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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
5. Network meeting of the Utility Platform: an overview
Overview The Utility Platform’s fifth network meeting took place from 29 to 30 November 2022 again in a virtual format and with an intentionally wide range of topics. On both days of the event, participants were able to choose between strengthening their soft skills, such as their advisory expertise or capacity for communicating results in […]
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 […]
