In our role as an official partner of the World Water Quality Alliance, IAHS would like to draw your attention to two upcoming online workshops:

MONITORING PLASTICS IN RIVERS AND LAKES: Guidelines for the Harmonization of Methodologies.
Date: June 17, 2021 at 1:30 PM EAT (12:30 PM CEST). 

The guidelines contain the most current procedures for monitoring and analyzing plastic content in rivers, lakes, reservoirs and water/wastewater treatment plants. The harmonization of monitoring methods and techniques will allow for synthesis of data and will provide knowledge of transport processes, loads and impacts of plastic debris in freshwater bodies/ecosystems, that can be used to monitor water quality and also strengthen evidence base for guiding effective policymaking. The webinar will feature a panel of expert speakers and will provide the audience with an overview of the publication, practical use and implementation of the guidelines, as well as opportunities to put them into practice. 

Register via the website: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5721038690869826316.


RIVER BASIN SEDIMENT MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT
Date:  September 6-10, 2021

The free workshop under the umbrella of UNESCO’s International Sediment Initiative (ISI) aims at providing knowledge on:

River sediment measurement and monitoring techniques
River sediment data analysis methods
Transferring river sediment monitoring results to management solutions

This workshop will concentrate on monitoring and management of sediment in rivers. The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), UNESCO-IHP and the International Research and Training Centre for Erosion and Sedimentation (IRTCES, Beijing, China).

Application deadline:  June 20, 2021

Website:   http://isi.irtces.org/isi/NewsEvents/comimgevents/webinfo/2021/05/1619300941493185.htm