Julia Derx and Margaret Stevenson organize session at EGU General Assembly 2023

As every year, the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place in Vienna in 2023.

Julia Derx and Margaret Stevenson from ICC Water & Health are organizing a special session on "Fate and transport processes of pathogens and emerging contaminants at multiple scales".

The organizers therefore invite you to submit abstracts for the following session of the EGU General Assembly 2023. Please note that the meeting will be held both virtually and in person in Vienna.

Title: Fate and transport processes of pathogens and emerging contaminants at multiple scales

Keynote speaker: Prof. Jack Schijven, Utrecht University / National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Netherlands

This session aims to increase the understanding about the dominant processes controlling faecal indicator, pathogen and contaminant fate and transport at larger scales. Consequently, we welcome contributions that aim to close existing knowledge gaps and include both small and large-scale experimental, with the focus on

• the fate and transport of faecal indicators, pathogens and emerging contaminants in rivers, groundwater and estuaries
• Hydrological, physically based modelling approaches
• Methods for identifying the dominant processes and for transferring faecal indicator, pathogen and contaminant transport parameters from the laboratory to the field or catchment scale
• Investigations of the implications of contamination of water resources for water safety management planning and risk assessment frameworks

Relevant dates

The standard deadline for abstract submission is 10 January 2023, 13:00 CET. However, participants who are interested in applying to a Travel Support grant should submit their abstract by the early deadline of 1 December 2022, 13:00 CET).

Instructions for abstract submission can be found here.

We hope to see you!

Julia Derx, Margaret Stevenson, Fulvio Boano, Sondra Klitzke, Yakov Pachepsky