Programme of the VI EWRA International Symposium
Wednesday June 29th Afternoon
15:00-15:30 Registration and welcome coffee 15:30-16:15 Welcome ceremony
Antonino Recca, Rector of University of Catania
Enrico Iachello, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Catania Luigi Fortuna, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, University of Catania
Enrico Foti, Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Catania George Tsakiris, President of EWRA
Marcello Benedini, Board member of Italian Hydrotechnical Association Emilio Giardina, President of CSEI
Antonino Cancelliere, Chair of organizing committee
16:15-17:00 Invited lecture: Breaking the hydro-illogical cycle: progress or status quo for drought preparedness (Donald Wilhite, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA)
16:45-18:30 Session 1: Drought monitoring, forecasting and mitigation (Chairman: A. Loukas) Potential economic value of drought information to support early warning in Africa Quiroga S., Iglesias A., Diz A., Schlickenrieder J. and Garrote L.
Methods to assess costs of drought damages and policies for drought mitigation and adaptation: review and recommendations
Logar I. and Van Den Bergh C. J. M.
Integrated set of physical and socio-economic indicators for drought impacts monitoring Giordano R., Celino A., Romano E. and Preziosi E.
An early warning system for spatiotemporal forecasting and modelling of drought Vasiliades L. and Loukas A.
Evaluation of different methods for calculating potential evapotranspiration in drought severity assessment Vangelis H. and Tigkas D.
Station ranking by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in a hydrologic monitoring network reduction problem Cetinkaya C. P. and Harmancioglu N. B.
16:45-18:30 Session 2: Modelling of rainfall and flood extreme events (Chairman: L. Garrote) The use of meteorological information in regional rainfall frequency analysis Gabriele S. and Chiaravalloti F.
Modelling of Indian summer monsoon rainfall using global climatic tele-connection data Dutta D. and Jain A.
Identification of the SCS-CN parameter spatial distribution using rainfall-runoff data in heterogeneous watersheds
Soulis K. and Valiantzas J.D.
The contribution of earth observation to flood risk assessment in Cyprus: the case study of Yialias catchment area in Nicosia
Alexakis D., Hadjimitsis D., Agapiou A., Themistokleous K. and Retalis
Probabilistic forecasting of antecedent soil moisture conditions as flash flood precursor variables Loukas A., Aronica G., Brigandì G., Vasiliades L. and Papaioannou G.
National estimation of societal risk of flooding in China Ke Q., Van Gelder and Vrijling
European Water Resources Association
University of Catania Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Italian Hydrotechnical Association
Thursday June 30th Morning
8:45-09:30 Invited lecture: WFD river basin management planning in the context of climate change adaptation – policy and research trends (Philippe Quevauviller, University of Brussels, Belgium)
09:30-11:00 Session 3: Water Framework Directives implementation (Chairman: G. Monacelli) Role of European cooperation projects in the implementation of the EU water related directives Monacelli G. and Galluccio M. C.
WFD implementation on transboundary river basins. The Iberian peninsula case Maia R.
The application of DPSIR (Driving-Pressure-Impact-State-Response) approach on a surface water body.
Case study: Pamvotis lake (NW Greece) Alexakis D., Kagalou I. and Tsakiris G.
Disproportionate costs in the water framework directive: the case of a Mediterranean river basin Molinos-Senante M., Hernández-Sancho F. and Sala-Garrido R.
The economic analysis in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in Spain Gómez-Limón J. A. and Martin-Ortega J.
Water costs allocation using a cooperative game theory approach Sechi G. M., Zucca R. and Zuddas P.
Towards guidelines for drought preparedness and mitigation planning within EU water policy Rossi G. and Castiglione L.
09:30-11:00 Session 4: Water quality management: monitoring and control of contaminants in surface and groundwater (Chairman: M. Benedini)
Multi-objective simulation-optimization approach in pollution spill response management model in reservoirs
Saadatpour M. and Afshar A.
Suitability of surface water for domestic use: Awali River case study Korfali S. I. and Jurdi M.
Strategic planning and management of water resources quality by determining the trends of human impacts in basins with non-available water quality data
Chehrenegar B., Asgharzadeh D. F., Tofigh M. and Moridi A.
Assessment of groundwater pollution risk by using fuzzy logic Caniani D., Lioi D. S., Mancini I. M., Masi S. and Sdao F.
Solution of release history recovery problems of groundwater pollution sources using harmony search optimization algorithm
Ayvaz M. T.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:30 Session 5: Assessment of climate change: impacts on water resources (Chairman: J. Ganoulis) WAAPA: a model for water availability and climate change adaptation policy analysis
Garrote L., Iglesias A., Martín-Carrasco F. and Mediero L.
