“It’s just wonderful to see how the exchange goes beyond the programme.”
You work for the Lukanga Water & Sanitation Company in Zambia. What challenges does this company face? Michaela Karolina Braun: Our technical systems are all very old and have reached the end of their technical service life. In addition, we have no redundancies in the system, there are no backup systems. This means that various […]
“Small changes add up to a lot”
Supplying the population with water and disposing of wastewater in the best possible way – these municipal tasks are at the centre of the water utility partnership between the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV), the Wupperverband and the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality in South Africa. Samantha Westphal from the City of Oldenburg, Meike Lenzen from OOWV and […]
Joint job training at the wastewater treatment plants of Oldenburg and the Wupperverband
Since 2022, the Oldenburg East Frisian Water Association (OOWV), the Wupperverband and the South African drinking water and wastewater disposal company of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) have been in close contact within the framework of a utility partnership. Recently, the cooperation was further intensified: As part of an expert exchange, a joint job […]
Valuable insights into the daily work in the field of water supply
Would online meetings replace the necessity of hands-on exchange? Definitely not! To this end, GIZ Jordan contacted HAMBURG WASSER during their last mission in Amman to organise a practice-oriented study tour for 8 colleagues from Jordan Water Company “Miyahuna”, Amman and Yarmouk Water Company, Irbid. Accompanied by 4 colleagues from GIZ Jordan, the group visited […]
Island drinking water from the freshwater lens
Oldenburg. Climate change, drought, water demands – the challenges facing water management in northwest Germany are not particularly different from those in southern Africa, for example. That is why the Oldenburg East Frisian Water Association (OOWV) 2022, together with the Wupperverband (Wuppertal), has started an international cooperation with the metropolitan community of Buffalo City Metropolitan […]
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 […]
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 […]
