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I N T E R N AT I O N A L WAT E R S U M M I T
20-22 JANUARY 2014
DAILY NEWS DAY 3
Visitor numbers up as second edition of IWS enters final day
22nd January 2014
WHAT’S INSIDE... NEWS • Deltares joins forces with Kenyan institutions to tackle water challenges • Danish government minister visits water technology exhibitor at IWS • Saudi Arabian and British pipe manufacturers target new business • French consulting company showcases water retention soil technology
FEATURES • Data from IDA and GWI DesalData reveals the current capacity of the global desalination sector
CONFERENCE A press conference took place at ADSW on Tuesday that marked the launch of the water resources management strategy for the emirate of Abu Dhabi HE SECOND EDITION of the International Water Summit (IWS), which has been taking place at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre this week, has witnessed an increase in visitor numbers with feedback from key exhibitors and conference participants overwhelmingly positive. Ahead of the final day of the exhibition, Ara Fernezian, Divisional Managing Director - UAE for Reed Exhibitions, organisers of IWS, WFES and EcoWASTE, said, “The quality of the visitors and the quality of the contacts that have been made at IWS this year has been strong, and the number of attendees has increased on the successful inaugural event last year.” New features at the exhibition this year have included the Business Matchmaking Program, which has led to a raft of new business partnerships, while seats were at a premium at the IWS Conference thanks to the high quality of the programme and speaker line up. “IWS has become a relevant launch
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platform for strategic initiatives that will address local challenges and unleash investments – especially with the launch of the 2014-2018 Water Resources Management Strategy for Abu Dhabi,” Fernezian added. Metito Managing Director and IDA Director Fady Juez said, “IWS has gathered a huge number of world leaders, industry experts, business leaders and other key stakeholders together to enable them to analyse and work at overcoming hurdles and reaching goals concerning sustainable water supplies. “Improvement can be gained from events like IWS by highlighting key issues and educating people on nurturing and adopting best practices, encouraging collaboration and demonstrating what solutions there are and how challenges can be met.” IWS is set to continue its expansion ahead of the 2015 edition of the exhibition, with Fernezian stating that there would be an increased focus on the water-energy-food nexus next year.
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NEWS Danish minister pays visit to IWS exhibitor Stand no: 3030 RASMUS HELVEG PETERSEN, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, paid a visit to IWS yesterday and stopped by Best Water Technology’s (BWT) stand to find out more about the company’s business interests in the Middle East. The Danish delegation’s visit to the UAE follows an agreement between the two countries to exchange knowledge on environmental issues. BWT CEO Henrik Forslund said the company, which has carried out business in the region for the past 20 years, was “lucky to have all of this attention”. Forslund added that the firm currently receives all the support required from the Danish government, adding that Denmark was able to offer markets across
the globe a host of environmentallyfriendly solutions in terms of technology and machinery. BWT, which has been looking for potential partners in the region, is able to help solve issues associated with brine discharge from desalination plants. “People in this region are concerned about environmental issues in this area, because of the number of desalination plants and the brine they discharge,” Forslund explained. “It is a very big issue in this region and there is no easy solution, because of the physics involved, but we have some solutions that we believe could help. “There’s a lot of potential here at IWS. There have been some very serious potential clients coming to our stand, as well as a lot of end users. We are focusing on the whole region, and we have met
Water sector to provide sustainable impetus Stand no: SW8 CLEAN ENERGY BUSINESS Council (CEBC) Planning Manager Alice Cowman has called for the region’s water industry to take a lead in the push to develop a sustainable energy mix. Since its formation in 2010, the council has been promoting the utilisation of clean energy across the Middle East and has recently produced its first research paper on issues relating to water. Cowman, who moved to the region eight months ago, Clean Energy Business Council (CEBC) said that one of the first things the organisation found on Planning Manager Alice Cowman its paper on water opportunities and challenges in the MENA region was how closely energy policy was linked to water policy. “I’ve worked in West Africa, Ireland, the UK and Europe, and energy is more linked with water here. Water is linked with energy, not only because of the need for energy for desalination purposes, but because the region is extremely water stressed,” Cowman noted. “Clean energy has been talked about for a long time and it has only really taken off in the last couple of years. But I think the push has got to come from the water side and not from the energy side, and that's one of the reasons we looked at water for our first research paper." Cowman said that she felt people across the Middle East were aware of issues relating to water usage, but that a lack of education was proving to be a barrier to addressing the problem. “At the government level it is starting to be addressed - particularly on the agricultural side, where so much water is used,” she stated. “The interesting thing we found when we looked at this sector was that 80 per cent of the water in the Middle East is used for agriculture, but it only contributes two per cent of GDP. Damage to water resources is actually costing more than two per cent of GDP every year.”
