Day I - February 11, 2009

Venue: Municipal Library, Mariánské nám. 1, Prague 1

 

Registration: from 8:00

Opening: 9:00 - Dr. Libor Ambrozek, Chairman, Committee on Environment, Parliament of the Czech Republic

 

Session I: Water in the landscape – control of pollution, flood, land inundation and drought risks

Chair: Dr. Pavel Punčochář

 

Želivka – the key drinking-water source for Prague-Capital and Central Bohemian regions

Dr. Miloš Gregar, Centre of Environmental Studies

Control of the drinking-water reservoirs eutrophication

Prof. Vladimir Novotny, director of Centre of Environmental Studies, Fulbright Foundation specialist, Boston, USA

Water protection project preparation in the land-use development planning

Ing. Jiří Hladík, director, The Institute for Soil Improvement and Protection, Prague

 

10:30 Coffee Break

 

Session II: Management of Zelivka/Svihov reservoir and Master-plans of drinking-water supply and waste-water collection systems in its watershed

Chair: Prof. Vladimir Novotny

   

Provisions within the River Basin Management Plan of Dolní Vltava specified onto Zelivka

RNDr. Petr Kubala, director for watershed management, Vltava Catchment Authority

Point pollution and Master-plans of drinking-water supply and waste-water collection systems within the catchment of drinking water reservoir Švihov

Prof. Jiří Wanner, The Institute of Chemical Technology, Prague, Department of Water Technology and Environmental Engineering 

Non-point pollution abatement within the catchment of drinking water reservoir Švihov

Ing. Jiří Holas, Agricultural Research Council Ltd.

Measures adopted to improve raw water abstracted from surface water reservoir Želivka

Ing. Radka Hušková, Technical Director, Prague Water and Wastewater, Plc.

 

12.40 Lunch

 

14:00 Session III:  Reducing agriculture activity diffuse pollution sources and flood protection

Chair: Ing. Vladimír Chour

  

“Nature’s-Way” - approaches to management of diffuse pollution sources. Author’s comments on the IWA video

Brian J. D’Arcy, Senior Diffuse Pollution Specialist, SEPA, Scotland

Retention of particles, phosphorus and nitrogen in constructed wetlands. Recent results of the Norwegian research and practice.

Bent C. Braskerud, The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Norway

Master Plan for Water Framework Directive activities in Ireland leading to river basin management plans.

Ray Earle, Dublin City Council, Eastern River Basin District Project, Ireland

Governance of Water-Related Conflicts in Agriculture: New Directions in Agri-Environmental and Water Policies in the EU

Dr. Ingo Heinz, Dortmund University, Germany

 

15.30 Coffee Break

 

Session IV: The EU CAP and environment protection

Chair: Ing. Jiří Holas, CSc.

 

Financial support from EU grant programme Environment for water quality protection and water management in the Czech Republic

Ing. Rut Bízková, deputy minister, Ministry of Environment CR

Management of water infrastructure projects and ways of their financing

Ing. Petr Vučka, director, EKOSYSTEM Ltd.

Rural landscape development programme. Provisions II. 1.2.2. – Payments according to the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/ES (WFD)

RNDr. Pavel Punčochář, director, Water Management section, Ministry of Agriculture CR

Water quality as a result of watershed management

Prof. Bedřich Moldan, Director, Centre for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Prague

  

17:00 Banquet in Old City Hall, hosted by Mr. Rudolf Blažek, Prague Deputy Mayor. Optional siteseeing of Old City Hall.

 

End of Day I

 

Day II - February 12, 2009

 

9:00 Session V: Common Agricultural Policy - „Water and Agriculture“

Chair: Ing. Jaroslav Pražan 

 

Agri-model for the water-resources protective zones

Doc. Ing. Tomáš Doucha, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Information

Water and landscape protection in European contexts

Dr. Ladislav Miko, Environment DG, Directorate B: Protecting the Natural Environment

EU Water policy Framework Directive 2000/60/ES (WFD) issues in rural development within the EU states

Dr. Thomas Dworak, Ecologic – Institute. Vienna, Austria

 

10:30 Coffee Break

 

Workshop: Sustainability of water resources in the Czech Republic and EU

Chair: Prof. Jiří Wanner

 

1. Panel discussion on presented papers

2. Observance of the WFD (2000/60/ES) requirements

3. Preparation of the statement to be presented on the World Water Day in Istanbul

 

13:00 Lunch

 

14:00 – 17:00 Visit of the Želivka - Hulice Water treatment plant

 

Day III - February 13, 2009

 

10:00 – 12:00 Visit of the Prague - Podoli Water treatment plant (optional)

 

End of the Conference