Conference on water economics statistics and finance
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Conference on water economics statistics and finance
Conference on Water Economics Statistics and Finance Deliverable D7.5 Partner: DUTh (17) K. P. Tsagarakis & A. Gemitzi 2 Deliverable summary Project title Acronym Date due Final version submitted to EC Complete references Groundwater and Dependent Ecosystems: New Scientific and Technological Basis for Assessing Climate Change and Land-use Impacts on Groundwater GENESIS Contract number 226536 Month 19 in GENESIS Month 19 in GENESIS Contact person Contact information Authors and their affiliation Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis & Alexandra Gemitzi [email protected] & [email protected] Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis (DUTh) Alexandra Gemitzi (DUTh) Project homepage Confidentiality Key words www.thegenesisproject.eu PU Dissemination, publication, management Not relevant for this deliverable Summary (publishable) for policy uptake 3 Table of content Conference on Water Economics Statistics and Finance .............................................................................. 5 Annex 1 – Conference Program .................................................................................................................... 8 Annex 2 – Summaries of GENESIS papers presented ................................................................................. 27 Annex 3 – Participant list ............................................................................................................................ 31 4 Conference on Water Economics Statistics and Finance 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND FINANCE. Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece, 3-5 July 2009 The main organizer of this conference was IWA and Democritus University of Thrace. The chair of the organizing and the scientific committee was the Assistant Professor Konstantinos P. Tsagarakis, who is participating in GENESIS via DUTH. The conference took place in Alexandroupolis, a few km away from Vosvosis area, which is a case study of the project. The conference was held shortly after the kick off meeting of the project, and was attended by 170 scholars. Conference program is given in Annex 1 Summaries of the four GENESIS papers presented are given in Annex 2. Participant list is given in Annex 3. There were five sessions as follows: 1. Water Economics, 2. Statistics and Benchmarking, 3. Optimal Water Resources, 4. Engineering Cost Analysis, 5. Short Papers The 1st and 4th sessions was relevant to WP6 while the 2nd and 3rd as relevant to other WPs of GENESIS. Considering the above, the venue and timing was an excellent opportunity to disseminate information concerning the project. This was done by including 4 short papers in the conference proceedings. Also the local media gave great attention to GENESIS project. DELAT 5 TV hosted in the evening news a live interview of Dr Alexandra Gemitzi concerning the Genesis project and the Vosvozis case study. The following papers were presented and were included in the conference pre-print books. GENESIS, an Integrated Research Project to Support Groundwater Systems Management by B. Kløve (Norway) Hydro-economic Modelling of Groundwater Management and the GWD-WFD. Application to the Jucar Case Study in the EU GENESIS Project by M. Pulido-Velazquez, S. Peña-Haro, C. Llopis-Albert, J. Andreu, D. Pulido (Spain) Genesis Project - AUEB Contribution, WP 6: Groundwater Systems Management: Scenarios, Risk Assessment, Cost-efficient Measures and Legal Aspects by P. Koundouri, Y. Kountouris, K. Remoundou (Greece) Investigation of the Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems; the Vosvosis Case Study (Thrace, Greece) by A. Gemitzi, C. Akratos, C. Petalas (Greece) The conference gave the opportunity to meet some of the project partners. TSAGARAKIS K.P. (DUTH) GEMITZI A. (DUTH) PULIDO-VELAZQUEZ M. (UPVLC) KOUNTOURI P. (AUTH) REMOUNDOU K. (AUTH) AKRATOS C. (DUTH) PETALAS C. (DUTH) Other project partners although were not present had their work relevant to GENESIS presented KLØVE B. (Bioforks/UOULU) KOUNTOURIS Y. (UNIMAN) 6 GENESIS budget from WP7 was not affected since it was a self financed conference. 7 Annex 1 – Conference Program Conference Programme and Invitation to Register 2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WATER ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND FINANCE Alexandroupolis, Thrace, Greece 3-5 July 2009 Organised by IWA, Specialist Group on Statistics and Economics Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace Department of Economics, University of Crete Under the Aegis and Sponsorship of Technical Chamber of Greece Prefecture of Evros Prefectural Local Authority of Rodopi-Evros Region of Eastern Macedonia-Thrace July 2009 Alexandroupolis, Greece 2 ORGANIZERS DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF CRETE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS UNDER THE AEGIS AND SPONSORSHIP OF DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE RESEARCH COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL ACCOUNT TECHNICAL CHAMBER OF GREECE PREFECTURE OF EVROS PREFECTURAL LOCAL AUTHORITY OF RODOPI-EVROS REGION OF EAST MACEDONIA - THRACE 3 INTRODUCTION The conference has been planned by the IWA