Water efficiency conference 2022 proceedings

Proceedings of the Water Efficiency Conference 2022
Theme: Water resources resilience for small island developing states

14-16 December 2022 at The University of West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago

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Tuesday 13 December 2022

19:00 - 21:00: Welcome reception + registration

Hosted by The Honourable Harriet Cross, British High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, West Indies.

DAY 1: Wednesday 14 December 2022

Welcome: Prof Edwin Ekwue (UWI, Trinidad and Tobago)
Keynote address I: Prof Michelle Mycoo

Special session: Flooding and Resilience (Speakers' profiles)

Anwar Baksh: Flood risk management governance
Katherine Badloo-Doerga: The national drainage plan
Col. Dave Williams: Property-level floodproofing
Pat Shako: Development and resilience

Session 1: Flooding and Resilience (Chair: Prof Colin Hills)

Vishwanath Maraj, Vincent Cooper and Matthew Wilson: Optimal Design Storm Frequency for Flood Mitigation
Fazir Khan and Fey Mohammed: The Value of Hydrometry in Reducing Fluvial Flooding Footprints across the Caribbean - A Case Study In Dennery, Saint Lucia
John Monrose and Kiran Tota-Maharaj: Permeable pavements for stormwater management across Caribbeans Small Island Developing States
Godson Wogu, Kemi Adeyeye and Alex Copping: Analyzing climate gentrification in coastal neighbourhoods: A case study of Lagos, Nigeria
Farzad Piadeh, Kourosh Behzadian and Amir Alani: Multi-Step Flood Prediction in Drainage Systems Using Time-series Data Mining Techniques

Session 2: Resources, Environment and Climate Change (Chair: Dr Katherine Alfredo)

Queena Edwards and Vincent Cooper: Suitability of the SCS Type Temporal Distributions for Local Rainfall in Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
Mark Codling, Bheshem Ramlal and Dexter Davis: Examining the feasibility of GeoAI and IoT for Smart Flood Early Warning Systems for Local Communities in Caribbean Urban Spaces
Rikhi Ramkissoon, Krishpersad Manohar and Kiran Tota-Maharaj: Comparative Study of Solar-Enhanced Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Treatment
Portia Felix: Potential Impacts of Oil Spills in Coastal Waters on Water Supply
Ravi Baboolal and Vincent Cooper: The Impact of Climate Change on the Navet Reservoir, Trinidad

Session 3: Water Efficiency and Demand Management (Chair: Dr Harsha Ratnaweera)

Armando Silva Afonso and Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues: Nearly zero water buildings: contribution to adaptation and mitigation processes in urban environments
Seevali Surendran and Shelini Surendran: Water Demand Modelling and Analysis: United Kingdome, North American and Sri Lankan data
Sandra Costa, Ines Meireles and Vitor Sousa: Impact of climate changes on domestic hot water consumption
Goldie Davis: Water Distribution Challenges in North East Trinidad and Tobago
Kemi Adeyeye, Kaiming She, Ines Meireles, Vitor Sousa, Tao Wang and A. Bairi: Interpreting the technical versus the physical as drivers for shower water use

Session 4: Water Quality (Chair: Prof Kit Fai Pun)

Mohamed T. Mito, Xianghong Ma, Hanan Albuflasa and Philip A. Davies: Renewable energy-powered reverse osmosis desalination: Solutions and opportunities for large-scale implementation
Katelyn Long, Katherine Alfredo and Elon Cadogan: Microbial Activity in Potable Water Storage Tanks in Saint Peter, Barbados
Nimisha Tripathi, Colin Hills, Kiran Tota-Maharaj and James Hills: Biomass-based sorbents for stormwater treatment
Kiran Tota-Maharaj and Simeon Keates: Advancing Solar Energy driven Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton processes for River Water Remediation

DAY 2: Thursday 15 December 2022 [Industry day]

Keynote address II: Prof Maya Trotz

Industry presentations: Water security challenges and strategies in the 21st century (Chair: Engr Anthony Chadee) (Speakers' profiles)

Dr Chris Maharaj: APETT Opening statement
Dr George Sammy: Water Security Challenges and Strategies in the 21st Century
Dr Adrian Cashman: Water bombs and the future of water
Mr Keith Meade: Strategies for water security in the future
Mr Kennedy Lord: Desalination, the impact to TT Water Sector
- Technical Tour: Seven Seas Desalination Water Treatment Plant, Point Fortin, Trinidad.
Ms Candice Santana: Caribbean Water Security
Mr David Drakes: Water efficiency, Utility Cost Optimisation
Mr Kevin Thompson: Update on Pollution Reports Guanapo Waterbasin
Dr Tagore Ramlal: Energy Efficiency Best Practices for Water Utilities

DAY 3: Friday 16 December 2022
Chair: Dr Kiran Tota-Maharaj

Keynote address III: Prof Sarah Hainsworth

Session 7: Sustainable Transitions (Chair: Dr. Nimisha Tripathi)

Edmond Lam, Kayode Kazeem, Albert Chan, Timothy Olawumi and Irene Wong: Development of Sustainable Building Design in Hong Kong: Exploring Lean Capabilities
Sara Bona, Armando Silva Afonso, Ricardo Gomes, Carla Pimentel-Rodrigues and Fernanda Rodrigues: Higher Education Institutions in the Sustainable Transition: A study at the University of Aveiro
Antonia Chatzirodou and Hugo Harel: An elementary review of wave energy potential at Mauritius Island
Harsha Ratnaweera: The digitalisation of the water sector: Opportunities and challenges for the next decade
Colin Hills, Nimisha Tripathi, Kiran Tota-Maharaj and James Hills: Potential implications for deployment of low carbon construction materials in the water industry

Session 8: Resources, Environment and Climate Change (Chair: Dr Kemi Adeyeye)

Jeremy Gibberd: Rainwater Harvesting Design Approaches
Jeremy Gibberd: School Rainwater Harvesting Design Methodologies
Rajesh Ragoobir and Richard Bachoo: Cumulative Fatigue Damage of Small Bore Piping Subjected to Flow Induced Vibration
Dino Ratnaweera: Improving Monetary Valuation Methods Used In Cost Benefit Analysis Of Water Infrastructure Projects

Social tour - The Caroni Bird Santuary

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