Conferencia ASADWA - Arid and Semi Arid Development Through Water Augmentation

09:00 – 09:30

Registration of participants

09.30 – 10.00

Official opening of the Conference.

• Statement of the G-WADI network coordinator Sr. Anil Mishra, UNESCO-Paris.

• Statement of Scientific Committee Chair of ASADWA Conference, Mr. Donald Gabriels, University of Ghent.

• Statement of the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Mr. Paulino Alonso.

10.00-10.20

Donald Gabriels (UGent, Belgium) Water scarcity and mitigation: a global assessment

Topic 1: Rainfall-Runoff Water and Fog Harvesting

10.20-11.00

• Koen Verbist et al. (UGent, Belgium) “A framework for evaluating the efficiency of water harvesting techniques in semi-arid zones of Chile”

• Luis Rafael Palmier et al. (UFMG , Brasil) “Challenges for upgrading rainfed agriculture using water harvesting techniques in the Brazilian semi-arid region”

11.00-11.20

coffee break

11.20-12.40

• Mauricio Lemus Vera et al. (CONAF, Chile) “Water augmentation techniques for plantations on sloped drylands: an experimental evaluation”

• Luis Rafael Palmier et al. (UFMG , Brasil) “The use of roof catchments and cisterns for domestic supply in Brazil”

• Sudhakar Pardeshi et al. (Pune University , India)“Prospects of Rainwater Harvesting for domestic water supply in Rural areas of Pune District: an appraisal”

• Felipe De la Hoz et al. (UConcepción, Chile) “Evaluation of fog harvesting for greenhouse irrigation in a coastal watershed of Coquimbo Region”

12.40-13.00

Closure of Topic 1: Rainfall-Runoff Water and Fog Harvesting

13.00-14.00

Lunch

Topic 2: Water Use Efficiency

14.00 - 14.30

• Dirk Raes (KULeuven, Belgium) “Deficit irrigation as an on-farm strategy to maximize crop water productivity“

14.30 - 16.00

• Edwin Yucra (Universidad Mayor de Los Andes, Bolivia) “Análisis social en el proceso productivo de riego deficitario, en la comunidad de Canquella y Huanaque”

• Richard Escadafal (CESBIO, France) “Increasing agricultural water efficiency in Meditterranean drylands through accurate assessment of actual ETR of irrigated crops”

• Nicolás Franck et al. (UChile, Chile) “Fruit species with low irrigation requirement and drought tolerance as a water saving strategy in arid zones”

• Deyanira Lobo (U Central, Venezuela) “Use of synthetic (Hydrogel) and organic soil conditioners to improve the water use efficiency for green pepper cultivation”

15.40- 16.00

Closure of Topic 2: Water Use Efficiency

Topic 3: Managing water scarcity and drought risk

16:00 – 17:00

• Jorge Nuñez (Cazalac, Chile) “Regional frequency analysis for mapping drought events in north-central Chile”

• Guillermo Mendoza (ICWARM, USA) “Tool development for drought atlas mapping”

• Gary Woodard (SAHRA, USA) “Managing volunteer observer networks to monitor drought and improve water resources management”

17:00 - 17:20

Closure of Topic 3: Managing water scarcity and drought risk

Topic 4: Water Reuse

9.00 - 10.40

• Diego Rivera (UConcepción, Chile) “Wastewater reuse in agriculture: Methodological issues”

• Hector Flores (UConcepci[on, Chile) “Methodology for the analysis of environmental risk of irrigation with treated waters from a swine farm”

• Felipe de la Hoz (UConcepcion, Chile) “Analysis of the use of treated wastewaters in the agriculture: case study”

• Espino-Valdes (U Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico) “Evaluation of the quality of reclaimed wastewater reused in Chihuahua, Mexico”

10.40- 11.00

Closure of Topic 4: Water Reuse

11.00- 11.20

coffee break

Topic 5: Aquifer Management and Recharge

11.20-11.50

• Mike Edmunds (Oxford University, England) “Renewable groundwater and water security”

11.50-13.10

• Susan Ringrose et al. (Okavango Research Institute, Botswana) "Aquifer management and water scarcity in norther Botswana – problems relating to water provision from the Okavango river system”

• A. K. Sinha (Centre for Water Management & Research, India) "Delineation and Evaluation  of   Subsurface  Water Storage  to Cope up  with the  Climatic Variability and Change :  A Case Study From Arid to Semi Arid Region Of Western India".

• José Luis Arumí et al. (UConcepción, Chile) “Water irrigation augmentation project using treated wastewater and groundwater recharge for an orchard farm in Melipilla”

13.10 - 14.10

lunch

14.10 - 14.40

• Donald Gabriels et al. (UGent, Belgium) “Assessment of groundwater gabion recharge dams in the watershed of wadi Oum Zessar (Southeast Tunisia)”

• A. K. Sinha (Centre for Water Management & Research, India) "Depleting Ground Water Resources - Need for Conservation of Groundwater and Saline Area Management around Danta Ramgarh, Sikar, District, Rajasthan, INDIA".

14.40-15.00

Closure of Topic 5: Aquifer Management and Recharge

15:00 - 15:30

Poster Session

• Venecia Margarita Herrera (U Arturo Prat, Chile)“Behaviour of dissolved and precipitated material in surface water of salar del Huasco, high Plateau northern Chile”

• Gomez et al. (IANIGLA, Argentina) ”Hydrogeological study of the phreatic aquifer in groundwater coupled arid ecosystems under a world-wide climate change context”

• Edvaldo Alves Dos Santos “Automatización del manejo del agua en los sistemas de riego”

• Fuster et al (UChile, Chile) “Proposed flow recovery by improving irrigation efficiency”

• Fredy Neira (UGent, Belgium) “Assessment of rainfall aggressivity for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries”

• Fredy Neira (UGent, Belgium) “Assessment of climate indices in drylands of Colombia”

• Ricardo Oyarzún (CEAZA, Chile)“Research on Surface Water-Shallow Groundwater Interactions in the Arid to Semi-Arid North Central Chile”

15:00 – 15:20

Closure of the technical sessions of ASADWA.

Special session of the Global Water And Development Information (GWADI) Session Chair: Mike Edmunds.

Rapporteur (Gary Woodard, Guillermo Mendoza, Guido Soto and Anil Mishra)

15:20 – 15:35

IHP activities and recent G-WADI developments (Anil Mishra)

15:35 – 15:50:

Historical Background of G-WADI initiatives (Mike Edmunds)

15:50 – 16:00:

Coffee Break

16:00 – 19:30

G-WADI Closed Session