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FEATURE: UN-Water adds new life toglobal water plans with its 'Post-2015' initiative

NEWS: FCC Aqualia takes onUS$355mn sewerage system projectin Qatar

Q&A: Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh, president ofthe International Desali-nation Association, dis-cusses innovation in thedesalination industry andregional challenges to the water-energy nexus

Innovative water technologies on show as IWS 2015 opensHE Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister ofState and CEO of Masdar, rejected claims that thesudden drop in oil prices would affect the devel-opment of renewable energies, during the open-ing ceremony of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week(ADSW) 2015 yesterday.

As part of ADSW, the International Water Sum-mit (IWS) also got underway at the Abu DhabiNational Exhibitions Centre (ADNEC) yesterdaywith a ceremony that highlighted the progressthat the clean energies landscape has made inrecent years.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Masdar'sCEO drew attention to the recent drop in global oil prices.

"This has prompted some to believe that lowoil prices will result in a drop in renewable en-ergy, but today our interconnected energy land-scape has evolved beyond the point where theprice of oil determines the fate of clean energy,"he said.

"Renewable energy has graduated from an expensive alternative to a competitive technologyof choice."

Reportedly, the last 12 months have seen a riseof 16 per cent in clean energy investments,reaching US$310bn. While installations of solarand wind resources have increased by 26 percent to 100,000MW.

The World Future Energy Summit (WFES), IWSand EcoWaste are co-located events all takingplace during ADSW, which is expected to attractmore than 32,000 visitors from approximately170 countries this year.

The three exhibitions are showcasing the latestin technological innovations to provide commer-cial solutions to the interconnected challenge ofclean energy generation, water security andwaste management.

Among the technologies and innovations ondisplay at IWS 2015 is a vending machine capa-ble of producing 1,800 litres per day of purewater from air; a fully-automated technology thatreuses resources in the degradation process totreat contaminated soils through calculating theinjections necessary to perform an optimal degra-dation of organic pollution in soil or groundwater;as well as a water-retention product which is saidto reduce water irrigation by 40 per cent.

This year's opening ceremony also saw Egypt-ian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi deliver akeynote speech, in which he discussed plans toexpand Egypt's reliance on renewable energies to20 per cent by the year 2020.

As part of his historic visit to the UAE, el-Sisi alsoshone a light on the ties between Egypt and theUAE, and stressed the importance of tackling theinternational misconceptions of the Middle East.

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NEWS: Ecoplage presents itsbeach drainage technology at IWS

NEWS: A UAE rain enhancement programme set to launch today

OPEN FOR ONE EXTRA DAY TO DO BUSINESS

HE Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Stateand CEO of Masdar, speaking at the Abu Dhabi

Sustainability Week opening ceremony

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Ecoplage presents beach drainage technology at IWS

FRENCH COMPANY Ecoplage is showcasing its innovative beach drainageand sand nourishment technology, which fights against beachside erosion,at this year's International Water Summit (IWS).

With a project portfolio that includes Dubai's Jumeriah beach, the com-pany's technology is said to control erosion and re-establish the alreadyeroded area, meaning that the beach and coastline is maintained in future.

The technology works by way of inserting a drainage system under thebeach, which runs parallel to the coastline and links to a pumping station.

Having exhibited at IWS in 2014, the company is back and looking torecreate the same success this year.

Jean-Yves Audrain, director general of Ecoplage, said, "[Last year] wemade a lot of contacts, especially with hotels and developers and somegovernmental institutions.

"We hope we will find some more projects, because I believe that in thisregion, and more generally in the GCC, we have two things, first beaches,which are very applicable for our technology, and second, a high interest inprotecting these beaches."

The value of the growing tourism industry throughout the UAE, as well asacross other parts of the Gulf, means that maintaining the region's beachesis of economical interest.

In October 2011, Ecoplage began work on the strip of beach close to the

Burj Al Arab, which had suffered from significant erosion. Prior to imple-menting the Ecoplage system, the beach reportedly lost approximately30,000 cu/m in sand displacement per year.

According to the company, three years after implementation erosion has been reduced by 100 per cent, with no need for further external sand nourishment.

