Natural Organic Matter Research - From Source to Tap and Beyond
27-29 July 2011
Irvine, USA
Website: www.regonline.com/NOM2011
Submission of abstracts: 21 January 2011
Notification of acceptance: 1 March 2011
Submission of full papers: 22 July 2011
The vision of this fourth in a series of Specialty Conferences aimed at natural dissolved organic matter (NOM or DOM) is to bring together a diverse and interdisciplinary group of engineers and scientists that are involved in studies which intersect similar interests, namely, to better understand the environmental dynamics of NOM as it pertains to diverse aspects of water research. The importance of such organic materials in water related research fields, including water treatment, management and sustainability, their impact on ecological drivers and biogeochemical processes and the potential effects of land use and climate change are clear. While quantitative studies on this subject abound, less is known about the composition of NOM and thus it’s ‘quality’. Recent advances in the ability to characterize NOM hold promise of aiding the scientific community in reaching the next level in a fundamental understanding the importance of NOM quality in environmental engineering and aquatic sciences.
These analytical methods include excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy, ultrahigh resolution electrospray Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry, high-resolution nuclear magnetic spectroscopy, among others. The full potential of some of these methods in the abovementioned research areas has only just begun and this conference seeks more application to all fields of NOM research. Equally important to NOM characterization and applications for refining its environmental dynamics in aquatic ecosystems, is to review and discuss advances in the areas of membrane processes in water and wastewater treatment, disinfection by-products and control strategies for NOM removal in water treatment processes. Therefore , sessions over three days will highlight (but are not limited to) NOM characterization and monitoring, catchment processes and source management, removal strategies and disinfection by-products, changes in NOM during distribution, environmental fate, transport and transformation, and applications to wetlands, groundwater, and coastal and oceanic studies.
Proposed Themes:
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Characterisation
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Catchment and source management
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Monitoring
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Removal strategies
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Fate, Transport and Transformation
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Disinfection by-products
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Fate in distribution
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Coastal
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Wetlands and Groundwater
Contact: William J Cooper
Tel: +1-949-824-5620
Fax: +1-949-824-3672
email: wcooper@uci.edu
