International Symposium on Domestic Wastewater Treatment & Disposal Systems
The symposium presents recent research findings, discuss the content and context of new legislation and to share experiences/ best practice from other international jurisdictions.
 | Introduction & Welcome Dr. Patrick Prendergast, Provost, TCD |
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 | Setting the scene Gerard O'Leary, Director, EPA |
 | Onsite-Wastewater: the Hazards Prof. Chris Buckley, University KwaZuku Natal, South Africa |
 | The impact of on-site sewage treatment systems on river quality in UK catchments Dr. Linda May (CEH, Edinburgh) |
 | Rural point sources Prof. Phil Jordan (University of Ulster) |
 | Quantifying contributions of on-site sewage disposal systems to nutrient fluxes in stream headwaters Dr. Raymond Flynn (Queens University, Belfast) |
 | A field study assessing the impact of on-site wastewater treatment systems Dr. Valerie McCarthy (Dundalk Institute of technology) |
 | Using an in situ soil profile as a wastewater treatment unit Prof. Robert Siegrist (Colorado School of Mines, USA) |
 | Subsoil's across the Irish landscape Dr Robert Meehan (Talamhireland) |
 | The attenuation of on-site effluent contaminants through percolation areas of different Irish subsoil's Dr. Laurence Gill (Trinity College Dublin) |
 | Understanding microbial denitrification and pathogen transport in effluent and soils Prof. Vincent O'Flaherty (National University of Galway) |
 | Packaged wastewater treatment systems for individual homes and small communities Dr. Mark Gross (Orenco Systems, Oregon, USA) |
 | Research developments in the on-site treatment of wastewater Dr. Edmond O'Reilly (National University of Ireland, Galway) |
 | EN certification and National Annexes Eamonn Smyth (Department of the Env., Community and Local Government) |
 | The suitability of packaged wastewater treatment systems for direct surface water discharge in rural Ireland Dr. Donata Dubber (Trinity College Dublin) |
 | How Australia and New Zealand manage onsite wastewater 8 different ways Sarah West (EPA, Victoria, Australia) |
 | The Challenges of Low Risk Sites Professors Julia Black & Robert Baldwin (London School of Economics) |
 | National inspection plan for DWWTS Leo Sweeney & Margaret Keegan (Environmental Protection Agency) |
 | Local Authority Assessment of OSWWTS Seamus O'Brien (North Tipperary Co. Council) |
 | Current state of descentrilized waste water treatment technology in Denmark Dr. Carlos Arias (University of Aarhus, Denmark) |
 | The Treatment of On-site wastewater using Willow Bed Evapourisation Systems in Ireland Sean Curneen (Trinity College Dublin) |
 | The attenuation capacity of constructed wetlands to treat domestic wastewater in Ireland Dr. Niall O'Luanaigh (La Trobe University, Australia) |
 | Constructed on-site sand filters as secondary and tertiary effluent treatment processes Dr. Laurence Gill (Trinity College Dublin) |
 | Theory and Practice of Soil and Site investigation for Wastewater Dispersal Systems processes Nancy Deal (Dept. Environment & Natural Resources, North Carolina) |
 | A Risk Based Methodology to assist in the Regulation of Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems Donal Daly (Environmental Protection Agency) |
 | The use of geospatial modelling in determining strategies for on-site wastewater treatment Dave Smyth (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) |
 | Regulation of treated sewage discharges Mark Livingstone, Head of Water Regulation Group (NIEA) |