TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE REUSE FOR EUROPE

The program of the meeting, together with the presentations given are available herebelow:

Tuesday, 19th May 2026
Venue: Rog Center
13:00–14:00 Get-together & Snacks/Coffee
14:00–15:30 Hybrid Session: Introduction
- Tjaša Griessler Bulc (University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences) and Ester Heath (Jožef Stefan Institute)
- Welcome and technical details by local hosts
- Rog Centre presentation
- Jérôme Harmand (INRAE, W4R coordinator): Welcome and meeting opening

Invited Talks
- Andreja Sušnik (Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia) - New Face of Drought: Impacts on Water Use
- Tanja Mohorko (Ministry of Natural Resources and Spatial Planning, Water Directorate) - The Urban Water Treatment Directive and Water Reuse Regulation: Challenges and the Slovene Perspective
    
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break

16:00–17:00 W4R General Meeting – All Working Groups

17.00-18.00 Training School in Valencia (Restricted to Organizing Committee) 

Friday, 22 May 2026
Venue: University of Ljubljana – Biotechnical Faculty
Department of Agronomy
    
09:30–11:00 Hybrid Session
- Marina Pintar (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Dean): Alternative Water Sources in Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects
- Eirini Andreasidou (Jožef Stefan Institute): Uptake, Translocation and Risks of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Tomato Cultivation Using Treated Wastewater and Sludge
- Anja Vehar (Jožef Stefan Institute): Quality Characteristics of Treated Wastewater Irrigated Tomatoes
- Špela Železnikar (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty): From Wastewater to Resource: TWW Irrigation and its (Un)seen Environmental Impacts on Soil – Including Microplastics
- Rozalija Cvejić (University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty): Water Resilience in Agriculture: Balancing Technical Feasibility and Social Acceptance

11:00–11:30    
Coffee Break

11:30–13:00    
Biotechnical Faculty Field Visit

For any question, please contact:

• Ester Heath (Ester.Heath@ijs.si) or Tjasa Bulc (tjasa.bulc@zf.uni-lj.si) for local organization related questions;
• Angel Robles (angel.robles@uv.es) or Amparo Casan for administrative related questions;
• Jérôme Harmand (jerome.harmand@inrae.fr) for any other questions.

The meeting was sponsored by our partners: