Water, Water Everywhere?
Helping IAEA Member States with Water Resources and Water Security
Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 21 May 2019
Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA
Water security – its availability, quality, management and protection – has become a critical issue in human development and environmental and economic sustainability, particularly in light of global population growth. Sustainable Development Goal #6 includes access to safe water for everyone by 2030. Statistics from the Global Water Institute, however, suggest that 700 million people worldwide could be displaced by intense water scarcity by 2030.
The outreach event
Water, Water Everywhere?
Helping IAEA Member States with Water Resources and Water Security
will discuss the various ways nuclear science and technology can help advance water management – improving water availability, optimising efficiency of water use, treating wastewater in an environment- friendly way and monitoring marine pollution.
Welcome Address
Ms Najat Mokhtar
IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications
Keynote Speakers
Mr David Osborn
IAEA Director, Environmental Laboratories
The Big Picture: Water from Hilltops 2 Oceans (H2O)
Ms Lucia Ortega
Isotope Hydrologist, IAEA
Isotopes in Global Freshwater Resources Management
Mr Gerd Dercon
Laboratory Head, Soil and Water Management and Crop Nutrition, IAEA
Isotopes for Agricultural Water Management
Mr Joao Alberto Osso Junior
Section Head, Radioisotope Products and Radiation Technology Section, IAEA
Radiation Technology for Wastewater Treatment
Facilitator
Mr John Brittan
Communications Specialists, IAEA Nuclear Sciences and Applications |