Water4Reuse at ICWS 2026

Members of COST Action CA23104 – Water4Reuse participated in the 19th IWA International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (ICWS 2026), held in Chania, Crete, Greece, from 13 to 17 September 2026.

The conference brought together researchers and practitioners working on treatment wetlands, nature-based solutions, water pollution control and sustainable water reuse.

Water4Reuse COST Conference Grant recipients at ICWS 2026. From left to right: Dejan Vasović, Cinthia Padilla, Alina Landete Schwers and Ramin Mehrabifard.

Four Water4Reuse participants received COST Conference Grants and presented their research at the conference.

ITC Conference Grant recipients

• Dejan Vasović
  Advanced Data Quality Tools for Monitoring Treated Wastewater in Wetland-Based Nature-Based Solutions
• Ramin Mehrabifard
  Comparative Degradation of Tetracycline in Wastewater Using Plasma-Based Systems for Hydroponic Irrigation

YRI Conference Grant recipients

• Cinthia Padilla
  Hybrid Green-Grey Decentralized Treatment for Fit-for-Purpose Water Reuse in Urban Facilities
• Alina Landete Schwers
  Electrochemical Oxidation Technology Integrated with Nature-Based Sludge Treatment for Emerging Contaminant Removal: Insights from the FERTIPAS Project

Their contributions addressed key Water4Reuse topics, including wastewater monitoring, emerging contaminant removal, decentralized treatment systems, hydroponic irrigation and nature-based approaches to water reuse.

Tjaša Griessler Bulc, Water4Reuse Management Committee member for Slovenia, also joined Water4Reuse colleagues at the conference.

Water4Reuse participants at ICWS 2026, including the four COST Conference Grant recipients and Tjaša Griessler Bulc, Management Committee member for Slovenia.