An investigation on the effects of climate change and global warming on water resources in dry countries using remote sensing and GIS (a case study: Iran)
Shokoohi A. and Raziei T.
Basin-scale water resources assessment in a Sicilian basin under climate change scenarios using the conceptual model TOPDM
Liuzzo L., Arnone E., Noto L.V., Viola F. and La Loggia G.
Comparative assessment of water management indicators in the Gediz river basin with foreseen climate scenarios
Yilmaz B. and Harmancioglu N.B.
Optimal groundwater resources management of an overexploited aquifer under global change Sidiropoulos P., Mylopoulos N. and Loukas A.
A methodology for the Assessment of Climate Change effects on hydropower Maran S., Brambilla P.C., Boccia F. and Pucci E.
11:30-13:30 Session 6: Water resources management (Chairman: G. Sechi) Sustainability issues in water management
Harmancioglu N. B.
Decision Support Systems for sustainable development of river basins Bekri E. and Yannopoulos P. C.
Diagnosing causes of water scarcity in complex water resources systems and identifying risk management actions
Martin-Carrasco F., Garrote L., Chavez A. and Iglesias A.
Political and management rules of water resources in scarcity scenarios Piccinni F. and Renna F. M.
Inter comparison of generic simulation models for multi-reservoir water resources systems Sechi G. M. and Sulis A.
Valuing investments to reduce the risk of hydrologic failures in headworks systems Arena C. and Mazzola M. R.
Water resources availability, a key factor for the development of industrial areas: the case-study of Patras (Greece) industrial area
Podimata M. and Yannopoulos P.
Investigation of snow covers data on ANN and ANFIS models for streamflow forecasts Anvari S., Saghafian B. and Morid S.
13:30-15:00 Lunch Afternoon
15:00-15:45 Invited lecture: Water quality models for river and stream. State of the art and future perspectives (Marcello Benedini, Italian Hydrotechnical Association)
15:45-18:00 Poster session and coffee break 18:00-19:00 EWRA general assembly 20:30-22:30 Social dinner
Friday July 1st Morning
9:00-09:45 Invited lecture: Facing challenges on water resources management when searching for a sustainable
adaptation to climate change focusing agriculture (Luis S. Pereira, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
09:45-11:00 Session 7: Irrigation: use of marginal resources (Chairman: G. Tsakiris) Use of saline reclaimed water on grapefruit crop irrigation
Pedrero F., Alarcón J. J., Nicolás E., Bayona J. M. and Mounzer O.
Wastewater reuse for energy crops irrigation: CO2 balance in treatment schemes for controlled removal Caniani D., Colucci V. D., Mancini I. M. and Masi S.
Wastewater reuse potential for agricultural irrigation in Sicily
Barbagallo S., Cirelli G. L. Consoli S., Licciardello F., Marzo A. and Toscano A.
Assessing the economic feasibility of water reuse projects for environmental restoration.
Hernández-Sancho F., Molinos-Senante M. and Sala-Garrido R.
09:45-11:00 Session 8: Modelling of natural and dam-break floods: hydraulic modelling (Chairman: N.
Harmancioglu)
A numerical model of the wave that overtopped the Vajont dam in 1963 Bosa S. and Petti M.
Two-dimensional model for overland flow simulations: a case study.
Costabile P., Costanzo C., Macchione F. and Mercogliano P.
Dam- breach hydrograph modelling: an innovative semi- analytical approach Tsakiris G. and Spiliotis M.
A parameter estimation technique for the nonlinear Muskingum flood routing model Gurarslan G. and Karahan H.
Laboratory experiments of dam break flows down an inclined channel Marra D., Earl T. and Ancey C.
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:15 Session 9: Irrigation management: hydrological, hydraulic and economic issues (Chairman: L. S.
Pereira)
Irrigation water management in Cyprus using earth observation and GIS Hadjimitsis D., Papadavid G., Agapiou A., Alexakis D. and Papoutsa C.
An earth observation assisted tool for irrigation water management Barbaros F., Gül A. and Harmancioglu N. B.
Water management of irrigation dams considering climate variation: case study of Zayandeh-Rud reservoir, Iran.
Moghaddasi M., Araghinejad S. and Morid S.
Calculation of reference crop evapotranspiration using the Penman-Monteith method Theocharis M.
Production of a 5-years dataset of soil moisture maps on Italian territory with an operational algorithm Campo L., Castelli F., Caparrini F. and Entekhabi D.
Performance analysis of large pressurized irrigation networks: effect of head losses evaluation Stefopoulou A. and Dercas N.
Economic value of water in agriculture: application in Lake Karla, Greece Fafoutis C., Mylopoulos N., Mpaltas M. and Seimenis M.