Stand no: 4413 - France Pavilion

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Ecoplage director general Jean-Yves Audrain


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DAY 2FEATURE

IWS DAY 2 – PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE09:25 – 09:30 IWS Chairperson’s Opening Introduction

09:30 – 09:35 Official Opening Ceremony

Water Conservation and Future Water Sustainability

09:35 – 09:50 Keynote Presentation: Ensuring a Sustainable Water Future for Arid Regions

09:50 – 10:15 Keynote Presentation: Analysing the Challenges and Opportunities of the Water-Energy Nexus

10:15 – 11:05 Panel Discussion: Taking a Unified Strategic Approach to Address the Challenges of the Water-Energy Nexus

11:05 – 11:30 Networking Coffee Break

GCC Strategic Direction

11:30 – 12:15 Panel Discussion: Working Towards Middle East Water Cooperation to Ensure a Sustainable Water Future for Arid Regions

12:15 – 12:40 One-to-One Interview Session: Forecasting Water and Energy Consumption 2020-2025

12:40 – 13:10 Panel Discussion: Understanding the Economics of Water

13:10 – 13:25 Keynote Presentation: Launch of Meteorology Initiatives to Support Improvements in Climate Change and Weather

13:25 – 13:45 Panel Discussion: Rain Enhancement as a Strategic Approach in Supporting Water Security

13:45 – 15:00 Lunch / Guided Tour of the Exhibition and Innovate@IWS Competition

Official Meteorology Programme Launch Event

15:00 – 17:25

STREAM A - Mega Project Investment

STREAM B - Energy Efficient and Clean Technology Desalination

15:00 - 15:30Presentation: STEP - Sewerage Tunnel Enhancement Project

15:00 - 15:15Case Study Desalination: Next Generation Renewable Energy Powered Desalination Pilot Project

15:30 - 16:00Case Study Water: Nominated Project - Abu Dhabi Infrastructure Investment

15:15 - 15:30Keynote Presentation: Opportunity to Enhance Energy Efficiencyin Saudi Desalination Sector

16:00 - 16:30Strategic Infrastructure Planning for Distribution of TSE Water to Maximise Use of New Water Resources

15:30 - 16:30IDA organised Panel Discussion: Desalination Energy and Environment Nexus

16:30 - 17:00 Case Study Presentation: Redistribution and Re-Use of TSE Water for Use in Irrigation, Farming and Forestry

16:30 - 17:30 IDA organised Panel: Sustainable Desalination and AdvancedWater Reuse. Development and Trends Leading to Energy and CostReduction

17:30 – 17:35 IWS Chairperson’s Closing Comments

INNOVATE@IWS – Day 2

14:30 – 15:00Competition Round 2 – Industrial Water: Finalist candidates will present their innovations to the panel in a“Dragon’s Den” competition to see which innovation is the most promising at IWS 2015.Participating Innovators: BGH, OxyMem, WiseWater Pte. Ltd

Panel of Judges Mr. Miguel Sanz, Director of Development and Innovation, Degrémont SADr. Corrado Sommariva, Managing Director, ILF Middle East, IDA Immediate Past President and Director


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UN launches follow-up initiativefor future global water plans

THE UNITED Nation’s ‘Water for Life’ decade,launched in March 2005, comes to an endthis year and already extensive plans have

been made for follow-on activities.The whole series of events started with the

Millennium Summit back in 2000, which issued aseries of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)and included the goal of ensuring everyone hasaccess to both clean drinking water and ade-quate sanitation. This goal, ‘Target 10’, was enthusiastically taken up by UN-Water, the organ-isation’s inter-agency co-ordinating body.

UN-Water has now produced a ‘Post-2015Global Goal for Water’, also known as ‘SecuringSustainable Water for All’. This is intended as acontribution to the ongoing development debateon how water issues should be incorporated.

The framework contains the social, economicand environmental dimensions of sustainable de-velopment in the 21st century.

The plans are to protect global water re-sources while meeting both drinking and sanita-tion needs, as well as other major uses such asagriculture. The protection of communities fromwater-related disasters is also included.

According to the UN, “The proposal is a keybuilding block for sustainable development, un-derpinning all other efforts to eradicate extremepoverty by 2030.”

All costs, benefits and implementation meas-ures are to be illustrated to stakeholders. Bene-fits, for example, will extend beyond the waterdomain to include health and education issues, toname a few.

Governance issues will be covered and thenecessary tools developed. The specific targetsbeing set this year, with percentages to be in-serted later, are:� Achieving universal access to safe drinking

water, sanitation and hygiene� Improving the sustainable use and develop-

ment of water resources in all countries� Strengthening equitable, participatory and ac-

countable water governance in all countries

� Reducing untreated wastewater along with nutrient pollution

� Reducing mortality and economic losses fromnatural and human-induced water-relateddisasters

All of these targets will be measurable at anational level. The document’s Executive Sum-mary states, “These proposed targets […] buildon existing commitments and experiences to ad-dress challenges that globally are consideredmost critical to progress.”

The new global goal for water builds on andextends the expiring decade’s commitments. Thetargets have important explicit and implicit inter-linkages, making them mutually supportive.

Thus, access to safe supplies and ensuringthis is fairly shared needs good governance, bal-ancing competing demands and protecting natu-ral supply systems. Other post-2015 goals can bepursued at the same time.

