TAUP 2007

International Symposium

Trees and Underground Pipes

- Busting the myths -

in cooperation with

DBU - Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Environmental Foundation)		DWA Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e.V. (German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste)
Ministry of the Environment and Conservation, Agriculture and Consumer Protection of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

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23./24. May 2007
Gelsenkirchen, Germany

30 min. from Düsseldorf
- International Airport -

In urban areas trees grow in the vicintity of sewers, drains and service pipes. Their roots grow into cracks and pipe connections. This leads to a couple of conflicts between trees and underground pipes.
At IKT-Institute for Underground Infrastructure, Germany, researchers, aborists and network operators will meet to discuss problems and solutions.

Symposium

Excavation for gathering root growth under conditions of a sewer trench

In 1998 IKT started to work on projects dealing with root penetration into sewers. Actually IKT is working on four „root“-projects with various objectives, all to reduce the conflict between trees and underground infrastructure.

At the same time the EU-project COST C15 was working on strategies improving the relation between technical infrastructure and vegetation and preventing conflicts by an international, interdisciplinary approach.

The International Symposium „Trees and Underground Pipes“ will serve as a perfect venue to exchange recent results of interdisciplinary research, to discuss technical and organisational solutions and to create cooperation for further research.

Accompanying Exhibition

The conference is accompanied by an technical exhibition. Suppliers of pipes, root-protection-systems, substrates etc. are invited to present and demonstrate their products.

About IKT

IKT-Institute for Underground Infrastructure

The IKT is a neutral, independent, non-profit research, testing and consulting institute. It works on questions of the construction of underground pipes and networks for gas, water and waste-water. As an independent and reliable partner for utilities, sewer system operators, water associations and industry the IKT offers highly specialized and cutting edge research and testing technologies in a practical, application-orientated manner.

The cooperation of water management and research is practiced by the IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure since its establishment in 1994. Well-known companies for water supply/distribution and sewerage are working on transfer between science, research and economy within the IKT supporting bodies.

Further information:
IKT:           www.ikt.de
COST C15:  www-pot.lt.slu.se/costc15/

Programme in details (PDF, 1,5MB)

Symposium Venue:

IKT – Institute for Underground Infrastructure Exterbruch 1 D - 45886 Gelsenkirchen Tel.: +49 (0)209 17806-0 Fax: +49 (0)209 17806-88 Homepage: www.ikt.de E-Mail: taup2007@ikt.de

Contact:

Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Bennerscheidt
Tel.: +49 (0)209 17806-25
E-Mail: bennerscheidt@ikt.de

Programme Committee

• Bosseler, Bert (IKT, D)
• Bennerscheidt, Christoph (IKT, D)
• Naismith, Iain (WRc, UK)
• Ridgers, Don (Thames Water, UK)
• Schröder, Klaus (City of Osnabrück, D)
• Stål, Örjan (University Ålnarp, S)
• Streckenbach, Markus (Ruhr-University Bochum, D)
• Stützel, Thomas (Ruhr-University Bochum, D)