Statistics and Economics Specialist Group with the co-operation and sponsorship of the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, the Department of Economics of the University of Crete and IWA. Access to water and sanitation and sustainable management of water resources are key issues in the world today, and have for some time been a focus of the IWA Statistics & Economics Specialist Group. In addition to this, the International Water Association, representing the views of the global network of water professionals, has as one of its pivotal aims the exchange of scientific and professional experiences of academics and practical water industry managers. This conference is intended to make a major contribution to the transfer of knowledge from research to practice covering the entire water cycle, ultimately influencing major policy decisions. OBJECTIVES The conference is aimed at specialists interested in economics, statistics, and financing of water and sanitation. The event is expected to be a great opportunity for the participants to share information and experiences on both fundamental and practical issues. Aspects of water resources, water supply and wastewater treatment projects will be considered on issues that will include economic, cost/benefits, feasibility analysis, as well as funding possibilities and practices. PARALLEL CONFERENCE A parallel conference will be organized at the same venue by the Specialist Group on Strategic Asset Management entitled “Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities”. CONFERENCE VENUE The Conference will take place in the Conference Center of the “Thraki Palace Hotel”, located within a short distance (4 Km) from the city center of Alexandroupolis, Thraki, Greece from July 3 to 4, 2009. Telephone: +30 25510 89100, , Fax: +30 25510 – 89119, [email protected]. Presentations will take place in “DIMOKRITOS1” and “DIMOKRITOS2” Rooms, while poster displays and coffee breaks will be held in the “FOYER APOLLO”. REGISTRATION FEES Standard registration fee for both conferences is 650 €, and 550 € for IWA members. Student registration fee is 310 €. The conference fee covers attendance, morning and afternoon teas/coffees, on site lunches for 3 days, welcome reception and conference gala dinner. Conference gala dinner is not included in the reduced student fee. 4 Conference preprint books, programme, information pack and access to presentations will be given for both conferences. LANGUAGE The official language of the Conference is English for all presentations and discussions. PUBLICATIONS All papers from the platform and poster sessions are printed in two books of about 750 pages. These books will be handed out to the participants at the registration desk and are included in the registration fee. Additional copies may be ordered. Papers that, after thorough refereeing and editing, meet the high quality standards of IWA, will be published in the following IWA Journals: Water Science and Technology, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, Water Practice & Technology and Water Utility Management International. OTHER ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL PROGRAMME • On Thursday, July 2, a welcome event will be organised at 21:00 at Thraki Palace Hotel. Includes drinks and a light buffet dinner • On Friday, July 3, a Gala Diner will be organised at 21:00 at Thraki Palace Hotel. • On Saturday, July 4, a bus tour will be organised at 15:00. Participants and accompanying persons will be transferred to different areas of Evros region and then will be left down town for an independent walk, or be returned to the hotel. This tour is included in the conference fee. 5 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Bastrup Jens, Danish Water and Wastewater Association, Denmark Metaxas Socrates, Water Board of Lemesos, Cyprus Paranychianakis Nikolaos, Technical University of Crete, Greece Parena Renato, Societa Metropolitana Acque Torino Spa, Italy Petrakis Emmanuel, University of Crete, Greece Renard Nicolas, Veolia (Vivendi Water), France Smeets Ed, Tilburgsche Waterleiding Maatschappij (TWM), The Netherlands Theuretzbacher-Fritz Heimo, Graz University of Technology, Austria Troquet Ingrid, Waterleiding Maatschappij Limburg (WML), The Netherlands Tsagarakis Konstantinos (Chair person), Democritus University of Thrace, Greece 6 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Bartoszczuk Pawel, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland Dinar Ariel, University of California, Riverside, USA Economopoulos Alexander, Technical University of Crete, Greece Förster Jürgen, Eurostat, Luxembourg Franceys Richard, Cranfield University, UK Gaudin Sylvestre, Department of Economics, Oberlin College, USA Gemitzi Alexandra, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Genius Margarita, University of Crete, Greece Georgantzis Nikolaos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Gürlük Serkan, Uludag University, Turkey Hanley Nick, University of Stirling, UK Hernandez-Sancho Francesc, University of Valencia, Spain Kampas Athanasios, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Kleiner Yehuda, National Research Council of Canada, Canada Koundouri Phoebe, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece Latinopoulos Pericles, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maurer