Call for Abstracts - NEW Deadline June 1, 2022

 Call for Abstracts Deadline June 1, 2022

The OU Water Technologies for Emerging Regions (WaTER) Center is soliciting abstracts for poster and oral presentations for the OU International WaTER Conference to be held virtually on September 26-27, 2022.

 

Abstracts for oral or poster presentations dealing with issues in the topical areas listed below are invited.  Subject matter areas include engineering, hydrology, water quality, meteorology, anthropology, sociology, social entrepreneurship, legal issues and related areas. Interested participants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words to the conference Selection Committee by April 30, 2022. 

 

The abstract should include a succinct but descriptive title of the proposed presentation, and name, affiliation, and contact information (including email) of all authors.  The abstract should identify the topic of the proposed presentation and should include a brief description of the research, innovation, or project, and discuss the significant results of the efforts and conclusions or recommendations drawn from the study.

 

Drs. David Sabatini and Jim Chamberlain
give remarks at the 2015 Conference.

Critical Water Issues in Today’s World

 

Abstracts will be especially welcomed in the following targeted areas:

• WASH Interventions
  The WaSH (water, sanitation and hygiene) sector includes all research and activities relative to the improvement of health and well-being by the proper separation of sanitation and clean water access. Interventions that improve hand-washing and other hygienic behavior are relevant, as well as household and community-level implementations of safe water storage, water treatment, and improved sanitation technologies.
  
  
• Water Challenges for Underserved Populations
  Water availability, wastewater management, and water-related social justice issues for Native Americans, First Nations, or other underrepresented communities.
  
  
• Aging Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Systems
  Identification, removal, and replacement/restoration of water and wastewater infrastructure systems in both developing and developed regions.

• Wastewater-based Epidemiology
  Public health applications of using wastewater surveillance for monitoring pathogens and chemicals in a variety of locales. Examples include pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2 and/or chemicals such as pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, or human-health biomarkers.

• Ecological Engineering and Engineering with Nature
  Design and analyses of Natural Infrastructure (NI) for water quality improvement, water management, and other environmental benefits. Broad-scale Nature and Nature Based Solutions (NNBS) and site-specific treatment wetlands, passive treatment systems, and related sustainable ecosystem-based technologies.
  
  
• Advances in Drought Monitoring, Modeling, and Prediction
  New tools and approaches that address the complex factors associated with drought from local to global scales, including (1) observations strategies focused on drought, (2) the temporal evolution of drought from flash drought to decadal and beyond, (3) the drivers of drought onset, development, intensification, and decay, (4) drought impacts to agriculture, water resources, ecosystem function, and human systems, and (5) research to operational tools that enhance drought prediction.
  
  
• Climate Change and Hydrology Extremes
  Climate change impacts on water scarcity and potential flooding and the use of hydrologic and global climate models to predict areas of future water extremes in the US and abroad to provide a scientific basis for water resource planning.

• Natural Hazards
  State-of-the-art discussion of impacts of natural hazards on freshwater resources, such as a wildfire burn areas and hurricane flooding. Current challenges and the impacts of water quantity or water quality to fresh water sources in inland riverine environments, lakes and reservoirs, with a special interest in highlighting needs and opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration.
  
  
• Other
  Presentations addressing subject matter related to the conference theme are also invited.

 

Submit your abstract here

 

For more conference details, go to WaTER.ou.edu

Ada Oko-Williams is shown with travel scholarship recipients
from the 2013 International Water Conference.