2018 IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition Report
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Outline
(1) Date
16-21 September 2018, Tokyo, Japan
(2) Schedule
(3) Venue Tokyo
Tokyo Big Sight Conference Tower, West Hall
(4) Theme
Shaping our water future
Science, Practice and Policy for Sustainability and Resilience
(5) The number of participants
9,815 participants from 98 countries & regions (2,846 Congress delegates)
(6) The number of papers
Oral presentations:352 papers (among those, 113 papers from Japan)
Poster presentations:633 papers (among those, 350 papers from Japan)
(7) The number of exhibitors
252 companies & organizations from 32 countries
(8) Organizers, etc.
a. Organizer:International Water Association
b. Host Country Committee(HCC)
President: | Yuriko Koike (Governor of Tokyo) |
Chair: | Hiroaki Hurumai (Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo) |
Vice Chair: | Bureau of Waterworks, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Sewerage, Tokyo Metropolitan Government Japan Society on Water Environment Japan Water Works Association Japan Sewage Works Association |
Member: | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry of the Environment Japan Water Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency Japan Sewage Works Agency Japan Institute of Wastewater Engineering and Technology Japan Sewage Treatment Plant Constructors Association Japan Water Research Center Federation of Japan Water Industries |
(9) Situation of participation in the IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition
In addition to the oral and poster presentations in the 2018 Tokyo Congress, Forums, Workshops, etc. were also held. Moreover, 9,815 people participated from 98 countries and regions in the world, which was the largest number of participants in the past IWA World Congresses & Exhibitions.
(10) Congress delegates in the World Congress
The number of delegates was 2,846 amongst all the participants in the World Congress. A little more than 40% of delegates were from Japan, and then a great number of delegates attended from Europe and Asia excluding Japan. As with the past World Congresses, there were a large number of delegates from the host country and surrounding in Asia particularly from China, South Korea, and Taiwan.
(11) Program
(12) Daily Video
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Major events
Events name | Details |
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Sep 16 (Sun)
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Sep 17 (Mon) |
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Sep17 (Mon)
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Sep18 (Tue)
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Sep 19 (Wed)
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Sep 20 (Thu)
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Sep 21 (Fri) |
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Sep 17 (Mon) - 20 (Thu)
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Sep 16 (Sun) - 20 (Thu)
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Presentation by Tokyo Waterworks
Oral Presentation
Water Quality , Purification
- [1-1] Optimization of Powdered Activated Carbon Treatment with Intermediate Chlorination, Modifying Channels as Mixing Basins
- [1-2] Operation of Tap Water Quality Management System to aim at securing the Highest Level of Safety and Security: Continuous Verification and Review of Tokyo High Quality Management Program
- [1-3] Efforts on radioactivity after the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ Radioactivity Response Measures Taken by the Tokyo Waterworks~
- [1-4] Construction of an Effective and Efficient Pesticide Examination System
- [1-5] Improvement of Water Recovery Rate after NF Membrane Treatment of Contaminated Raw Water
- [1-6] Development of Methods to Efficiency Remove Disinfection By-product Precursors in Slow Filtration
- [1-7] Examination of Toxins That Blue-green Algae Priduce-Development - Development of Analysis Methods of Cyanotoxins using LC/MS/MS, Study on Removal Performance and Field Survey -
- [1-8] Verification of New GAC with Consideration to Environmental Impact in Large-scale AdvancedWater Treatment Facilities
- [1-9] Investigation of Removal-inactivation ratio of Cryptosporidium for QMRA
Leakage Prevention
- [2-1] Preventive measures against water leakage in Tokyo Reducing number of water leakage repairs by 90% by the efforts of material quality improvement of service pipes
- [2-2] Perpetual Challenge for Zero Non-RevenueWater Rate
Risk Management
- [3-1] Challenge for Reinforcement of Earthquake Resistance at Earth-fill Dam with Urbanization to Vicinity of Reservoir
- [3-2] Taking advantage of workforce! ~ Tokyo Waterworks Program for Enhancing Crisis-Response Capability ~
- [3-3] Implementation Model of Disaster Prevention Drill Utilizing PDCA Cycle in Capital of Tokyo
- [3-4] Development of system that promptly monitors the water supply to the government agencies immediately after earthquake -Water pressure checking system using a mobile phone line -
- [3-5] Preparing for Various Threats in Tama Waterworks: Development of Facilities to Prepare for Disasters in Tama Waterworks
ICT
- [4-1] Japan’s First Large Scale Efforts on the Model Project of Smart Water Meter
- [4-2] Investigation of applicability of Smart Meter (multifunctional meter for water supply) to the city of Tokyo
- [4-3] Ensuring Stable Water Supply by Centralized Administrative Control over a Large-Scale Water Supply Network
