The 14. Stockholm Water Symposium and World Week

Report regarding the issue “ECOLOGICAL SANITATION”

15.09.2004

The World Water Week in Stockholm is since 14 years a yearly returning international event on water and sanitation issues, organized and hosted by the Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI. The aim of the world water week is to serve as a link between practice, science policy and decision-making in the search for sustainable water resource management.

In addition the world water week gives to individuals, Institutions and organization the occasion to nominate for the “Stockholm Water Prize”. Juniors maximal 20 years old can nominate for the “Stockholm Junior Water Prize”.

The main themes of this year were Drainage Basin Management and Regional approaches for Food and Urban Security. Many presentation, workshops and seminars by scientists, organizations and individuals, supported with poster presentation and exhibition were the base of the Stockholm Water Week and the Stockholm Water Symposium. Abstracts of the symposium were published.

This report includes only the topic ecological sanitation as an approach or strategy for sustainable water and wastewater management and food security. A short report about the pre-seminar workshop “Sustainable Sanitation”, and the key issues of eco sanitation during the seminar and conference is given. The given notices don’t describe the issues completely.
On the end publications on ecosanitation and several websites are noticed.

Download the full report on water and sanitation (doc.).