OOWV – Chernihivvodokanal – Miskvodokanal
The project War, destruction and an uncertain future – what most OOWV employees only know from stories told by their parents or grandparents has been a bitter reality in Ukraine for more than year. Large-scale attacks on the country’s critical infrastructure threaten the supply of energy and water to the population as well as the […]
Stadtentwässerung Dresden – Lvivvodokanal – Ternopilvodokanal – Nadvirnavodokanal
The project Since 2021, German and Ukrainian water utilities have been working together on topics such as tariff calculation, asset management, and drinking water supply. The goal is to make better use of existing infrastructure. Despite facing similar challenges, conditions vary depending on the size and location of the utility. The focus lies on cost-covering […]
Workshop Summary: How to Achieve Effective Monitoring of Operator Partnerships
Together with trainer Mohan Dhamotharan, employees of municipal companies involved in operator partnerships participated in the online training course “Achieving Results through Effective Partnerships.” The aim of the workshop was to equip participants with solid knowledge and practical tools for planning, implementing, and measuring the success of partnerships, with a particular focus on capacity outcomes. […]
Wasserwirtschaft hilft Ukraine
Die Wasserversorger und Abwasserbetriebe in der Ukraine stehen vor immensen Herausforderungen, um die elementare Daseinsvorsorge für die Menschen vor Ort weiterhin aufrecht zu erhalten. Die gezielten Angriffe auf die Infrastruktur der Daseinsvorsorge werden für die Bevölkerung immer kritischer. der VKU und die GIZ sind im direkten Austausch mit dem ukrainischen Wasserverband „Ukrvodokanalecologiya“, der die Hilfsanfragen […]
Solidarity of North Rhine-Westphalian municipal utilities with Ukraine
The Ukraine conference under patronage of the federal government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) on 18th of November 2024 in Cologne gave participants the opportunity to learn about various facets of Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts, exchange ideas with other experts from their respective fields and establish contacts with potential partners. North Rhine-Westphalian municipal utilities are amongst the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Water knows no borders
Pumping stations hit by rockets, power cuts and collapsed telecommunications have been ongoing challenges for Ukrainian operators since the start of the war. Vasyl Lytvynyuk from the Nadvirnavodokanal water and wastewater company in the small town of Nadvirna in western Ukraine makes it clear: “Without the help of our German partners, we would not have […]
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 […]
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 […]
