Job shadowing of Zambian professionals at Gelsenwasser: a video report
Gelsenwasser and the Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company have been in an operator partnership since 2021. In July 2025, two specialists from the Zambian utility company, Frank Kalumba (engineer) and Mainza Hamwaka (network operations manager), visited Gelsenwasser to gain insights into German water supply processes. These job shadowing programmes, along with trips to Zambia, […]
Working meeting between the operators EcoService-2022 and BAV
Biowaste management in practice – learning and exchange in a German-Ukrainian utility partnership EcoService-2022 was founded in 2022 by four municipalities in the Poltava oblast as Ukraine’s first waste management association. The founding municipalities received significant support from the ‘Export Initiative Environmental Protection’, which is promoting the development of sustainable waste management in Ukraine on […]
Technical Exchange with Comrat: LWG Visits Moldova for the Second Time
Comrat is a city of over 30,000 inhabitants in the south of the Republic of Moldova. Since 2024, LWG has maintained a close operator partnership with the local utility company SU Canal Comrat, with the aim of sharing expertise and jointly tackling water management challenges. Four colleagues from LWG took part in this technical exchange […]
OOWV expands international cooperation
In the north-west. Learning from each other, cooperating across borders and overcoming challenges together – this is at the centre of the cooperation between the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and the Chambeshi Water Supply and Sanitation Company (ChWSSC) from Zambia. A delegation from the African water supply and wastewater disposal company has now visited the region […]
Visit from Lviv, Ternopil, Nadvirna and Dresden to the StEB Cologne
As the utility partnership is being continued, Stadtentwässerungsbetriebe Köln (StEB Köln) invited representatives of Stadtentwässerung Dresden (SEDD) and the wastewater and water utilities Lvivvodokanal, Ternopil and Nadvirna to a working meeting from 13 to 15 May. In several workshops, the participants jointly developed the main objectives of the collaboration and built up a sustainable network […]
Visit by Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH to the Luapula Water Supply and Sanitation Company in Zambia
In April 2025, a delegation from Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH (SEDD) visited the Luapula Water Supply and Sanitation Company (LpWSC) in Zambia. The mission was a great success and served to inspect the achievements of the existing Water Operator Partnership (WOP), define current challenges and prepare for future partnership development as part of the follow-up phase […]
Working meeting between Entsorgungsbetriebe Lübeck and the Sarandë regional water supply company
The business trip of the delegation from Entsorgungsbetriebe Lübeck (EBL) to Sarandë, Albania, took place from 22 April to 25 April 2025. The aim was to kick off the partnership with the Regional Water Utility Sarandë (RWUS) in the field of wastewater treatment, to take stock of the local wastewater treatment plant by EBL employees […]
Visit from Comrat (Moldova) to LWG
From March 24 to 27, 2025, a delegation from Su-Canal in Comrat (Republic of Moldova) visited LWG Lausitzer Wasser GmbH & Co. KG to further deepen their partnership in the field of water supply and wastewater disposal. The practice-oriented exchange provided crucial insights and solutions for both sides. The aim of the partnership is the […]
Launch of the Zambia hub of the Utility Platform
In the week of November 11 to 15, 2024, eight German operators traveled to meet their five Zambian partner companies. Together, they deepened existing partnerships and launched new ones: ► Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company (LgWSC) and Gelsenwasser AG with Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband (since July 24 NEWZA-financed by GIZ Zambia, more information here) ► Eastern Water […]
Improving the wastewater infrastructure in the war zone
As part of the solidarity utility partnership between the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and drinking water and wastewater utilities in Sumy and Chernihiv (Ukraine), significant steps were taken in 2024 to improve the wastewater infrastructure in north-eastern Ukraine: a suction vehicle was procured and delivered to Ukraine, high-quality laboratory technology enables better and faster drinking water […]
