The conference about Odours in the Environment organized by the German Association of Engineers (VDI) on a biannual basis will take place the 24th and 25th of November 2021 in the city of Leipzig. This biannual event has been moving along different cities such as Cologne (2004), Bad Kissingen (2007), Baden-Baden (2009, 2011 and 2013), Karlsruhe. (2015), Nuremberg (2017) and Düsseldorf (2019) and this time it will take place in this city of the east of Germany. This conference serves as a a forum for local discussions in German language.

   As stated before, please note that the official language of this Conference will be solely German, so if you know a bit of the language, this is one of the spots not to be missed next year.

   Vaughan Harshman has replaced Carla Dillon as the new chair of the Air Quality and Odor Control (AQOC) Committee of the Water Environmental Federation (WEF) and now he has being interviewed in the podcast of WEF, Words on Water, about the next WEF odour conference that will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio and other odour issues.

    The Air Quality & Odor Control Committee is a very active team of the WEF that counts on over 100 members these days. In this podcast Vaughan discusses how odour problems develop for water utilities, methods for controlling and reducing odours, and community engagement that happens when there is a problem. He also talks about corrosion issues that can accompany odours and the role of aging infrastructure in odours.