New experiences for some, new perspectives for others
Yoram William Sinyangwe has no doubt about it: the partnership with Gelsenwasser AG has been a blessing for his company – at all levels. ‘Virtually the entire organisation is involved in the project here. All 256 employees know the project and every single one of them supports it,’ reports the Managing Director of Zambia’s Kabwe-based […]
Measurements and discussions in an intensive phase of working in partnership
The first visits to Germany and Jordan within our utility partnership involved information gathering and getting to know each other. Now that we have been working together for a year, and on the basis of the information we have gathered together, the upcoming visits will mainly focus on the specific local conditions and opportunities for […]
Quantitative water balances, prototype development, smart metering solutions…
At the end of August, the EThekwini Water & Sanitation (EWS) unit in Durban (South Africa), and HAMBURG WASSER (Germany), together with Open Cities Lab (OCL), Viva con Agua (VcA) and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) as additional partners, launched a 3-year Water Operator Partnership (WOP). This is one of 22 WOPs […]
Job shadowing of Tanzanian colleagues of KASHWASA and KUWASA at Hamburg Wasser
If you are interested in how WOPs work in practice, the following video features the partnership by Hamburg Wasser and colleagues of KASHWASA and KUWASA in Tanzania on the occasion of the jobshadowing in June 2022. Watch how the WOP principles are brought to life. More information about Hamburg Wasser International on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hamburgwasser-international Video auf […]
Wastewater treatment increasingly important in times of climate crisis
Kerstin Krömer, Asset Manager of the German water utility “Oldenburg-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV)” presented projects and experiences of the OOWV for municipal wastewater treatment at the 2nd YOUtility Lunch of the utility platform on 22nd of September. She presented to the 23 participants from German and international water utilities how OOWV treats municipal wastewater in pilot […]
Visit of the „Kleine Kinzig” dam
After the German colleagues had the opportunity to visit Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) in May, we are pleased that our South African partners were able to travel to us in June so that we can create a mutual understanding of the systems in both countries. During the visit in Germany, the partners from BCMM, […]
Energy consumption is a key point of cooperation
In 2021, a new German-Jordanian utility partnership was formed between Miyahuna LLC Water Company, Hamburg Wasser, Netze BW, and hanseWasser. This partnership focuses on optimising waterworks processes, water quality management and the energy-efficient operation of wastewater treatment plants. hanseWasser Bremen GmbH focuses primarily on the energy consumption of the wastewater treatment plant. Since 2015, the […]
Helping to prevent water leaks in Tanzania
When Osama Madwar and Sudgi Azem stepped out of the propeller plane in mid-May, the Tanzanian heat hit them immediately. For the two engineers, this was a journey to a very different world – even though from a professional point of view they were in familiar territory. As in Stuttgart, the two experts were on […]
Spring tides and drinking water treatment
The Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesischer Wasserverband (OOWV) works with international partners so that it can better meet future challenges. One such cooperation arrangement took the OOWV and the Wupperverband to East London in South Africa. There, the OOWV entered into a utility partnership with the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality (BCMM) and the Wupperverband. Through the partnership, the partners […]
Optimisation of water treatment on site
Within the framework of the operator partnership between KASHWASA/KUWASA, HAMBURG WASSER and Netze BW Wasser, a group of colleagues from Germany conducted a first fact-finding mission on site in the city of Kahama and Shinyanga resp. In addition to meetings with various focuses, visits to some of the Tanzanian operators’ technical facilities took place. These […]
