Partnership cooperation on site in Husiatyn (Ukraine) shows success
The operator partnership between Husiatyn (Ukraine) and Baruth/Mark, which has been running for a year now, has already seen four joint work efforts on site in Husiatyn (Ukraine) as well as one job shadowing of Ukrainian colleagues to Baruth.The town of Husiatyn is located in western Ukraine, around 70 km south-east of Ternopil. Since the […]
Looking back at IFAT Munich 2024
Today three months ago the Utility Platform attended IFAT Munich: the world’s leading trade fair for water, sewage, waste and raw materials management. With almost 150,000 visitors from almost 170 countries and regions, it brings together the most important international industry representatives from politics, business and science and offers exciting ideas and innovative solutions for […]
BonnNetz supports Kherson with relief supplies
On Friday, 21 June, Lord Mayor Katja Dörner and BonnNetz Managing Director Urs Reitis met at the House of Networks to inspect the many relief supplies that BonnNetz has procured for Kherson. The material collected in BonnNetz’s central warehouse is to be transported to Ukraine as soon as possible. Independently of the cooperation agreed by […]
The EcoService2022 waste management association in Ukraine is aiming high
As part of the utility partnership between the Bergischer Abfallwirtschaftsverband (BAV) and the Ukrainian waste management association EcoService2022, 500 additional waste containers have been delivered to the Ukrainian region of Poltava. The delivery is part of an ambitious plan to introduce an effective waste management system and separate waste collection in the four Ukrainian municipalities […]
Outcome Report 2: Ukrainian Water Operators in Lviv, Ternopil and Nadvirna and German Operators Stadtentwässerung Dresden, SteB Köln and Berliner Wasserbetriebe
The utility partnership started in July 2019, initially with three German partners and Lvivvodokanal as well as the Ukrainian water and wastewater association ‘Ukrovodokanalecologiya’ on the Ukrainian side. Nadvirnavodokanal and Ternopilvodokanal were included at the end of 2021. In the meantime, almost all planned results have been achieved, despite difficult circumstances (COVID-19, outbreak of war […]
Outcome Report 1: Water Operator Partnership Jordan Water Company “Miyahuna”, German Operators HAMBURG WASSER and hanseWasser Bremen
This WOP project is one of nine international WOPs, three solid waste operator partnerships and 16 solidarity operator partnerships with Ukraine supported under the pilot project until June 2024. This report summarizes the design and implementation of the project and identifies the main outcomes derived from the partnership in each work package. It should be […]
Drinking water supply – a multifaceted form of active cooperation
At the 2024 network meeting of the Utility Platform, colleagues from the partnerships working together in the field of drinking water supply exchanged their experiences and approaches in depth. The focus was on three practical examples that are already having an impact after a short period of cooperation and at the same time highlight different […]
From waste to recyclables
At the seventh network meeting of the operator platform in April 2024, the representatives from Cërrik and Sarandë in Albania and from Poltava in Ukraine presented their partnerships – both the successes they have already achieved and the challenges they still face. The exchange of experiences was complemented by visits to the RETERRA composting plant […]
Joint job training at the Radevormwald wastewater treatment plant
The cooperation between the Wupperverband, the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and the South African Water and Wastewater Management Department of the Buffalo City Municipality (BCMM), which has been in place since 2022, continues to gather pace. As part of the second practical exchange, a joint work training session was held from April 15 to 19 with […]
Laboratory managers from Ukraine visit their German partners
Clean water is not a given, especially not in war zones. Two drinking water and wastewater laboratory managers from Ukraine reported on this during their visit to the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) at the end of March. The exchange took place with the help of an interpreter in the Oldenburg wastewater laboratory and the Nethen drinking […]
