Brussels Airport’s Christel Vandenhouten presented a case study on ‘Water efficiency’.
The management and treatment of water within the environs of airports remains an important topic, and one that is of particular concern to the communities within which individual airports operate. In light of this, ACI EUROPE organised a free workshop on the subject at its Brussels headquarters on 15 September. The workshop addressed both the issue of water quality and the fact that water is a scarce resource.
The morning session included a presentation from Jacques Delsalle, DG Environment – Unit Protection of Water Resources, entitled ‘A blueprint for safeguarding European waters’. Sabine von Wirén-Lehr of the European Water Partnership followed with a focus on ‘Water stewardship in Europe’. COFELY Airport Services’ Piet de Grauwe, Business Development Manager, and André Bailleul, Operations Manager, then delivered a presentation on ‘A technical solution to improve water efficiency at airports’.
A series of airport case studies followed in the afternoon from Brussels Airport’s Christel Vandenhouten on ‘Water efficiency’, Budapest Airport’s Gábor Szarvas on ‘Water quality at airports’, Swedavia’s Lena Wennberg on ‘A comprehensive water management policy’, and Dublin Airport Authority’s Martin Doherty on ‘What response to a water crisis?’
For more information, please contact Chrystelle Damar, ACI EUROPE’s Environmental Strategy & Intermodality Manager: chrystelle.damar@aci-europe.org.
