2015

STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA

We look forward to welcoming you to the

7th IWA Specialized Conference on

Sustainable Viticulture, Winery Wastes
and Agri-Industrial Wastewater Management
Stellenbosch, South Africa
1 5 November 2015
Please visit the website www.winery2015.com for more information

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Sunday 1st November 2015 - Registration and Welcome Reception
15h30 17h00 Registration (at STIAS, 10 Marais Road, Stellenbosch)
17h00 17h20 Welcome by Prof. Eugene Cloete
(Vice-Rector: Research and Innovation, Stellenbosch University)
17h00 19h00 Welcome reception

Monday 2nd November 2015

07h30 08h30 Registration

Session 1 Opening Session

Auditorium 1
08h30 08h35 Welcome by the Chair of the LOC: Winery 2015
Reckson Mulidzi: ARC Infruitec - Nietvoorbij, South Africa
08h35 08h45 Welcome by the Chair of the IWA Specialist Group on Winery Wastewater Treatment
David Bolzonella: University of Verona, Italy
08h45 09h05 Opening Welcome Address
Gideon Wolfaardt: ERWAT Chair in Water Management and Director of the
Stellenbosch University Water Institute
09h05 09h50 Keynote Lecture 1 Dhesigen Naidoo: CEO, Water Research Commission, South Africa
Building a research informed water strategy for economic growth
09h50 10h35 Keynote Lecture 2 Anu Kumar: Group Leader- Contaminant Biogeochemistry and
Environmental Toxicology, Program-Environmental Contaminant Mitigation and
Technologies, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia
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010h35 11h15

Tea and Coffee

Session 2 Irrigation with Winery Wastewater

11h15 11h403

Michele Torrijos: Research Engineer, INRA France

Grape quality of CV.VIOGNIER (Vitas Vinifera l.) in response to drip irrigation using
treated domestic wastewater: first results

11h40 12h054

Carolyn Howell: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, South Africa

Re-using diluted winery wastewater for vineyard irrigation - soil chemistry, plant nutrient
status and grapevine responses

12h05 12h30

Philip Myburgh: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, South Africa

Re-using diluted winery wastewater for vineyard irrigation - experiment layout,
evapotranspiration and grapevine water status

12h30 13h30

Lunch

13h30 14h00

Poster Session

Session 3 Solid Waste Treatment and By-product Recovery

14h00 14h25

Joel Rochard: French Vine and Wine Institute, France

Optimization of anaerobic digestion processes of solid waste from wine production:
European project ADWINE

14h25 14h50

Philisiwe Shange: ARC Infruitec-Nietvoorbij, South Africa

Winery solid waste management through composting

14h50 15h15

You-Wei Cui: Beijing University of Technology, China

Kinetic analysis of the temperature effect on polyhydroxyalkanoate production by
Haloferax mediterranei in synthetic molasses wastewater

15h15 15h45

Tea and Coffee

Session 4 Winery Waste Treatment Processes I

15h45 16h30

Keynote Lecture 3 David Bolzonella: Department of Biotechnology, University of

Verona, Italy Bioenergy - Energy recovery from winery waste through anaerobic
digestion

16h30 16h55

Cinzia Da Ros: University Ca'Foscari of Venice, Italy

Preliminary ecotoxicological evaluation of digestate from winery waste as amendment

16h55 17h20

Jaco Oosthuizen: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, South Africa

Adam Tas WWTF Hunger for Solids and 94.1% COD Removal

17h15 19h00

Poster Session and Wine Tasting

Tuesday 3rd November 2015

07h30 08h30

Registration

Session 5 Sustainability
08h30 09h15

Keynote Lecture 4 Chris Savage: Snr Director: Global Environmental Affairs

EJ Gallo, California, USA

09h15 - 09h40

Anna Hooper: Cape Jaffa Limestone Coast, Australia

Sustainability programs and other drivers for improving environmental performance: a
case study from an sme perspective

09h40 10h05

FC Prinsloo: University of South Africa

Floating solar in sustainable viticulture and oenology: environmental solutions in
support of water-energy-food-land use nexus goals
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10h05 10h30

Joel Rochard: French Vine and Wine Institute, France

Reducing the impact of greenhouse wine sector: situation in france and approach of the
OIV. Adaptation of the wine sector to climate change: Issues and applications of two
European projects: Eviticlimate and ADVICLIM

10h30 11h00

Tea and Coffee

Session 6 Winery Waste Treatment Processes II

11h25 11h25

Marilet Laing: Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Investigating the performance of a novel Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor (AnSBR)
treating synthetic winery wastewater

