DANVA, FIWA, Norsk Vann, Samorka and Svenskt Vatten invite all water professionals with an interest in wastewater, sewerage and climate change mitigation and adaptation to submit abstracts at NORDIWA 2025. We welcome experts and practitioners, managers and operators, city planners, researchers, engineers, advisors and others with an interest in wastewater management, urban drainage and climate adaptation in the Nordic region.

Themes 2025

Climate challenges, mitigation and adaptation

Climate change adaptation and resilience • Climate change mitigation • Sustainable stormwater management • Extreme weather events • Energy efficiency, strategies and priorities • Greenhouse gas emissions and climate ambitions • Biogas production, upgrading and use

Sewer management and wastewater treatment

Sewer management • Monitoring and modelling • Treatment of combined sewer overflows • Interaction sewers and wastewater treatment plants • Wastewater treatment • Small scale wastewater treatment

Circular economy, resources and reuse

Circular economy • Sludge management • Resource efficiency, recovery • Recycling and recovery of nutrients •Water use and reuse • System efficiency • The challenges of PFAS and other micropollutants, AMR and microplastics • Bathing water quality

Sustainable management and communication

SDGs and wastewater • Management, governance, benchmarking and new EU legislation • Asset manage­ment in a re-shaped financial environment • Innovative procurements • Customer engagement and communication • Wastewater as a community service • Concept of sustainability • ESG reporting

Crisis handling, risk management and security

Supply chain challenges, lack of chemicals, spare parts and other resources • Electrical power failures and shut downs

Upcoming legislation

UWWTD – implementation in the Nordic countries – challenges and solutions • Implementing and delegated acts from the EC • EQSD – CSRD • NISII • CER-directive

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