Hamburg Wasser – Miyahuna LLC Water Company
Plant visits as a basis for cooperation Energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants is becoming a current focus of cooperation. Miyahuna, Jordan’s largest water utility, and three German water supply and sanitation companies have entered into a long-term partnership to promote the transfer of know-how. Their objective: to reduce the serious water losses in the […]
OOWV – Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
Expanding our horizons Collaborative learning, new approaches and mutually beneficial exchanges – the utility partnership between Germany’s Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) and the Wupperverband with South Africa’s Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) is a driving force for reciprocity that has kickstarted a great many activities since its official launch in February 2022: joint focal points have […]
Municipality of Sarandë – Entsorgungsbetriebe Lübeck
The project The project objective focusses on the separation of recyclable materials (e.g. PET bottles). The revenues should cover the costs of separation. In addition, the aim is to reduce the amount of waste that has to be landfilled or disposed of. A private company is currently responsible for collecting some of the PET and […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Building bonds between Apa Canal Chişinău and Stadtentwässerung Dresden
In autumn 2023, two utility partnerships between German and Moldovan municipal companies were initiated as part of the Utility Platform. One of these partnerships is between Apa Canal Chişinău (ACC), the municipal water company of the capital of the small south-east European country, and Stadtentwässerung Dresden GmbH (SEDD). ACC is the main provider of water […]
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 […]
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 […]
7. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: 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 […]
