{"id":32660,"date":"2020-04-23T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=32660"},"modified":"2020-04-23T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T22:56:05","slug":"webinar-water-covid-19-international-water-resources-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/webinar-water-covid-19-international-water-resources-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar: Water &amp; COVID-19, International Water Resources Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Invitation &#8211; IWRA Webinar on<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Water &amp; COVID-19&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, April\u00a030th\u00a02020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From 3:00 pm\u00a0to 4:30\u00a0pm\u00a0CET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><a class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnButton\" title=\"Click here to register for free\" href=\"https:\/\/webmail.evergreen.edu\/owa\/mes@evergreen.edu\/redir.aspx?C=q8B8nsMaAriVm7asSqR3i9H3VUIFsvuLyzC83pvIMsRZ4_oo2efXCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fiwra.us9.list-manage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d4aa69bf16ae24a85c3dd8a26a%26id%3d00815b19ff%26e%3d85241e222c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to register for free<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\"><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/webmail.evergreen.edu\/owa\/mes@evergreen.edu\/redir.aspx?C=arJNGh2xOBPqka8Kp9gvma23SJs481yR8DxHfAjCqDNZ4_oo2efXCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fiwra.us9.list-manage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d4aa69bf16ae24a85c3dd8a26a%26id%3d387b134203%26e%3d85241e222c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnImage gmail-CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/webmail.evergreen.edu\/owa\/mes@evergreen.edu\/14.3.468.0\/themes\/resources\/clear1x1.gif\" alt=\"\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">IWRA\u2019s next webinar will focus on\u00a0<em>Water and COVID-19.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0This 90-minute event\u00a0will take place on Thursday, April 30th\u00a0from 15:00 to 16:30 Central European Time.\u00a0 It will provide relevant\u00a0<strong>insights on the impact of COVID-19 on\u00a0water supply<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>and<\/strong>\u00a0the different ways that\u00a0<strong>water governance<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0been challenged by this new global threat today.<\/p>\n<p>While research currently does not indicate\u00a0drinking water supply to infect\u00a0people from\u00a0COVID-19, this\u00a0virus is impacting the water sector and its governance in various\u00a0ways.\u00a0 Presently,\u00a0municipal drinking water systems have been able to filter and disinfect water to prevent transmission to human beings, yet the\u00a0presence of the virus has been detected in the\u00a0water systems.\u00a0 At the same time, the availability of clean fresh water is a key to simple gestures intended, such as hand-washing,\u00a0to prevent the spread of the virus. Consequently, there is a real, urgent need\u00a0to understand the relationship between water and COVID-19, and the imminent\u00a0impacts this virus has nowadays.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Participation is free and open to all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><em>Audience questions are encouraged.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Topics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li>SARS-CoV-2 as a water contaminant: what are the characteristics<\/li>\n<li>Methods in tracing COVID-19: what we can learn from sampling and mapping<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 and the essential role of water resource professionals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<h3><strong>Distinguished\u00a0Panellists<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dan\u00a0Deere<\/strong>, Water Quality Specialist, Water Futures Australia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rosina Girones<\/strong>, Professor, Virology and Biotechnology Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gertjan Medema<\/strong>, Chair,\u00a0Water &amp; Health, TU Delft<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joan Rose<\/strong>, Chair,\u00a0Water Research, Michigan State University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Moderator: Scott McKenzie<\/strong>, PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" valign=\"middle\"><a class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnButton\" title=\"Click here to register for free\" href=\"https:\/\/webmail.evergreen.edu\/owa\/mes@evergreen.edu\/redir.aspx?C=FQ4KL62CROxuAH167F6poQqbUozZEBYedFIQ17SGpGNZ4_oo2efXCA..&amp;URL=https%3a%2f%2fiwra.us9.list-manage.com%2ftrack%2fclick%3fu%3d4aa69bf16ae24a85c3dd8a26a%26id%3d53a5a98f13%26e%3d85241e222c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to register for free<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContentContainer\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"gmail-m_8102864429933772610mcnTextContent\" valign=\"top\"><strong>We look forward to your participation and a fruitful debate!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24050,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,19,21,7,12,13,8,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}