“It should be feasible to demonstrate stronglinks between water and other goals and their re-

lated targets. Integrating the different develop-ment goals into a coherent structure offers thebest hope of delivering maximum sustainablebenefits for the greatest number of people,” according to the document.

All of these new-era objectives require thebuilding of a global consensus on water, as fewdispute that the current pattern of use is clearlyunsustainable.

At Rio in 2012, governments acknowledgedthat water is at the core of sustainable develop-ment issues, being closely linked to a number ofmajor international challenges; all are reliant onhealthy freshwater systems.

So, UN-Water’s proposed global goals thistime address the priorities agreed at the hugeRio+20 Sustainable Development Conference,drawing on the lessons learned with the MDGsand on the outputs of various stakeholder con-sultations. The programme also reflects the re-ports of the Eminent Persons Panel on thePost-2015 Development Agenda and a selectionof other high-level institutions.

The UN’s new initiative intends to protect global water resources while meeting both drinking andsanitation needs (Photo: Sue Thompson)

UN-Water’s plans for a ‘Post-2015Global Goal for Water’ are set topromote ongoing discussions beyond the end of the ‘Water forLife’ campaign.

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Dr. Abdullah Al-AlshaikhPresident

International DesalinationAssociation (IDA)

DAY 2 Q&A

What are the major challenges of thewater-energy nexus in the region, andwhat steps are governments taking toaddress them?

A: In many ways, utilising sustainable re-sources is the answer to what is seen as thebiggest challenge that the water-energy nexusfaces: costs and a reliance on subsidised en-ergy supply. Cost volatility is what drives themarket and energy consumers, such as the de-salination industry, crazy. Renewable energiesoffer consumers the opportunity to end the de-pendence on subsidized energy and present aconstant price index for the planning of waterinfrastructure.Further challenges to the water-energy nexus

include that of collaboration, strategic planningand strategy execution, i.e. leadership to tacklewater shortages and increased demand at regional levels.

Which technological or infrastructureinnovations in the desalination sectorhave you been most excited about recently?

A: What is extremely exciting about innovationin the desalination sector currently is that it isnot only coming from one direction, but ratherthere is a cumulative number of big advance-ments coming together, which leads me to believe we are on the verge of a new era in theindustry. We are on the verge of innovation and ad-

vancement in the design of membrane filtrationunits and the use of nanotechnology in reverseosmosis (RO) that will cause a dramatic drop in

operating costs and energy consumption be-yond what has already been achieved in thisarea.Other advancements include the ability to

create huge increases in the rate of water re-covery and the move towards zero desalinationdischarge; automation, smart systems and sup-ply-chain in operations and transmission; andmaterials design in the manufacturing of partsand components. Advancements in all theseareas will have a cumulative effect. There are big steps being taken to embrace

renewable energy to power water facilities, es-pecially solar energy. I believe this representsthe beginning of a monumental shift in our industry to align itself with sustainability.

How far can efficient infrastructure andwater sustainability support economicgrowth in the GCC?

A: Economic growth is seriously jeopardised bythe challenges that I mentioned, but these aresurmountable. Efficient infrastructure and water sustainabil-

ity is the foundation on which growth is built.We have no choice but to address and over-come these challenges.

What ongoing desalination projectsworldwide have you been most im-pressed by and why?

A: I think the initiative under King Abdullah, thecustodian of the two holy mosques in SaudiArabia, to bring renewable energy to power de-salination is a breakthrough in innovation. This will be the first sizable desalination plant

operation to be powered by solar energy, withthe potential to reconsider how we go about ourbusiness.

In your opinion, how will water sustain-ability and desalination develop overthe coming years?

A: I think we will be moving in the direction ofutilising renewable energy to offset traditionalenergy supply. It will not, however, be limited toenergy. Water sustainability will include other ad-

vancements I mentioned, such as gains inmembrane design, rate of water recovery, zerodesalination discharge, automation, smart sys-tems and supply-chain in operations and trans-mission, as well as materials design in themanufacturing of parts and components. Thecumulative effect of all of this will cause a bigshift in our industry. I also believe that advanced water reuse will

continue to grow in importance around theworld and it is an area in which the Interna-tional Desalination Association plans to becomemore involved. I really think we are at the edgeof a new frontier.

How important is the InternationalWater Summit as a platform for boththe global and regional water manage-ment industry?

A: As you know, this is the most importantglobal market for desalination. Therefore, whatgoes on here at this summit and conference isof interest to everyone in the desalination in-dustry. This is an extremely important event.



UAE rain enhancement research programme launches'THE UAE Research Program for Rain Enhance-ment Science' is set to launch today during thesecond day of the International Water Summit(IWS), co-located with the World Future EnergySummit (WFES) 2015, at the Abu Dhabi NationalExhibition Centre (ADNEC).