Max, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Switzerland Nauges Celine, LERNA - Toulouse School of Economics, France Netanyahu Sinaia, Tahal Consulting Engineers, Israel Nikolaou Ioannis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Paranychianakis Nikolaos, Technical University of Crete, Greece Petalas Christos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Petrakis Emmanuel, University of Crete, Greece Raffensperger John, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Raggi Meri, University of Bologna, Italy Rozakis Stelios, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece Sanclemente Roman Carles, Grupo AGBAR, Spain Sauer Johannes, Imperial College London, UK Smeets Ed, Tilburgsche Waterleiding Maatschappij (TWM), The Netherlands Theuretzbacher-Fritz Heimo, Graz University of Technology, Austria Troquet Ingrid, Waterleiding Maatschappij Limburg (WML), The Netherlands Tsagarakis, Konstantinos, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Tsihrintzis Vassilios, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Tsiotas George, University of Crete, Greece Wang Wen, Hohai University, China Ziegler Andreas, University of Zurich, Switzerland 7 SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIAL PROGRAMME 13.10 - 14.40 14.40 - 15.20 14.40 - 15.40 15.40 - 16.20 THURSDAY, 02 JULY 2009 Registration (Thraki Palace Hotel) Welcome Reception (Thraki Palace Hotel) FRIDAY, 03 JULY 2009 Registration Welcoming Addresses (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room), in common with the “Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities” conference. Keynote Presentations (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room), in common with the “Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities” conference. Coffee Break Ç Session 1 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Session 3 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Lunch Break Æ Viewing of Posters Session 2 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Session 3 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Coffee Break Ç Session 5 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Gala Dinner È SATURDAY, 04 JULY 2009 Keynote Presentations (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Coffee Break Ç Session 1 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Session 3 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Lunch Break Æ Bus tour in the region Y SUNDAY, 05 JULY 2009 Session 1 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Session 3 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Session 4 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Session 1 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Coffee Break Ç Session 4 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Session 1 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Session 2 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) Lunch Break Æ Session 4 (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room) Session 2 (“DIMOKRITOS 2” Room) CLOSURE (“DIMOKRITOS 1” Room). Session 1: Session 2: Session 3: Session 4: Session 5: DESCRIPTION OF SESSIONS Water Economics Statistics and Benchmarking Optimal Water Resources Management Engineering Cost Analysis Short Papers 18.00 – 21.00 21.00 – 23.00 08.00 – 09.00 09.00 – 10.00 10.00 – 11.20 11.20 – 11.50 11.50 – 13.50 13.50 – 14.50 14.50 – 15.30 15.30 – 16.50 16.50 – 17.20 17.20 –19.00 21:00 – 23.00 09.00 – 11.00 11.00 – 11.30 11.30 – 13.30 13.30 – 15.00 15.00 – 21.00 09.00 – 09.20 09.20 – 11.00 11.00 – 11.30 11.30 – 13.10 8 PROGRAMME - PRESENTATIONS THURSDAY, 02 JULY 2009 18.00 – 21.00 21.00 – 23.00 Registration Welcome Reception FRIDAY, 03 JULY 2009 “DIMOKRITOS 1” Room KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS Chair: V.A. Tsihrintzis and S. Renzetti 08.00 – 09.00 Registration 09.00 – 10.00 Welcoming Addresses 10.00 – 10.40 Climate Change and Water Resource Management: Tradeoffs and Opportunities in the Field of International Water (Keynote: “ 2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance”) A. Dinar (USA) 10.40 – 11.20 Is Strategic Asset Management Applicable to Small and Medium Utilities? (Keynote: “Asset Management of Medium and Small Wastewater Utilities”) H. Alegre (Portugal) 11.20 – 11.50 Coffee Break Ç “DIMOKRITOS 1” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 2”) Session 3 OPTIMAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Chair: C. Petalas and M. Pulido-Velazquez 11.50 – 12.10 Artificial Intelligence Methodologies Used for the Solutions of Environmental Water Resources Management Problems M.P. Papadopoulou, I.K. Nikolos, G.P. Karatzas, G. Kyritsakas (Greece) 9 12.10 – 12.30 Agricultural Costs Due to Saltwater Intrusion in South Rhodope Coastal Aquifer E. Galazoulas, C. Petalas, A. Gemitzi (Greece) 12.30 – 12.50 Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Agricultural Measures of the EU Water Framework Directive: a Regional Model for the Beerze and Reusel River Basin in the Netherlands T. Reinhard (The Netherlands) 12.50 – 13.10 Economic Tools for Selecting a Programme of Measures to Meet the WFD Standards. Application to the Serpis River Basin, Spain M. Pulido-Velazquez, F. Hernandez-Sancho, J. Ferrer-Polo, J.I. Latorre (Spain) 13.10 – 13.30 The Implementation of the Economic Aspects the Water Framework Directive Under Data Limitations: A Rapid