One of the AIDIS series of seminars and conferences:

Managing Drinking Water Supplies for Improved Performance and Sustainability

Seminar on Unaccounted-for Drinking Water:

Management and Technological Solutions

Seminario de Agua Potable No Contabilizada:

Soluciones Gerenciales y Tecnológicas

 An AIDIS Management Seminar

June 10-11, 2004 (optional field trip June 12),

Miami, Florida

(conveniently scheduled just before the AWWA conference in Orlando, Florida)

(The above includes reservation of display areas)                               (Lo de arriba incluye zonas para exhibiciones)

AIDIS-USA in collaboration with AIDIS-Interamericana and the Florida section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) (www.fsawwa.org) is organizing one of a series of international seminars and conferences of interest to Latin American and Caribbean countries, that will address achieving improved performance and sustainability of drinking water supplies.  Exorbitant indices of unaccounted-for drinking water are common throughout the countries in the region, physical and commercial losses seriously hinder the viability of services, resulting in the inefficient provision of this basic element which is paramount to the health and well-being of the population as well as to the financing of this important sector.  This seminar aims to attack the problem of Unaccounted-for Water, one of the most significant issues for drinking water suppliers in the Americas.

The seminar will include technical presentations, workshops, forums and exhibits, and is aimed at senior system managers and decision-makers of water suppliers, product manufacturers, engineering firms, technologists.  It will be an ideal opportunity for utilities to meet with suppliers of various technologies to discuss specific unaccounted-for water problems and solutions.  The conference will be conducted in both Spanish and English, with simultaneous interpretation.  Managers will meet together to exchange experiences.

Created in 1948, AIDIS (Spanish acronym for the Inter American Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering) brings together professionals in environmental engineering and public health including water supply, waste collection and treatment, air pollution, and toxic waste disposal.  In Latin America and the Caribbean, AIDIS has over 30,000 members in 32 countries.