With the inauguration scheduled for 2pm onthe National Centre of Meteorology & Seismol-ogy's (NCMS) stand, number 6320 in Hall 6, theceremony will be held as part of the annual AbuDhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).

Aligned with the National Innovation Strategy,which was announced in October 2014,'The UAE

Research Program for Rain EnhancementScience' reiterates the UAE’s commitment toadvancing the science of rain enhancement.

The research program was established by theUAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs through theNCMS. The programme aims to expand globalwater security through promoting scientific bestpractices and collaboration in rain enhancementresearch and sustainable methods of enhancingprecipitation to increase rainfall in the UAE, aswell as the region's other arid areas.

The UAE rain enhancement programme hasinvited research submissions from individuals

and organisations on new integratedtechnologies that enhance the efficiency ofcloud seeding operations and improve itspredictive capabilities.

Open to domestic and overseas candidatesfrom both the public and private sector, as wellas profit and non-profit entities, the programmewill aim to award a US$1.5mn grant each to twopath-breaking proposals over a three-year proj-ect timescale.

Interested participants are invited to submit apre-proposal to NCMS via its websitewww.uaerep.ae on, or before, 16 March 2015.

FCC Aqualia enters Qatar with 10-year US$355mn sewerage contract

A CONSORTIUM composed of Spain’s FCC Aqualia,the public services group's water managementsubsidiary, and South Korea’s Hyundai, has won acontract valued at EUR300mn (US$355mn) for themanagement of the sewerage system in AlDhakhira, Qatar for the next 10 years.

The project, commissioned by the Ashgal or-ganisation (Public Works Authority) consists of thedesign, construction, operation and maintenanceof the wastewater treatment facilities, waste-water pumping stations, transfer pumping stationand collectors associated with the city of AlDhakhira in Qatar. The new treatment plant willhandle an average flow of 56,200 cu/m per dayand provide service to a population of more than200,000 residents.

The consortium will deploy the latest technol-ogy in sewerage and wastewater treatment, usingmore than 35km of pipes, with peak flows of168,000 cu/m (equal to 66 Olympic pools) and awastewater tank with a capacity of 84,000 cu/m.

This new contract is the third for FCC Aqualiain this region and marks its entry into Qatar. Pre-

viously it was awarded the sewerage manage-ment contract in Abu Dhabi for the city of Al-Ainand the contract in Saudi Arabia for enhancingthe efficiency of Riyadh’s supply network.

FCC Aqualia comments that with this contract,it consolidates its presence in the Middle Eastand becomes the leading Spanish company in theregion specialised in the management of the inte-gral water cycle.

The global water management company alsoannounced in December 2014 that it had beenawarded three new contracts in the Europeancountries: Spain, Serbia, and Kosovo.

Won through Aqualia Infraestructuras, the project in Vrsac, Serbia is valued at EUR5.6mn(US$6.6mn) and will consist of building a treat-ment plant with a capacity to produce 26,000cu/m of drinking water per day for the city. Thiswill be the company’s first time working in theBalkan country.

In Kosovo, Regional Water CompanyHidroregjioni Jugor has pre-awarded FCC Aqualiaa project valued at nearly EUR10.5mn(US$12.4mn), constructing the Prizren treatmentplant.

UVGERMI, WHICH has over 20 years of experiencein the development of ultraviolet (UV) reactors fortreating water, air and surfaces, is exhibiting forthe first time at IWS and WFES to present its ex-pertise and products to local environmental pro-fessionals and position itself in the UAE market.

UVGERMI manufactures UV reactors for a widerange of applications for drinking water, waste-water, water in swimming pools, rain water, air,surfaces, and water in industrial processes.

At the summit, UVGERMI is showcasing one ofits flagship products: the GERMI R75 air purifier,designed to treat airborne contamination andchemical contamination of the air. It acts on con-taminants such as VOCs (Volatile Organic Com-pounds), odours, viruses, bacteria and mouldsand is suitable in most environments includingmanufacturing plants, hospitals and offices.

The purifier uses a mix of photocatalysis andUV sterilisation. Drawing the ambient air througha fine filter that traps the volatile particles, it isthen passed via a fibre, coated with a photocat-alytic substrate made from titanium oxide.

Under the effect of the germicidal lamp, the ti-tanium oxide releases free radicals (OH), whichare diffused in the area to be treated. These freeradicals enable the immediate decomposition ofthe organic and micro-organic compounds bytransforming them into basic molecules, such aswater and carbon dioxide. The action of the freeradicals continues in the ambient air.

The second benefit of a UV lamp is to use itsgermicidal power to increase the destruction ofmicro-organisms (bacteria, viruses and moulds).

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The Qatari treatment plant will provide services to more than 200,000 residents


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