- [4-4] Sharing Pipeline Inspection Data and GIS System Data: Future Picture of Pipeline Management by Mutual Interchange of Big Data
Environment and Energy Efficiency
- [5-1] Application ofWater Supply Operation System to Improve Efficiency of Hydraulic Power Generation
- [5-2] Effective Utilization of Unused and Renewable Energy for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction: Aiming at Sustainable and Environmentally Compatible Waterworks Services
- [5-3] Promoting grass-roots energy saving actions for facilities including purification plants and water supply stations
Facility Planning
HRD
Customer Service
- [8-1] Efforts by the Service Stations toward Progress as an Accessible Service Base
- [8-2] Construction of a management system of “Customer Center” for responding to large-scale earthquake disaster
Poster Presentation
Water Quality, Purification
- [1-1] Analysis of Unknown Odorous Compound with GC/MS combined with Olfactometry
- [1-2] Construction of the Response Support System for Water Quality Accidents in Water Resource Rivers
- [1-3] Measures against Outflow of Manganese from a Deep-depth Reservoir in Winter
- [1-4] Ex-post Evaluation (Case Study Research) of Advanced Water Treatment Facilities and Their Expansion to Water Utilities Overseas
- [1-5] Production of a Serious Musty Odor in the Clean Upper Reaches: Behavior of the 2-MIB Production by Benthic Cyanobacteria and Our Countermeasures
- [1-6] Measures to Sudden Water Quality Contamination Accident in Tokyo Waterworks
- [1-7] Effective and stable water purification system in a mountain area
Risk Management
- [2-1] Data Measuring Device for Water Pipe Network Keeping on Operating Even in Case of Disaster
- [2-2] Establishment of “Tokyowater Rescue”
- [2-3] Emergency Water Supply at the Time of Disaster-Based on the Cooperation among Local Governments and Residents-
- [2-4] Lessons from Different Types of Major Earthquakes and Models to Strengthen Measures
- [2-5] Efforts to respond to water quality accidents by regional collaboration with water utilities in the basin area
- [2-6] Reinforcement of Earthquake-Resistance of Air Valves
- [2-7] Reinforcement of dam body for Murayama-kami Reservoir - Construction under reservoir operation, a rare instance in Japan -
- [2-8] To ensure water supply routes to capital’s central agencies at the time of an earthquake
- [2-9] Rapid Emergency Restoration of Water Pipelines by Building a Leakage Information Gathering System (Leakage Information Gathering by Utilizing SNS)
- [2-10] Securing Drinking Water after Earthquakes: Preparation of Small-scale Emergency Water Supply Tanks
- [2-11] Strategic Development of Pipeline Networks towards Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
- [2-12] Safety measures led by Tokyo Waterworks - Action plan to prevent waterworks construction accidents -
- [2-13] The New Earthquake Resistant Reinforcement Method for Concrete Structures -Adoption of Post-Installed Shear Reinforcement Bar Method –
- [2-14] System Development to Efficiently Consolidate Damage Information on Large-Scale Earthquakes and other disasters
ICT
Management
- [4-1] Fiscal Management by Tokyo Metropolitan Government Based on the Medium and Long-term Viewpoint - Case Study and Financial Simulation toward Facilities’ Renewal -
- [4-2] Secure and efficient fund management
- [4-3] Factor Analysis of Water Rate Revisions (External Factors and Internal Factors)
- [4-4] Promotion of “Tama Waterworks Operation Plan 2017” Towards Resilient and Reliable Wide-Area Waterworks
Environment and Energy Efficiency
- [5-1] Development of an Energy-saving Membrane Filtration System Utilizing Geographical Conditions of Mountainous Area
- [5-2] Renewable Energy Control Model for Water Distribution Main Telemeters
Water Supply
- [6-1] Direct Water Service System to Super High-rise Buildings and Situation of Introduction Thereof
- [6-2] Promotion of Water Service System to Taps in Elementary and Junior High Schools
Water Resource
- [7-1] Challenge to Effective Drought Measures by Utilizing a New Artificial Rainfall Device
- [7-2] History of Water Resource Development in Tokyo Waterworks
Facility Planning
- [8-1] Clarification of the actual condition of water use classified by purpose at home in Tokyo by water amount measurement
- [8-2] Methods and Effects of Securing Water Supply to Citizens Even at an Event of Sudden Accident -Development of Water Supply Stations for Supporting the Stable Water Supply in Tokyo Metropolitan Area-
- [8-3] Evaluation of Durability of Water Distribution Reservoir with the Reinforced Concrete Structure Utilized for 90 years
- [8-4] Toward construction of a more resilient large-scale waterworks system, for “Waterworks to support the functions of the capital city, Tokyo” and “Waterworks to support the lives of residents of Tokyo”
HRD
- [9-1] A new way of HRD that contributes to the construction of sustainable water supply facilities in low-income countries
- [9-2] Initiatives to Enhance Human Resources at Tokyo Waterworks (Aiming to Make Contributions within and outside Japan)
- [9-3] Development of electric circuit practical training equipment that enables innovative human resource development
Customer Service
- [10-1] Public Relations Strategy for the Next Generation: Inheritance of Culture of Drinking Tap Water from Faucets
- [10-2] The collection system, which achieved a high collection rate(99.9%) of the water utilities with the largest water service scale in Japan
- [10-3] Efforts to Gain Understanding and Cooperation to plumbing -Communication with Neighborhood toward Smooth plumbing –
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