Submission of abstracts: 16 April 2007
Notification of acceptance: 31 May 2007
Submission of full papers: 15 July 2007

The series of DP-Conferences began in 1993 in Chicago. Since the year 2000 the DP-Conferences are being promoted on a yearly basis.

Now, for the first time, a joint conference is planned (Diffuse Pollution and Urban Drainage Specialist Groups), offering the chance of a fruitful exchange of ideas between these two groups.

Belo Horizonte is the capital city of the State of Minas Gerais and offers all the comfort and infrastructure for the organization of international conferences. It is conveniently located in the southeastern part of the country, surrounded by beautiful mountains and just one hour flight from São Paulo and 40 minutes flight from Rio de Janeiro.

Deadline for abstract submissions and other relevant dates will be soon available at IWA site.

Proposed Themes:

• Integrated watershed management
• Strategies for diffuse pollution control
• Pollution loading from urban areas
• Impact from agricultural activities
• Pesticide problems
• Urban Drainage systems
• GIS-based techniques
• Watershed modelling
• Models for nutrient loading
• Heavy metal contamination
• Highway runoff and road surface pollutants
• Combined sewer overflow
• Pollution monitoring
• Ecotoxicology
• Groundwater pollution
• Water quality of rivers, lakes and reservoirs
• Forest watershed
• Acid rain and atmospheric deposition
• Recycling and reclamation
• Education, history, public participation and social issues
• Institutional and regulatory framework

Contact: Eduardo Von Sperling
Department of Sanitary & Environmental Engineering
Federal University of Minas Gerais
Av Contorno 842 / 7th Floor
300100-060 Belo Horizonte. Brazil
Tel: +55 3132 381 880
Fax: +55 3132 381 879
Email: Eduardo@desa.ufmg.br
Website: www.acquacon.com.br/dpud2007