SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
1st
DAY :Monday 15th December 2003
08:00-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:30 Opening
Ceremony
09:30-10:00 Tea/Coffee
Break
10:00-12:30 Session I: Sludge Treatment & Technology
Chairman:
Dr. Ali Al-Shamlan
Co-Chairman:
Dr. S. Al-Ghawas
10:00-10:25 Keynote
Speaker- Kevin Kennedy (Canada)
Emerging
Pretreatment Processes for Enhanced Biogas production from Biosolids
10:25-10:40 Henri Spanjers
(Netherland)
Role of anaerobic treatment technology in minimizing waste sludge production
in sewage treatment plants
10:40-10:55 Fathy Hamoda (Kuwait)
Composting of
wastewater sludge and Municipal soild wastes in Kuwait
10:55-11:10 Dieter
Steinbrecht (Germany)
Combustion of sewage
Sludge in Small scale Fluidized Bubbling Bed Combustors
11:10-11:25 Bodas Sandor (Hungary)
Solid Waste Management at Municipal Sewerage Company Ltd. In Budapest
11:25-11:40 Muwaffaq Saqqar
(Kuwait)
Sludge Characteristics and Accumulation Modelling in Primary Ponds
11:40-11:55 Amin El-Nawawy
(Egypt)
Benefits & Limitations composting sewage sludge with MSW
11:55-12:30 Discussion
12:30-14:00 Prayer & Lunch
14:00-16:00 Session II : Sludge Treatment &
Technology (Contd.)
Chairman: Dr. Nadir Al-Awadhi
Co-Chairman:
Dr. F. Hamouda
14:00-14:15 Ammar Baradi (Syria)
Processining
by Thermal method treatment sludge Areimingat condensing
14:15-14:30 Marwin
Dimashki (Syria)
Review of
treatment processes, current disposal practices and quality of sewage sludges
produced by major wastewater treatment plants in Syria
14:30-14:45 Mervat (Lebanon)
Matrix-Filter
System for Algae and Phosphorous Removal
14:45-15:00 Abdalla
Nassour (Germany)
Composition
of Solid Waste and its Treatment (In Arabic)
15:00-15:15 Abdul Hakim
Bannoud (Syria)
Treatment
and Disposal of Sewage Sludge (In Arabic)
15:15-15:30 Haytham Chahin
(Syria)
Handling of
Sewage Sludge in Waste treatment plant in Damascus (In
Arabic)
15:30-15:45 Man Barady (Syria)
Reduction of Sludge in Sewage Treatment Plant (In Arabic)
15:45-16:00 Mahmoud Fattamh (Syria)
Treatment of Sludge Produced by Sewage treatment, plants (In
Arabic)
16:00-16:20 Discussion
2nd
DAY : Tuesday 16th December 2003
08:30-10:00 Session III: Sludge utilization
Chairman: Dr. Dhari Al-Ajmi
Co-Chairman:
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Ghosan
08:30-08:45 Keynote
speaker. Syed Hasan (USA)
Biosolids: A promising option for sewage sludge utilization.
8:45:-09:00 Basel Al-Yousfi (Baharain)
Land
Application of Biosolids as an Environmentally sound technology for wastewater
sludge
09:00-9:15 Hani Abu
Hadis (Jordan)
Enhancement of Municipal solid waste composting by: Accelerator
9:15-09:30 Faisal Asfari
(Kuwait)
Safe
Recycling and disposal of Biosolids
9:30-09:45 Samir Al-Ghawas
(Kuwait)
Beneficial Aspects of Recycling Sewage sludge
09:45-10:00 Aziz said (Egypt)
An overview
of sewage sludge Disposal strategies and treatment Technology
10:00-10:30 Tea/Coffee
Break
10:30-12:00 Session IV: Sludge utilization (Contd.)
