Global Center for Education and Researchon Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities (HSE)
Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

GCOE symposiumInternational Symposium
on Water Environmental Issues and Challenges

1. Introduction

The aim of the symposium is to introduce and discuss recent researches, and reviews related to water
environmental problems. The symposium intends to encourage and enlarge the exchange of experienceand the cooperation among Asian countries. This could contribute to Asian environment protection andthe better understanding among nations.

2. Time and Place● Date: 14:00～17:10, September 28 (Tue.), 2010
● Place: Conference room, Otsu Sewage Treatment Plant

3. Program

1) 14:00~14:10 Opening Remarks
Hiroaki Tanaka (Kyoto University)2) 14:10~14:30 Occurrence of phamaceuticals and personal care products in the aquatic
environment in Japan
Norihide Nakada (Kyoto University)3) 14:30~14:50 Wastewater Reuse in Seoul: Policies and R&D
Youngjune Choi (Waterworks Research Institute,Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea)
4) 14:50~15:10 Ecotoxicological risk assessment of antibiotic drugs by bioassays using selected aquaticorganisms
Naoyuki Yamashita (Kyoto University)5) 15:10~15:30 Investigation of sediment and water quality in shenzhen river
Xihui Zhang (Tsinghua University)6) 15:30~15:40 Break7) 15:40~15:55 Natural attenuation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products during rivertransport
Seiya Hanamoto (Kyoto University)8) 15:55~16:10 Establishment of real-time RT-PCR methods for human viruses detection inwastewater environment
Marfiah binti Ab.Wahid (Kyoto University)9) 16:10~16:25 Water quality survey in Shenzhen area, China
Takashi Azuma (Kyoto University)10) 16:25~16:40 Risk assessment and control for groundwater recharge with reclaimed water
Jia Xin (Tsinghua University)11) 16:40~16:55 Virus removal by combination with coagulation and ultrafiltration for water reuse
Yoshinori Nishida (Kyoto University)12) 16:55~17:10 Hunting for Engineered Nanoparticles in Wastewater and Water Treatment
Yongkui Yang (Kyoto University)■Poster presentation & BBQ Party : 17:30～19:30 @ RCEQM of Kyoto Univ.

Contact ILHO KIM Tel. 077-527-6329, E-mail: kim@hse.gcoe.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, 1-2 Yumihama, Otsu, Shiga

Global Center for Education and Researchon Human Security Engineering for Asian Megacities (HSE)
Research Center for Environmental Quality Management

GCOE symposiumInternational Symposium
on Water Environmental Issues and Challenges
Poster presentation (17:30~19:30)
1) Occurrence and removal of NDMA and NDMA formation potential inWWTPs, Suchul Yoon (Kyoto University)

2) Water reclamation to lighten water crisis, Hongyang Wang (KyotoUniversity)3) Pharmaceuticals and hormones on the recovery of phosphorus from urine,
Kemacheevakul Patiya (Kyoto University)4) Current situation of energy consumption in waterworks and sewage worksof Japan, Tatsuhiro Ueyama (Kyoto University)

5) Behavior of pharmaceutical active compounds during sewage treatment
process, Masanori Narumiya (Kyoto University)

6) Ecotoxicity of pharmaceuticals and personal care products on threedifferent aquatic organisms, Tsukasa Kawakami (Kyoto University)

7) Water quality monitoring in a combined sewage treatment plant in a rainy
day, Masaaki Hinoue (Kyoto University)

8) Advanced sewerage treatment by 4-stage BNR process, Suntae Lee (KyotoUniversity)

9)

Plan for study of rapid measurement of escherichia coli by enzyme activity
method, Shun Tanaka (Kyoto University)10) Antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the upper stream of rivers,
Hiromoto Koshikawa (Ryukoku University)