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BWT welcoming Denmark’s Minister for Development Cooperation Rasmus Helveg Petersen to its stand at IWS visitors from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Dubai, as well as from other parts of the Middle East and Africa,” he added.
Family farming issues to be discussed at ADSW FARMING LEADERS FROM across five continents have been in attendance at this year’s ADSW, with water issues forming a prominent part of the discussions. To mark the International Year of Family Farming 2014, an initiative promoted by the World Rural Forum, a Women and Men Farmers Leaders' meeting has been taking place alongside WFES and IWS. The two-day meeting, which began on the second day of proceedings at ADNEC, concludes today, and has featured discussions on the sustainable management of natural resources. Family farming provides 70 per cent of the food consumed in the world with 40 per cent of households across the planet dependent on this activity.
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IWS CONFERENCE IMAGES FROM DAY 2
The second edition of IWS in Abu Dhabi saw an increase in footfall and exhibitor numbers
Delegates pack the room at the IWS Conference yesterday
IWS DAY 3 - PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE 22nd January SCIENCE AND INNOVATION Fostering Innovation through Science and Technology 09:00 – 09:40
Networking Breakfast
09:40 – 09:45
IWS Chairman’s Introduction
09:45 – 10:15
Breakfast Keynote: SMART Water
10:15 – 10:30
Khalifa Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
10:30 – 12:00
Harnessing Innovation to Solve Even the Greatest Water Challenges STREAM 1 - Session 1
STREAM 2 - Session 1
STREAM 3 - Session 1
Energy Efficiency
Water Conservation
Water Re-Use
STREAM 1 - Session 2
STREAM 2 - Session 2
STREAM 3 - Session 2
Desalination Technology
Power Management
Production Techniques
12:00 – 13:00
Interactive Networking Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
Optimisation of Desalination
14:00 – 14:30
Networking Coffee Break
14:30 – 15:30
Process, Service and Technology Innovation
15:30 – 16:15
STREAM 1 - Session 3
STREAM 2 - Session 3
STREAM 3 - Session 3
Production Technology
SMART Water Networks
Water Quality
Joint Closing Session with WFES – The Water Energy Nexus (Thirsty Energy) *Programme is subject to change.
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FEATURE
Daily global desalination capacity exceeds 80 million cubic metres HE TOTAL GLOBAL online desalination capacity now exceeds 80 million cubic metres per day (m3/d), according to the International Desalination Association (IDA). Data from IDA and GWI DesalData shows that the amount of new desalination capacity that was expected to come online during 2013 represented 50 per cent more than last year’s total. Desalination plants with a total capacity of six million m3/d were scheduled to come online during 2013, compared with four million m3/d in 2012. The data also shows that there are 17,277 commissioned desalination plants in the world. Desalination is practiced in 150 countries, providing some or all of the daily water needs of more than 300 million people. Plants in the Middle East account for nearly half the global production, with Saudi Arabia and the UAE topping the list according to capacity. The top 10 seawater desalination countries by online capacity are:
Saudi Arabia UAE Spain Kuwait
Commissioned seawater desalination capacity m3/d 9,170,391 8,381,299 3,781,314 2,586,761
Algeria
2,364,055
Australia
1,823,154
Qatar
1,780,708
Israel
1,532,723
China Libya
1,494,198 1,048,424
Country
While overall growth in 2013 slowed somewhat, the data shows that demand for desalination nevertheless continues to rise. An increasing proportion of that growth is coming from the industrial sector. Since 2010, 45 per cent of new desalination plants
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have been ordered by industrial users such as power stations and refineries, while in the four years prior to that no more than 27 per cent of new capacity was ordered by industrial water users. Industrial applications for desalination grew to 7.6 million m3/d for 2010-2013 compared with 5.9 million m3/d for 20062009. Of the 7.6 million m3/d, the power industry accounted for 16 per cent; oil & gas, 12 per cent (up from seven per cent from 2006-2009); mining & metals, 11 per cent; refining & chemicals, 11 per cent; electronics, five per cent; and food & beverage, three per cent. Other industrial applications accounted for the remaining 40 per cent. “You could see this as the water-energy nexus in action,” said Christopher Gasson, Publisher of GWI DesalData. “The energy industry needs water, both in refining and power generation as well as upstream. The water industry also needs energy, and the two seem to be coming together in increased demand for desalination. Fortunately the desalination industry has been improving its energy efficiency all along. “Over the past decade, we have seen a 30 per cent improvement in the energy