Appraisal Approach P. Koundouri, Y. Kountouris, K. Remoundou (Greece) 13.30 – 13.50 Genetic Algorithm and Its Application in Statistical Analysis of Flood Flows Y. Hassanzadeh, V. Nourani, A. Abdi (Iran) 13.50 – 14.50 Launch Break Æ 14.50 – 15.30 Viewing of Posters Session 3 (cont.) OPTIMAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Chair: Y. Hassanzadeh and M. Mazzola 15.30 – 15.50 A Simulation/Optimization Model for Selecting Infrastructure Alternatives in Complex Water Resources Systems C. Arena, M.R. Mazzola, G. Scordo (Italy) 15.50 – 16.10 Time Series Based Irigation Water Demad Forecasting Using a Genetically Evolved Neural Network C. Ucenic (Romania), G. Atsalakis (Greece) 16.10 – 16.30 The Need for Appropriate Economic Incentives in Groundwater Management: Application to a Rural Area in Greece D. Latinopoulos (Greece) 16.30 – 16.50 A Real Options Analysis of Singapore Water Supply System S. Zhang, V. Babovic (Singapore) 16.50 – 17.20 Coffee Break Ç 10 “DIMOKRITOS 2” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 1”) Session 1 WATER ECONOMICS Chair: A. Protopappas and M. Raggi 11.50 – 12.10 Self-selection Bias and Manufacturing Firms’ Demand for Water Recirculation J. Bruneau, S. Renzetti, M. Villeneuve (Canada) 12.10 – 12.30 Residential Water Demand in Portugal: Checking for EfficiencyBased Justifications for Increasing Block Tariffs H. Monteiro (Portugal) 12.30 – 12.50 Substitution Possibilities for Water in the South African Mining Industry T. Linz (Germany) 12.50 – 13.10 How do Markets Manage Water Resources? An Experiment A. Garcia-Gallego (Spain), N. Georgantzis (Cyprus, Spain), P. Kujal (Spain) 13.10 – 13.30 Choosing Filtered and Bottled Water Over Tap: An Examination of Motivations for Water Consumption Choices in Canada D. Dupont, W. Adamowicz (Canada), A. Krupnick (USA) 13.30 – 13.50 The Performance of Water Utilities in Jordan T. Al-Assa’d (Jordan), J. Sauer (UK) 13.50 – 14.50 Lunch Break Æ 14.50 – 15.30 Viewing of Posters Session 1 (cont.) WATER ECONOMICS Chair: J. Pires and U. Yetis 15.30 – 15.50 Are the Gains from a Groundwater Management Policy so Low? E. Martin (France) 15.50 – 16.10 Economic Value of Industrial Water in Korea G.H. Kim, C.S. Yi, G.D. Yeo, M.P. Shim (Korea) 16.10 – 16.30 Estimation of a Cost Function for the Portuguese Water and Wastewater Industry H. Monteiro (Portugal) 16.30 – 16.50 Analysis of Project Optimality by Economic Evaluation C. Yi, J. Lee, M. Shim (Korea) 16.50 – 17.20 Coffee Break Ç 11 “DIMOKRITOS 2” Room Session 5 SHORT PAPERS Chair: M. Genius and I. Nikolaou 17.20 – 19.00 Study for Characterizing Urban Water Demand from Multi-Family Buildings in the City of São Paulo – Brazil D.C. Sanchez, O.M. Gonçalves, R.T.A. Prado (Brazil) Financing Water and Sanitation in Low-income Urban Areas V. Muyeba (Zambia) Valuing and Valuation of Water in Jordan M. Shatanawi, S. Naber (Jordan) Data Availability for Calculating the IWA Performance Indicators for Wastewater Services for an Austrian Town (Population 25,000) T. Ertl, N. Weissenbacher, F. Kretschmer (Austria) Integrated Hydrologic-Economic Analysis to Support Water Resources Planning in the Western Macedonia Water District, Greece L. Bensasson (Greece), N. Riegels, R. Jensen (Denmark), D. Economides, S. Bannou (Greece), P. Bauer-Gottwein (Denmark) Statistics on Water and Wastewater Sectors from European Countries A. Angelakis, N. Paranychianakis (Greece) Optimal Small Hydropower Plants in Energy Destructors of Urban Water Supply Networks A. Stergiopoulou, V. Stergiopoulos (Greece) The Paradox of Water Consumption and Tarification J. Hammenecker (Belgium) Water Tariff Policy in Xanthi Municipality, Greece C. Petridis, M. Tsagkaraki, K. Davididou, I.S. Aspioti, A. Chrisikopoulou (Greece) Experiences with Performance Measurement and Benchmarking in Sewage Disposal A. Bäumer (Germany) Effective Awareness for Domestic Water Saving K.M. Keramitsoglou (Greece) A River Sanitation Interdisciplinary Scheme as a Mean to Achive an Integrated Water Management: the Case of Lerma River in La Piedad, Michoacan and Santa Ana Pacueco, Guanajuato; Mexico H.R. Guerrero-Garcia-Rojas, J.C.O. Avalos (Mexico) GENESIS, an Integrated Research Project to Support Groundwater Systems Management B. Kløve (Norway) 12 Hydro-economic Modelling of Groundwater Management and the GWD-WFD. Application to the Jucar Case Study in the EU GENESIS Project M. Pulido-Velazquez, S. Peña-Haro, C. Llopis-Albert, J. Andreu, D. Pulido (Spain) Genesis Project – AUEB Contribution, WP 6: Groundwater Systems Management: Scenarios, Risk Assessment, Cost-efficient Measures and Legal Aspects P. Koundouri, Y. Kountouris, K. Remoundou (Greece) Investigation of the Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems; the Vosvosis Case Study (Thrace, Greece) A. Gemitzi, C. Akratos, C. Petalas (Greece) Water resources management and economic parameters of the cross-border hydrological basin of Nestos River T. Mimides, A. Kouretzi, K. Pylarinou, K. Mandalaka (Greece) 21:00 – 23.00 Gala Dinner SATURDAY, 04 JULY 2009 “DIMOKRITOS 1” Room Keynote Presentations Chair: A. Dinar and S. Rapsomanikis 09.00 – 09.40 Cost Modelling and Economical Efficiency in Wastewater Treatment Processes (Keynote: “ 2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance”) F. Hernandez-Sancho, R. Sala-Garrido (Spain) 09.40 – 10.20 Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis