Technical discussions on the optimisation of drinking water treatment with the Harzwasserwerke and Kyivvodokanal
As part of the water operators’ partnership with Kyiv, HAMBURG WASSER recently hosted a visit from four colleagues from their partner Kyivvodokanal. The Ukrainian peers visited the utility in Hamburg to enhance collaboration and exchange experiences in the field of water supply. During their visit, the peers had the opportunity to tour various technical facilities […]
872 donated goods for Ukrainian water utilities
Since the beginning of this year, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), together with the German Association of Local Utilities (VKU)and financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), has been carrying out an aid campaign for Ukrainian water companies in which technical goods provided by German water companies are […]
Solidaritätsbetreiberpartnerschaften zwischen deutschen und ukrainischen kommunalen Wasser- und Abwasserunternehmen
Aktuell können keine weiteren neuen Verträge für Solidaritätsbetreiberpartnerschaften geschlossen werden. Wir bitten um Verständnis. Die Fragen und Antworten geben Ihnen als deutsches kommunales Wasser- bzw. Abwasserunternehmen einen Überblick zum aktuellen Stand der Solidaritätspartnerschaften Zu allen Fragen erreichen Sie uns unter utilityplatform-ukraine(at)giz.de. Was ist eine Solidaritätsbetreiberpartnerschaft? Solidaritätsbetreiberpartnerschaften bezeichnen die Zusammenarbeit zwischen deutschen und einem ukrainischen kommunalen […]
Utility partnerships: The key to a water-secure future
Today still, more than two billion people across the globe do not have access to a safe supply of water. Moreover, many municipalities in the Global South are without an operational sanitation system. To help close these global supply gaps, municipal water supply and sanitation companies in Germany, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Ukraine, […]
Women’s power in the water industry
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, male employees of Vodokanals are no longer allowed to leave their country and applications for departure are hardly granted or only with considerable bureaucratic effort. However, the constant contact between Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH and its partners Lvivvodokanal, Ternopilvodokanal, and Nadvirnavodokanal, and the lively exchange about the content […]
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 […]
Ukraine: Major damage to water and sanitation infrastructure – help urgently needed!
The destruction of the Kakhovka dam and the flooding along the Dnipro River has done great damage to the water and wastewater infrastructure as images provided by our partners from Kherson show. Damage is worsening by the hour and increases the stress on the already strained population of Kherson region in Ukraine. Water supply and […]
First delivery to Ukraine
This week, the first transport with urgently needed material started to our partners in Ukraine. Among them was a camera truck for the inspection of damaged sewers as well as laboratory equipment, which was brought on its way to Sumy. For our colleagues in Chernihiv, three drinking water pumps as well as suitable piping and […]
6. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview How can utilities in the partner countries operate more effectively and efficiently to meet the freshwater and wastewater needs of the population and cover their costs? This question was the focus of the 6th Utility Platform networking event in Berlin on May 25 and 26, 2023. The networking event followed the 5th Global WOPs […]
Ukrvodokanalecology: Water supply companies during the war
The document describes how the war affected the drinking water supply in the Ukraine. The infrastructure destroyed due to the fighting and the defeat of Russian missiles, the increased load on the regions that accepted the most displaced people — this is just the tip of the iceberg, which poses a huge threat to one […]