11:30-12:30 Session 10: Drought characterization (Chairman: R. Maia)
Image processing of annualized drought variability in vulnerable agriculture in Greece Dalezios N., Spyropoulos N., Kanellou E. and Blanta A.
An analysis of drought spatial patterns over Iran with respect to different SPI time scales Raziei T., Bordi I. and Pereira L. S.
On the probabilistic analysis of regional droughts Cancelliere A. and Rossi G.
Large scale probabilistic drought characterization in Europe Bonaccorso B., Peres D. J., Cancelliere A. and Rossi G.
12:30-13:30 Session 11: Assessment of changes in climatology (Chairman: A. Iglesias) Characterization of precipitation variability in the Mediterranean basin Longobardi A., Meddi H., Meddi M. and Mehaiguene M.
Future pattern of drought over Greece under global warming
Mitropoulou A., Papaioannou G., Giannakopoulos C., Kerkides P. and Michalopoulou H.
Dimming/brightening in Athens: trends in sunshine duration, cloud cover and reference evapotranspiration Kitsara G., Papaioannou G., Papathanasiou A. and Retalis A.
Detecting impacts of a changing climate on drought characteristics in Iran Raziei T., Bordi I., Pereira L. and Sutera A.
Extreme rainfall study and climatic change of Redeyef region in Southern Tunisia Bergaoui M.
13:30-15:00 Lunch Afternoon
15:00-15:45 Invited lecture: Integrating hydrological and global circulation models for studying climate change impacts at the river catchment scale (Jacques Ganoulis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
15:45-16:45 Session 12: Water quality management: modelling and control of contaminants in surface and groundwater (Chairman: F. Pirozzi)
Assessing the impacts of watershed characteristics on dams’ water quality.
Luo P., He B., Liu Y. and Takara K.
Monitoring turbidity in Asprokremmos dam in Cyprus using earth observation and smart buoy platform Papoutsa C., Hadjimiisis D., Kounoudes T., Toulios L., Retalis A., Kyrou
Parameter sensitivity analysis of a pollutant prediction model for estimating soil sediment in rivers with different spatial scale
He B., Luo P., Takara K. and Yamashiki Y.
The reuse of treated wastewater: Korba (Tunisia) case study El Ayni F., Cherif S., Jrad A. and Trabelsi-Ayadi M.
16:45-18:15 Session 12: Water quality management: control and treatment of xenobiotic compounds in wastewater (Chairman: F. Pirozzi)
Pharmaceuticals removal from urban wastewater by means of biological and physical-chemical treatments in full scale plants
Conti F., Cottica D. ,Negri S. , Perissi A. and Stella S.
Best practises in the management of hospital effluents Verlicchi P., Galletti A. and Al Aukidy M.
Biodegradation of xenobiotic compounds and their influence on the performance of municipal wastewater treatment plants
Andreozzi R., Panico A. and Pirozzi F.
Microbial enrichment methodology for biodegradation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, recalcitrant xenobiotics in sewage sludge in Italy.
Lanciotti E., Porfido A., Martellini T., Cincinelli A. and Mancini G.
Removal of oily xenobiotic compounds from slop and bilge waters originated from oil transportation by tankers
Mancini G., Polizzi A. and Giustra M.G.
A screening batch test to assess the fate of organic micropollutants in an activated sludge system Vismara R., Salvetti R., Gorla E. and Dal Ben I.
15:45-18:15 Session 13: Innovations in water supply and distribution systems (Chairman: S. Christodoulou) Mitigation of drought effects on water supply systems
Rossi G., Caporali E. and Garrote L.
Evaluation of reservoir performance by an entropy-based index Boccafoschi A. and Rejtano B.
Water distribution system reliability based on minimum cut–set approach and the hydraulic reliability Yannopoulos S. and Spiliotis M.
Water distribution system performance assessment: benchmarking three Greek cases using a modified water balance methodology
Tsitsifli S. and Kanakoudis V.
Urban water distribution network performance under intermittent water supply conditions Christodoulou S., Agathokleous A. and Charalambous B.
Water supply network protection from malicious attacks by sectorization Di Nardo A., Di Natale M., Guida M. and Musmarra D.
EU LIFE PALM project – Defining the optimum level of leakage Rogers D. and Bettin A.
Waterloss modelling for urban water distribution networks Agathokleous A. and Christodoulou S.
Innovative initiatives in punjab irrigation department for effective monitoring of canal operations Riaz M. and Ullah B. H.
Evaluation of domestic water saving by rooftop rain water collection in Sicily Campisano A. and Modica C.
18:15-18:45 Closing ceremony Saturday July 2nd
08:30-18:30 Field trip