and Water Quality Management (Keynote: “2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance”) N. Hanley (UK) 10.20 – 11.00 European Water Statistics (Keynote: “2nd International Conference on Water Economics, Statistics and Finance”) J. Förster (Luxemburg) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break Ç 13 “DIMOKRITOS 1” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 2”) Session 3 (cont.) OPTIMAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Chair: G. Oron and H. Theuretzbacher-Fritz 11.30 – 11.50 Maximizing the Water Wealth in a National Water Sector: Simulating to a Firm with Debt E. Braude, Z. Sinuani-Stern, G. Oron (Israel) 11.50 – 12.10 Applying the Virtual Water Concept at Regional Level: The Prefecture of Xanthi (Greece) Example N. Kotsovinos, M. Gratziou, M. Tsalkatidou (Greece) 12.10 – 12.30 Estimation of the Virtual Water Trade Between Two Spanish Regions: Castilla-la Mancha and Murcia Á. De Miguel, E. García, I. De Buestamante (Spain) 12.30 – 12.50 Matching Users’ Rights to Available Ground Water with a Smart Market J. Raffensperger (New Zealand) 12.50 – 13.10 A Hybrid Approach for Municipalities Water Management Decision-Making P. Kemanetzis, I.E. Nikolaou, E. Grigoroudis, K.P. Tsagarakis (Greece) 13.10 – 13.30 Influence of Household Socioeconomic Region and Resident Type on End Use Water Consumption Levels R. Willis, R.A. Stewart, K.Panuwatwanich, P. Williams (Australia) 13.30 – 15.00 Lunch Break Æ 15.00 – 21.00 Buss region tour Y “DIMOKRITOS 2” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 1”) Session 1 (cont.) WATER ECONOMICS Chair: N. Hanley and F. Hernandez-Sancho 11.30 – 11.50 Determining the Optimal Investment Plan for Water Utilities: The Case of Three Valleys Water S. Reid, A. Chalak (UK), J. Hecht (USA) 11.50 – 12.10 A Choice Experiments Approach Towards Evaluating Household Perception of Environmental and Resource Costs Attached to Water Scarcity L. Sardonini, M. Raggi, D. Ronchi, D. Viaggi (Italy) 14 12.10 – 12.30 The Role of Restrictions in Urban Water Management: Reflections from the Australian Drought J. Chong (Australia) 12.30 – 12.50 Application of the Contingent Valuation Method in A Developing Country: A Case Study of the Yusufeli Dam in Northeast Turkey E. Alp, U. Yetis (Turkey) 12.50 – 13.10 Household Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Water Services in the Middle Olifants River Basin of South Africa J. Kloos (Germany) 13.10 – 13.30 Valuation of the Use and Nonuse Attributes of Cournas Lake in Greece M. Genius, K.P. Tsagarakis (Greece) 13.30 – 14.40 Lunch Break Æ 15.00 – 21.00 Bus tour in the region Y SUNDAY, 05 JULY 2009 “DIMOKRITOS 1” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 2”) Session 3 (cont.) OPTIMAL WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Chair: M. Maurer and C. Sanclemente 09.00 – 09.20 The Unequal Geographical Expansion of Water Privatization: Global and European Perspectives S. Gialis, A. Loukas, N. Mylopoulos (Greece) Session 4 ENGINEERING COST ANALYSIS 09.20 – 09.40 Factors Affecting Economy of Scale in Combined Sewer Systems M. Maurer, M. Wolfram, H. Anja (Switzerland) 09.40 – 10.00 Estimating the Costs of Collective Treatment of Wastewater: the Case of Walloon Region (Belgium) T. Dogot, Y. Xanthoulis, D. Xanthoulis (Belgium) 10.00 – 10.20 Financing Small Towns Water Supply in Ghana C.A. Braimah, R. Franceys 10.20 – 10.40 Cost Recovery of Wastewater Reuse and Intersectoral Water Transfer Between Rural and Urban Areas – a FAO Economic Wastewater Study I. Heinz (Germany), M. Salgot (Spain), S. Koo-Oshima (Italy) 15 10.40 – 11.00 Assessing Water Economics, Impacts and Cost Benefit Analysis for Management and Development of Water Infrastructures Investment Plans, by Philippe Wind (Singapore) P. Wind (Singapore) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break Ç Session 4 (cont.) ENGINEERING COST ANALYSIS Chair: I. Heinz and M. Shibuga 11.30 – 11.50 Integrating Quality and Cost of Surface Raw Water: Upper and Middle Vaal Water Management Areas, South Africa (58) B. Dzwairo, F.A.O. Otieno (South Africa) 11.50 – 12.10 Estimation of Water Quality Improvement Benefit Using Replacement Cost Approach in Korea (56) K. Yeo, C. Yi, G. Kim, M. Shim (Korea) 12.10 – 12.30 Assessment of the Best Available Wastewater Management Techniques for a Textile Mill: Cost and Benefit Analysis (18) B. Dogan, M. Kerestecioglu, U. Yetis (Turkey) 12.30 – 12.50 Level of Service Based on Economic Analysis (3) K. Kerri (USA) 12.50 – 13.10 Cost Efficiency and Tariffs in the Urban Water Systems: An Empirical Approach for Spain (92) F. Hernandez-Sancho, R. Sala-Garrido, S. Del Saz-Salazar (Spain) 13.10 – 14.40 Lunch Break Æ Session 4 (cont.) ENGINEERING COST ANALYSIS Chair: I. Heinz and M. Shibuga 14.40 – 15.00 Planning Renewal of Water Mains While Considering Deterioration, Economies of Scale and Adjacent Infrastructure (95) Y. Kleiner (Canada), A. Nafi (France), B. Rajani (Canada) 15.00 – 15.20 Decentralised versus Centralised Water Treatment: The Impact of Growth (82) M. Maurer (Switzerland) 16 “DIMOKRITOS 2” Room (in parallel with “DIMOKRITOS 1”) Session 1 (cont.) WATER ECONOMICS Chair: N. Georgantzis and V. Linderhof 09.00 – 09.20 Farmers’ Preferences for Wastewater Treatment Using Choice Experiments in Crete M. Genius, A.N. Menegaki, K.P. Tsagarakis (Greece) 09.20 – 09.40 Does Improved Water