A week dedicated to the Water Operators‘ Partnerships (WOPs): from 22 to 26 May 2023
May was an eventful week in the international project activities surrounding Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs) in general and the utility partnership of Dresden, Cologne and Berlin with Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna in particular. In four cities, project tasks were worked on almost simultaneously, networks were established and strengthened, and the operator partnership was presented. Bonn […]
Installation of zone meters – GIS – asset management
During the one-week visit to Kabwe by three staff members of Gelsenwasser in May 2023, the focus was on the drinking water work package. The partners from Lukanga Water Supply and Sanitation Company Limited (LgWSC) had procured repair materials from the project budget, and together the two sides were able to install the parts and […]
Arab Water Week and third mission to Miyahuna
From 5th to 13th March 2023, a delegation from HAMBURG WASSER was in Amman to participate at the Arab Water Week (AWW) and to work with their peer colleagues from Miyahuna on site at the water production facilities and in the laboratories. The AWW is a big regional water conference for the Arabic region, where […]
Knowledge exchange and environmental education
Within our utility partnership, five of our South African colleagues visited the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer-Wasserverband (OOWV) and the Wupperverband during a one-week visit in early March 2023. Although they missed their connecting flight in Frankfurt, the group happily arrived in rainy Bremen with a delay of 3 hours and was impressed how organized the Germans are. On […]
Oldenburg sewage treatment plant becomes a model for reconstruction
In north-western Germany. Here the focus is on reconstructing parts of the critical infrastructure in Ukraine: The Oldenburg East Frisian Water Association (OOWV), and municipal water supply and sanitation companies from the cities of Chernihiv and Sumy in north-eastern Ukraine, are collaborating in a solidarity partnership. Four guests from the crisis region that borders Russia and […]
Intensive and compact knowledge transfer in special times
In late September, the Utility Partnership Ukraine had the opportunity to welcome a delegation of ten people from the partner operators in Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna. The partnership faces difficult challenges in its day-to-day project work due to the ongoing war. A visit by the Ukrainian partners to Germany requires not only increased logistics, but […]
New experiences for some, new perspectives for others
Yoram William Sinyangwe has no doubt about it: the partnership with Gelsenwasser AG has been a blessing for his company – at all levels. ‘Virtually the entire organisation is involved in the project here. All 256 employees know the project and every single one of them supports it,’ reports the Managing Director of Zambia’s Kabwe-based […]
Measurements and discussions in an intensive phase of working in partnership
The first visits to Germany and Jordan within our utility partnership involved information gathering and getting to know each other. Now that we have been working together for a year, and on the basis of the information we have gathered together, the upcoming visits will mainly focus on the specific local conditions and opportunities for […]
Job shadowing of Tanzanian colleagues of KASHWASA and KUWASA at Hamburg Wasser
If you are interested in how WOPs work in practice, the following video features the partnership by Hamburg Wasser and colleagues of KASHWASA and KUWASA in Tanzania on the occasion of the jobshadowing in June 2022. Watch how the WOP principles are brought to life. More information about Hamburg Wasser International on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hamburgwasser-international Video auf […]
Visit of the „Kleine Kinzig” dam
After the German colleagues had the opportunity to visit Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in May, we are pleased that our South African partners were able to travel to us in June so that we can create a mutual understanding of the systems in both countries. During the visit in Germany, the partners from BCMM, […]
