Phil Stride, Head of Thames Tideway Tunnel

Actions driven by environmental issues
When cities were developing and sewage started to become a health issue pipelines were built to transport the sewage out of the city. Sewage and rain water were often transported in the same pipeline. In some places the problem with this approach was resulted in dead lakes and rivers and the mass death of fishes. This in turn led to the introduction of waste water treatment plants to reduce the environmental impact on the local water course.

London and Seattle are two cities that have work hard to handle high flows in the sewage system, but in quit different ways. We will learn about large scale and small scale solutions.

About the conference

Gothenburg will celebrate 400 years as a city in 2021, but the celebrations have
already begun, with different themes about the city being highlighted each year.
This year the theme is water. So this conference is part of celebrating Gothenburg as a city and also as a starting point for planning the future of Gothenburg, where water has a huge part. The conferences purpose is to highlight experiences, from around the world and nationally, on urban development with focus on water issues.

With water we mean rain water, water related consequences due to climate change, streams and lakes.

This first day will be dedicated to different international cities, who will tell us about what they have done, why, and how, in regards of the water issues above. The cities presented are Nanjing, Dordrecht, London, Seattle, Hamburg and Copenhagen. These cities have come a long way but often for different reasons and with different varying solutions. We have identified three main driving forces. These are climate change and adaptation, environment and modern and sustainable city. The day will be divided into three sessions, according to the driving forces.


So welcome to this conference about water, climate change and the sustainable city, now and in the future.

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