11h25 11h50

Cristina Cavinato: University Ca'Foscari of Venice, Italy

Biogas production improvement by co-digestion of cattle slurry with winery waste and
grass

11h50 12h15

Cinzia Da Ros: University Ca'Foscari of Venice, Italy

Winery sludge stabilisation by anaerobic co-digestion with wine lees

12h15 13h15

Lunch

13h15 13h45

Poster Session

13h45 14h30

Keynote Lecture 5 Gideon Wolfaardt: ERWAT Chair in Water Management and

Director of the Stellenbosch University Water Institute

14h30 14h55

Anton Esterhuizen: Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, South Africa

Ceres Fruit Processors WWTP Conservative design leads to extended economic
viability

14h55 15h20

Nadia Sadie: Enviroscientific, South Africa

Wastewater disposal practices from fresh produce packing and processing facilities in
South Africa

15h20 15h50

Tea and Coffee

Session 7 Learning from other Agri-industry Experience

Session 8 Latest Advances in Wastewater Treatment and Novel

Technologies
15h50 16h35

Keynote Lecture 6 Jan Hofman: Professor of Water Science and Engineering,

Director of Water Innovation and Research Centre - University of Bath - Water Innovation
and Research Centre

16h35 17h00

Wendy Dzviti: Stellenbosch University, South Africa

Investigating magnetisable glass foam particles on the efficiency of a uasb treating
synthetic winery wastewater

17h00 17h25

Iggy Litaor: MIGAL- Galilee Research Institute, Israel

Treatment of winery wastewater with integrated mobile system of nanocomposites and
aerated cells

19h00 23h00

Conference Dinner - venue to be confirmed

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Wednesday 4th November 2015

07h30 08h30

Registration

Session 9 Characterisation of Winery Wastewater and Microbial Populations

08h30 09h15

Keynote Lecture 7 Lourens van Schoor: Director, EnviroScientific, South Africa

An introduction to agri-industrial wastewater: Origin to end-use

09h15 - 09h40

Kathyrn Eales: University of Adelaide, Australia

Microbial populations of winery wastewater treatment plants in Australia

09h40 10h05

Pamela Welz: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Characterisation of freshly settled and ponded winery wastewater

10h05 10h30

Jean-Baptiste Ramond: University of Pretoria, South Africa

The fate of microbial communities in biological sand filters effectively treating winery and
winery-like effluents

10h30 11h00

Tea and Coffee

Session 10 Winery Waste Treatment Processes III

11h00 11h25

Danielle De Beer: Stellenbosch University, South Africa

A high rate biofilm contact reactor system for winery wasterwater treatment

11h25 11h50

Audrey Battimelli: Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environment LBE INRA, France

Ozone treatment applied to winery wastewater:
Focus on recalicitrant organic matter evaluation and removal

11h50 12h15

Gareth Holtman: Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

Treatment of winery wastewater using a biological sand filtration system

12h15 13h15

Lunch

13h15 13h45

Poster Session

Session 11 Environmental Assessments

13h45 14h30

Keynote Lecture 8 Anu Kumar: Group Leader- Contaminant Biogeochemistry and

Environmental Toxicology, Program- Environmental Contaminant Mitigation and
Technologies, CSIRO Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia

14h30 14h55

Andrew de Villiers: GroundTruth Wetlands and Environmental Engineering Consultants,

South Africa
Using Bayesian Belief Networks in aquatic ecosystem assessments for sustainable
viticulture, winery wastes and agri-industrial wastewater management

14h55 15h20

Mark Graham: GroundTruth Wetlands and Environmental Engineering Consultants,

South Africa
The development, use and application of citizen science tools to monitor wastewater and
effluent within the wine industry - from farm to factory

15h20 15h50

Tea and Coffee

Session 12 - Environmental Sustainability

15h50 16h15

Garima Kaushik: Central University of Kishangarh, India

Bioremediation of Industrial Effluents: Distillery Spent Wash

16h15 17h00

Keynote Lecture 9 David Bolzonella: Department of Biotechnology,

University of Verona, Italy
Winery wastewater treatment and carbon footprint

17h00 17h25

Conference 2017 Presentation

Thursday 5th November 2015 - Technical Tour

09h00 16h00

The full day Technical Tour will consist of visit to a distillery wastewater treatment plant,
showcasing some local installations and applications, while also giving the delegates a
glimpse of the Western Cape Winelands.
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