Quality Increase the Value of Houses? An Internet Discrete Choice Experiment V. Linderhof, R. Brouwer, S. Hess (The Netherlands) 09.40 – 10.00 Demand for Irrigation Water in Central Greece (Thessaly) Under Recent Agricultural and Water Policy Changes: Unravelling Conflicts and Synergies A. Kampas, A. Petsakos, S. Rozakis (Greece) 10.00 – 10.20 Economic Assessment of Water as a Good for Public Consumption: the Case of Lerma River in La Piedad, Michoacan H. R. Guerrero-Garcia-Rojas, F. Gómez-Sántiz (Mexico) 10.20 – 10.40 Estimation of Irrigation Water Demand in an Area of Northern Italy using Positive Mathematical Programming (PMP) D. Viaggi, M. Raggi (Italy) 10.40 – 11.00 Modelling CAP-WFD Interactions and Cost-effectiveness of Measures to Reduce Nitrogen Pollution I. Mouratiadou, G. Russell, C. Topp (UK), K. Louhichi (France), D. Moran (UK) 11.00 – 11.30 Coffee Break Ç Session 1 (cont.) WATER ECONOMICS Chair: J. Förster and D. Peter 11.30 – 11.50 Assessing the Economic Viability of Alternative Water Resources and Policy Instruments in Water Scarce Regions: The Roles of Economic Valuation Cost – Benefit Analysis and Discounting E. Birol (USA), P. Koundouri, Y. Kountouris (Greece) 11.50 – 12.10 Forests Adding Value to Water Quality in a Land Use Perspective J. Fiquepron, S. Garcia, A. Stenger (France) 12.10 – 12.30 Municipal Water Pricing P. Bartoszczuk (Poland) 17 Session 2 STATISTICS AND BENCHMARKING 12.30 – 12.50 Suggestions for the Optimal Implementation of Benchmarking Studies to the Water Supply Sector R. Neunteufel (Austria) 12.50 – 13.10 Introducing Country-wide Benchmarking to The Water Supply Sector in Slovenia Linked with Cross-Border Comparisons with Austria and Bavaria H. Theuretzbacher-Fritz (Austria), J. Schielein, H. Kiesl (Germany), R. Neunteufel (Austria), J. Kölbl (Germany) 13.10 – 14.40 Lunch Break Æ Session 2 (cont.) STATISTICS AND BENCHMARKING Chair: Ed. Smeets and K. Tsagarakis 14.40 – 15.00 Water Pricing Policies in Greece: is There a Common Understanding? V. Kanakoudis, S. Tsitsifli (Greece) 15.00 – 15.20 The European Benchmarking Co-operation: Taking the Next Step on the Learning Curve D. Peter (The Netherlands) 15.20 – 15.40 Regulation of Water and Wastewater Services: an International Comparison R.C. Marques, P. Simões, J.S. Pires, J. Almeida (Portugal) “DIMOKRITOS 2” Room (Cont.) 15.40 – 16.20 CLOSURE 18 TRAVEL Alexandroupolis can be reached with the following means and ways: A direct flight from Athens to Alexandroupolis airport: you can choose among the various Greek flight companies: Aegean Airlines, Skyexpresss and Olympic Airlines. When you arrive to Alexandroupolis airport you can take a taxi for a few Euros to the conference venue or rent a car if you would like to be more independent. Public bus transport is also available. You will find various car rental companies in the arrivals lounge (AVIS, Europecar, Evros Car Rental, Hertz, Sixt). A flight from Athens to Kavala airport: Kavala airport is 1.5 h drive to Alexandroupolis. This airport is NOT recommended unless you plan to rend a car. This is because there is not public transport from the airport to a nearby town and the only mean to leave the airport is a car. A taxi to Alexandroupolis would cost about 110 €. A flight from Athens to Thessaloniki (Salonica): Then take the bus or train to Alexandroupolis or rent a car. It takes about 3 hours drive from Thessaloniki to Alexandroupolis. This choice might be convenient only if you find a direct flight from your country to Thessaloniki. Otherwise Thessaloniki is a bit far from the conference venue, but if you take this choice, you are going to enjoy the route through the brand new, uncongested and safe "Egnatia" motorway. If you decide to drive to Alexandroupolis from Salonica, you will find the conference venue on the first Alexandroupolis motorway exit. Intercity (long distance) bus: This is an intercity bus called KTEL (Tel. +30 25510 26479), it connects Alexandroupolis with other towns. Thessaloniki Alexandroupolis: 07:30-10:15-12:00-14:30-15:45-17:00 express (not on Saturday)-19:00-23:45 (5 hrs), Athens - Alexandroupolis: 17:00 (9 hrs) Radio Taxi phone number: 25510 33500, Local Bus Station: 25510 26479 OTHER PRACTICAL INFORMATION Alexandroupolis is the capital of Evros prefecture. Evros is the Greek prefecture that constitutes the cross roads for three countries: Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. Alexandroupolis is a seaside town with a population of 57,000. It has an airport serving domestic flights and a port connecting to various Aegean island destinations. The nearest customs point and entrance to Turkey ("Kipi" customs point) is only 30 km away while the corresponding entrance to Bulgaria ("Ormenio" customs point) is 1.5 h. West of Alexandroupolis, 45 min drive is the city of Komotini (Rodopi prefecture) and 1.5 h the city of Xanthi. Telephone: The town code is 25510. Phone calls can be made from OTE’s office (Greek Telecommunication Organisation: 5 Kavyri St., 25510 26699-27699) and from public phone stands only with phone cards (Tilekarta, 4 €). Prepaid phone cards (Teledome, Vivodi, Smartalk, Talk Talk, Hronokarta, with prices from 3 € to 10 €) can 19 be bought at kiosks or mini markets, charge less and can be used from any fixed public or private tone phone. Calling home is cheaper from 10:00 pm- 6:00 am on the weekdays and from 3 pm at