you choose other, please name your Research center :	Center for Water Quality Research (CWQR)
Position :	Assistant professor
Tel :	+98-21-88988135

Information of Congress

Title of the Congress :	9th IWA Eastern European Conference for Young Water Professionals
Title of your Abstract :	Analysis of water treatment performance for Giardia parasite by Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
Destination Country :	Hungary
From :	Tuesday, May 23, 2017
To :	Sunday, May 28, 2017
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) :	Background and objectives: Giardia has been proposed as reference organism in water treatment systems by EPA. In this work, to be in compliance with EPA requirements, the performance of a water treatment plant (WTP) (Jalaliyeh WTP in Tehran) was examined using a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) tool. Method: The pathogen density was analyzed using EPA 1623.1 method. The treatment performance was determined by monitoring of pathogens before and after three treatment steps (including pre-settling, coagulation and flocculation, filtration) then the magnitude of the exposure to the pathogen via drinking water consumption was estimated. The estimated infection risk and the burden of disease were determined and compared with health-based targets, i.e. 10-6 DALYs per person per year. Results: The amounts of removal and inactivation of Giardia in Jalaliyeh WTP were determined to be 2.4 and 3.3 log, respectively. Out of fifteen monthly samples one sample was found positive for threated drinking water. The estimated burden of disease due to the presence of Giardia in produced water for age groups of less than 2, 2 to 6, 6 to 16 and older than 16 years were 1.91×10-9, 2.09×10-9, 4.93×10-10 and 5.24×10-9 DALYs per person per year, respectively. Conclusions: comparison of the estimated burden of disease with target show despite the detection of pathogen in treated water there is no health concern about Giardia in the produced drinking water of Jalaliyeh WTP. Disinfection with chlorine had the main role for lowering the risk of infection in this system. As the first QMRA study in Iran, this tool is able effectively to identify the vulnerabilities of treatment system and to facilitate decision-making in order to improve water treatment system performance. Implementation of this tool in the context of Water Safety Plan (WSP) framework in order to improve the performance of water treatment systems in countries where transmission of water borne disease by water supply systems is probable could be recommended.
Keywords of your Abstract :	Microbial Risk Assessment, Water treatment plant, Protozoan pathogen, Burden of disease, Infection risk
Acceptance Letter :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/34852/Forms/762/Acceptance_letter.pdf
The presentation :	Oral
The Cover of Abstract book :
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code :	http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/34852/Forms/762/Abstract.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? :	none
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The Congress Reporting Form

How many volunteers were present at the Congress? :	220 participants
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? :	Hungary, Iran, Serbia, Turkey, Germany, Albania, Poland, Thailand, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Mali, China, Latvia, Russia, Belgium, Greece, Columbia, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Indonesia, Switzerland, Pakistan, South Africa, Croatia, Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, Ireland, Hong Kong
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? :	Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box :	Budapest University of Technology and Economics, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education,
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? :
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. :	Dr. Feierabend M. :IWA YWP, Belgium Dr. Bakos V. : Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Ciepliński J. : Cracow University of Technology, Poland Prof. Jobbágy A. :Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress :
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) :	I was provided our ticket from Turkish airline. It was a good airline. For accommodation I was booked a hotel by Booking.com and paid in cash at the hotel. There was no any problem and everything was OK.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: :	The conference had been held by a team comprised from different young water professions from different countries most of them from central European countries. As I know International Water Association, a well-known association in UK invests in Young Water Professionals, by empowering them within the association and the water sector. Young members will be able to build their career in this network, by connecting and contributing (work with peers internationally) to the water sector, and through this build their network, develop professionally, and gain profile. This conference was 9th conference which held by young water professionals in Budapest, Hungary. The atmosphere of conference was scientific and friendly. Many topics related to water works and, engineering and science were presented. Some of topics very new and interesting for me. These new topics encouraged me to define some new research topics in our research center. I am going to work on them.