The 9th International Meuse Symposium took place on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023, in Liège (Belgium).
We organized the 9th edition of the International Meuse Symposium together with the “Samenwerkingsverband Schone Maaswaterketen” to broaden the topics towards water quality – which has been mentioned by the participants earlier. Samenwerkingsverband Schone Maaswaterketen (partners for clean Meuse water chain, https://www.schonemaaswaterketen.nl/) focuses in particular on organic micropollutants - medicines and industrial chemicals.
Conference venue:
Université de Liège, Galerie des Arts (B7b), Sart-Tilman Campus: Location of Petits Amphithéâtres - Galerie des Arts, building B7b
The conference venue is reachable by bus (bus lines 28, 41, 48, 58, 158 and E20) from the bus stop “Gare des Guillemins” (central station) in Liège.
Bus stops:
- SART-TILMAN Amphithéâtres
- SART-TILMAN Chimie (amphis)
- SART-TILMAN Physique
Invitation and programme
(updated September 8th, 2023)
Introductory talks
Jeroen Aerts (VU Amsterdam)
Assessing the dynamic feedbacks between the water system and society
Susanne Schmeier (IHE Delft)
International cooperation for water quantity and quality
Parallel programme A: Water quantity and Transport
General session
Chair: Benjamin Dewals (Université de Liège)
Bernhard Becker (Deltares, RWTH Aachen University)
The Meuse – a European river / an introduction to hydrology, models, water usage and international collaboration
Aurore Degré (Université de Liège, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech)
Hydrological modelling of three subcatchements of the Vesdre river - scenarios on forest, peatland and agricultural land management
Christophe Dessers (Université de Liège)
Modular hydrological modelling of the Vesdre and Amblève catchments
General session
Chair: Roy Frings (Rijkswaterstaat)
Anaïs Couasnon (Deltares)
Estimation of discharge extremes in the Meuse basin - Application of a high-resolution stochastic weather generator and a distributed hydrological model
Alexander van Braeckel (INBO)
The integrated dynamic ecological expert model ECODYN to evaluate restoration and climate scenarios along the Common Meuse
Felix Steudtner (RWTH Aachen University)
Numerical simulation of the Vicht basin
Floods
Chair: Remko Uijlenhoet (TU Delft)
Sebastian Hartgring (TU Delft, Deltares)
Hindcasting the 2021 flood event for the Rur river
Eva Vonden (RWTH Aachen University)
Transboundary flood damage survey: design and preliminary outcomes
Daniela Rodriguez Castro (Université de Liège)
Flood losses in the residential sector in the Vesdre valley: classification and modelling
Droughts
Chair: Jeroen Aerts (VU Amsterdam)
Nienke Kramer (Deltares)
Relation between Maas and Rhine discharge and water quality problems related to drinking water preparation
Utashi Ciraane Docile (Université de Liège)
Influence of low flow conditions on the salmon downstream migration in Liège
Patrick Willems (KU Leuven)
Water availability along the Albert Canal in relation to the Meuse discharge
Parallel programme B: Getting grip on organic micropollutants in the Meuse Basin
Monitoring of organic micropollutants - considerations for selecting which pollutants to focus on and working towards action perspectives
Pol Magermans (Université de Liège)
PegOpera, a software suite developed by ULiege to assess the quality of surface water. Application to the Meuse transnational watershed
Wim van der Hulst (Waterschap Aa en Maas)
Monitoring on micropollutants, treating urban wastewater on pollutants
Interactive session 'Effective cooperation on dealing with indirect discharges and locating these types of sources of pollution
Roel Kwanten (Rijkswaterstaat)
Indirect discharges
Hotspot analysis WWTP
Interactive session 'Data collection and sharing on water quality, sources of pollution, permits and improvements
Hans van der Eem (Welldra)
Atlas for a clean Meuse, about the Meuse catchment area, water quality, origin of contaminants and actions to make the Meuse basin cleaner