Saturday till 6 am Monday (Greek time). Transferred calls can be operated through the operator, by dialling 161. Telegrams can be sent from OTE's office and faxes from OTE, travel agencies and hotels. Useful phone numbers in Alexandroupoli: Emergency number 100, Tourist Police 25510 66200, Police Station 25510 37386, First aid 166, Hospital 25510 74000, Municipality 25510 64100. Post office (ELTA): One office, at 42 Vasileos Alexandrou St. (main office) (Mon-Sat 8:00 am - 8:00 pm). Post code: 100 Rethymno. Letter boxes are painted yellow and can be found in the most central locations. Stamps can be bought from the post offices or from kiosks and shops selling postcards and foreign newspapers, with a small premium being charged, Tel: 25510 23122, Fax: 25510 23425 Medical treatment: There is a public hospital at 19 Dimitras St., (Tel. 25510 25772-6) and many private medical centres. There is always a pharmacy open from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm and another one from 8:00 pm to 8:00 am. Lists of these pharmacies, for each day, can be found on the window of any pharmacy. CLIMATE In July, days are warm (average high temperature above 26°C). Good prospects for swimming are realised. Sun glasses are helpful. High protection sun cream is essential but can be found in any shop after arrival. CORRESPONDENCE Correspondence regarding travel arrangements, hotel accommodation, taxis, and conference tours should be directed to: Stefanakis Alexandros Tel: + 30 6977 068 055, + 25410 79393 Fax: + 30 25410 79393, email: [email protected] Annex 2 – Summaries of GENESIS papers presented GENESIS, an Integrated Research Project to Support Groundwater Systems Management , Bjørn Kløve* ** * Bioforsk - Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Soil and Environment Division, Norway, [email protected] ** University of Oulu, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Department of Process and Environmental Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, [email protected] Abstract: Groundwater resources are facing increasing pressure from consumptive uses (irrigation, water supply, and industry) and contamination by diffuse loading (e.g., agriculture) and point sources (e.g., industry). This cause major threat and risks to our most valuable water resource and on ecosystems dependent on groundwater. New information is need on how to better protect groundwater and groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDE) from intensive land-use and climate change. The impacts of land-use changes and climate changes are difficult to separate as they partly result in similar changes in the ecosystems affected. The effects are highly interwoven and complex. The EU groundwater directive (GWD) and the water framework directive (WFD) provide means to protect groundwater (GW) aquifers from pollution and deterioration. At present, the maximum limits for groundwater pollutant concentrations have been set for nitrate and various pesticides. Also, water of sufficient quality and quantity should be provided to ecosystems dependent on groundwater. The European aquifers differ by their geology, climate, and threats to aquifers. This must be considered when general guidelines for management of these systems are developed. The poster present the layout of the GENESIS project which is a large scale project on groundwater systems with 25 European partners undergoing contract negotiations with European Commission. Different relevant aquifer sites in various European countries to test scientific issues and find new results to important problems. Hydro-economic Modelling of Groundwater Management and the GWD-WFD. Application to the Jucar Case Study in the EU GENESIS Project Manuel PULIDO-VELAZQUEZ*, Salvador PEÑA-HARO*, Carlos LLOPIS-ALBERT*, Joaquín ANDREU*, David PULIDO** * Institute of Hydraulic and Envionmental Engineering (IIAMA), Technical University of Valencia Spain (UPVLC), [email protected] ** Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME), Spain Abstract: The complexity of groundwater management requires method for integrating technical, economic, environmental, legal and social issues within a framework that allows for the development of efficient and sustainable water use strategies. Groundwater management in the EU Member States has to comply with the environmental and water quality requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the EU Groundwater Directive (GWD). Under water scarcity or water pollution conditions, efforts are needed to make groundwater use and th environmental conservation more compatible. In the context of the EU GENESIS project (7 FP), the IIAMA-UPVLC leads WP6, devoted to “Groundwater systems management: scenarios, risk assessment, cost-efficient measures and legal aspects”, and will coordinate the development of a comprehensive hydro-economic modelling framework to define cost-efficient combinations of measures and management policies to achieve a good groundwater status. This framework will be applied to the Mancha Oriental case study, in Spain. Genesis Project – AUEB Contribution WP 6: Groundwater Systems Management: Scenarios, Risk Assessment, Cost-efficient Measures and Legal Aspects Phoebe KOUNDOURI, Yiannis KOUNTOURIS, Kyriaki REMOUNDOU Department of International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece, [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Given