Chairman: Dr. Faisal Al-Dakheel
Co-Chairman:
Dr. Mwaffaq Al-Saqqar
10:30-10:45 Saleh Al-Muzaini(Kuwait)
Assessment
of dewatering Sludge and Utilization
10:45-11:00 Boghos Ghougassain
(Lebanon)
Anaerobic
treatment and reuse of greywater
11:00-11:15 Tamama H.A. Abdullah (Kuwait)
Suitability of sewage sludge to be used as manure for green leafy plant, Parsley- A case study
11:15-11:30 Gert Morscheck (Germany)
Perspective of the agricultural sewage sludge utilization in Germany
11:30-11:45 Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mansouri (UAE)
Upgrading Solids handling at Mafraq WTW in Abu Dhabi
11:45-12:00 Mohammed Nofal (Kuwait)
Economical usage of sludge in Agriculture (In
Arabic)
12:00-14:00 Prayer &
Lunch Break
14:00-14:15 Mahfouz Al-Bachir
(Syria)
Application of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture (In
Arabic)
14:15-14:30 Ali
Salem (UAE)
Treatment of sewage in Abu Dhabi Protection And
Greening (Arabic)
14:30-14:45 Abdul Wahab Bin Sadiq (Saudi Arabia)
Sewage
Sludge and the Environmental Pollution
14:45-15:00 Safa
Abdul Mannem & Lalya Ghafran (Kuwait)
Assessment
of utilization of dry sludge in Agriculture
15:00-15:30 Session V:
Poster Session
Abdel Naim
(Egypt)
Safety
Management of Sludge Application
Mohammed
A Najm (UAE)
Dubai
Municipality Drainage and Irrigation Department plant (STP)
Saud
Al. Shammari (Kuwait)
Review
of Membrane as an Innovative activated Sludge Process for
Domestic Wastewater Treatment.
Aysha
Abdooli (UAE)
Dubai
Sewage Treatment Plant
Salem
Baidas, Abdul Aziz Shereeda, Susan Mahrouseha, Abraham
Kurien, (Kuwait)
Sludge
Processing
Aziz
Shereeda(Kuwait)
Wastewater
treatment plants in Kuwait
Susan
Mahrouseha, Waleed Makaram (Kuwait)
Dewatering
Systems
15:30-18:00 City Tour
20:00-22:00 Dinner
3rd
DAY : Wednesday 17th
December 2003
08:30-10:00 Session VI: Environmental Effects,
Regulations and Management
Chairman: Dr. Walid Qimlas
Co-Chairman:
Dr. Haytham Chachin
08:30-08:45 Syed R. Qasim
(USA)
Arsenic
Concentration in Residuals produced from Enhanced Coagulation.
8:45:-09:00 Helmi Ibrahim (Egypt)
Guidelines
and quality criteria and code of practices for land application of
sewage sludge in Kuwait and the regional countries
09:00-09:15 Hussein
I. Abdel Shafy (Egypt)
Risk
of heavy metals on the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge
09:15-09:30 Mohsin U Khan
(India)
Management
of biosolids: Indian Scenario
09:30-09:45 Mansour Awidat
Salem (Libya)
Accumulation of heavy metals on some Fezan soil as result of wastewater
discharge (In Arabic)
09:45-10:00 Ahmed Kasir (Syria)
Proposed
methods for sewage treatment in the Arab world (In Arabic)
10:00-10:30 Tea/Coffee
Break
10:30-10:45 Abdul Manam Mostafa
(Kuwait)
Environmental
Awarness and usage of sewage sludge (In Arabic)
10:45-11:00 Hanan Al-Nassar
(Syria)
Experience
of the Directore of Agriculture in Lattakia Country on the Affects of Sewage
Sludge in
Agriculture.
(In Arabic)
11:00-11:15 Lama Ahmad (Syria)
Syrian
Standards of Allowable Application of Municipal Sludges
11:15-12:30
Conclusion & Recommendations
Coordinator: Dr. Saleh Al-Muzaini
12:30-12:45 Prayer
12:45-14:00 Lunch