the numerous and increasing pressures on water resources, due to over-exploitation of existing aquifers, insufficient recharge due to diminishing precipitation, excessive and inadequate use through agricultural activities or tourism and conflicting interests between various users it is vital that effective economic instruments clearly address the problems and help secure these resources for future generations. The need for economic analysis is explicitly manifested in the recently adopted EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) which calls for the application of economic principles, economic methods and economic instruments for achieving good water status for all EU waters in the most effective manner. Economic issues are mainly dealt with in Article 5 (Characteristics of the river basin district, review of environmental impact of human activity and economic analysis of water use), Annex III (Economic analysis) and in Article 9 (Recovery of costs for water services) of the Directive (WATECO 2002). Overall, the main functions of the economic analysis include the following 3 steps: Characterization of the groundwater basin (article 5) Assessment of current levels of cost-recovery of water services including environmental and resource costs (article 9) Selection of programme of measures on the basis of cost-effectiveness criteria to reach the environmental objectives of the water framework directive (article 11) Investigation of the Impacts of Climate and Land Use Changes on Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems; the Vosvosis Case Study (Thrace, Greece) Alexandra GEMITZI*, Christos AKRATOS**, Christos PETALAS* * Department of Environmental Engineering , Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece, [email protected]; [email protected] ** Department of Environmental & Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Agrinio, Greece, [email protected] Abstract: The present study demonstrates the investigation techniques which are currently applied in a small Mediterranean watershed involving groundwater dependent ecosystems. The aim of the research project is to explore the impacts of climate change and land use changes on important ecosystems and to find management alternatives in order to minimize the adverse consequences on both groundwaters and their dependent ecosystems. The study area is Vosvozis river basin (Thrace, Greece), and it was selected as one of the 16 case studies throughout Europe which are currently under research, in the frameworks of a large scale FP7European project named GENESIS. Annex 3 – Participant list AUSTRALIA Ms. Joanne Chong P.O. Box 123 Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology 2007 Broadway Tel: +61295144950 Fax: +61295144941 Email: [email protected] Ms. Rachelle Willis 124 Bankside Str. Griffith University 4111 Nathan Tel: +610755828105 Fax: +610755828159 Email: [email protected] AUSTRIA Mr. Thomas Ertl Mutgasse 18 University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences A-1190 Vienna Tel: +436644416716 Fax: +4313689949 Email: [email protected] Dr. Roman Neunteufel Mutgasse 18 University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences 1190 Vienna Tel: +431360065805 Email: [email protected] Ir Nathalie Fonde Passage Des Deportes 2 Gembloux Agricultural University 3050 Gembloux Tel: +3281622557 Fax: +3281622195 Email: [email protected] Ir. Nina Moelants Willem De Croylaan 46 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 3001 Heverlee Tel: +3216322707 Fax: +3216322991 Email: [email protected] Prof. Dimtri Xanthoulis Passage Des Deportes 2 Gembloux Agricultural University 3050 Gembloux Tel: +3281622186 Fax: +3281622195 Email: [email protected] BRAZIL Racine Tadeu Araujo Prado Av. Prof. Almeida Prado, Tr. 2 No 83, Polytechnic Scholl University of Sao Paulo 05508-900 Sao Paolo Tel: +551130915147 Fax: +551130915715 Email: [email protected] Mr. Heimo Theuretzbacher-Fritz Stremayrgasse 10/I Graz University of Technology 8010 Graz Tel: +433168738884 Fax: +43316873-108884 Email: [email protected] CANADA BELGIUM Ass. Prof. Vassilios Kazakidis School of Engineering Laurentian University P3E2C6 Sudbury Tel: +7056751151x2344 Fax: +7056754862 Email: [email protected] Mr. Huyghe Eddy Desguinlei 246 PIDPA 2018 Antwerp Tel: +3232168907 Fax: +3232486395 Dr. Diane Dupont 500 Glenridge Avenue Brock University – Economics L2S3A1 St Catharines Tel: +19056885550 Fax: +19056886388 Email: [email protected] Dr. Yehuda Kleiner 1200 Montreal Rd. National Research Council of Canada K1A0R6 Tel: +1+6139933805 Fax: +1+6139931866 Email: [email protected] Dr. Renzetti, Steven 500 Glenridge Avenue Brock University L2S 3A1St Catharines Email: [email protected] CYPRUS Prof. Nikolaos Georgantzis P.O. Box 20537 Faculty of Economics and Management University of Cyprus 1678 Nicosia Tel: +35722892436 Fax: +35722892432 Email: [email protected] DENMARK Mr. Niels D. Riegels Miljovej B113 Department of Environmental Engineering Technical University of Denmark 2200 Lyngby Tel: +4545251452 Email: [email protected] FINLAND Prof. Bjørn Kløve PR346 Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Laboratory University of Oulu 90014 Oulu Tel: +358 (0)8 553 4510 Fax: +358 (0)8 553 4507 Email: bjorn.klove(at)oulu.fi FRANCE Mr. Socrates Georgiou P.O. 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