efficiency of the best performing plants, and I think we will see a similar improvement over the next decade,” he added. Seawater desalination continues to represent the largest percentage of online global capacity at 59 per cent, followed by brackish water at 22 per cent, river water at nine per cent, and wastewater and pure water at five per cent each. The markets that are expected to see the fastest growth in desalination over the next five years are South Africa, Jordan, Mexico, Libya, Chile, India and China, all of which are expected to more than double their desalination capacity. IDA Secretary General Patricia A. Burke remarked, “Ongoing enhancements in energy efficiency continue to be a key focus for the desalination industry. “While we have made significant improvements in the past couple of decades, we continue to seek additional ways to reduce energy requirements through development of new technologies, implementation of best practices and/or retrofits in existing plants, increased use of hybrid technologies, and efforts to harness the potential of renewable energy to power desalination plants.”
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VENUE MAP
EVENT FLOORPLAN 4510
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4530 MASDAR UTILITIES
ACWUA SWCC
SEMINAR THEATRE
FRANCE
POSTER GALLERY
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SIP ICE 3432
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MASSENZA
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ADFCA
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PROACQUA
INTERECO
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LOUNGE
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SW5 FOUNDATION FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
THE ZAYED CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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NAJH ECO
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FJ HOLDINGS
CPI
AWW MAGAZINE
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DATALINK INSTRUMENTS
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COMPOST & SOIL ENGINEERING
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GERMAN WATER PARTNERSHIP
MEETING ROOM
MEETING ROOM
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- ATB Umwel echnologien GmbH - Bilfinger Water Technologies GmbH - Faritec GmbH & Co. KG Water Recycling Systems - HOCHTIEF Solu ons AG - Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG - Seba Dynatronic Mess- und Ortungstechnik GmbH - TÜV Süd AG - Videc Datenengineering GmbH - Hermann Sewerin GmbH - KEG Kanalreinigungstechnik GmbH - Rainer Kiel Kanalsanierung GmbH - German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology -p2m berlin GmbH
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EMIRATES TECH
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SOUGHA / ZHO/SLICES
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JCCME
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RSB
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CRI AES PUMPS ARABIA
3003 WAM MIDDLE EAST
AL WASAIL
WFES 2014 EcoWASTE 2014
ADSSC
SOLERGY
ATRIUM 3117
DELTA-T
3100
BMWI INFORMATION
ENTRANCE FROM 3116
3102 AQUARION
Conference Hall B
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ATMOSPHERIC WATER SOLUTIONS
3001
ADCC INFOCAD
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HERMANN SEWERIN
3121
3002 CELAR WATER
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RAINER KIEL
SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
4210
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ABREEJ
3007
3005
THETYS INSTRUMENTS
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AQUALIA
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ECOPLAGE
UBIFRANCE ADEME
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SUSTAINABLE WATER SOLUTIONS VILLAGE
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AXEAU
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IWS 2015
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GCC UTILITIES PLATFORM
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- Tebodin - ECN - Deltares - Shell
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4140
MOEW
STELLAR
3020
ITRON
HALL 3
3025
NINGBO HAUTEK
3030
BEST WATER TECHNOLOGY
3035
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WATERLEAU
REINERT-RITZ
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GISCO
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NEWS Metito wins US$25 million contract in Egypt
Metito Africa Managing Director Karim Madwar said the company was proud to be part of Egypt's new development plan
METITO HAS BEEN awarded a US$25mn contract to provide water and wastewater solutions for an upcoming 650 MW thermal power plant in Suez, Egypt. The company will install water and wastewater treatment systems at the plant to help produce demineralised water used for operating high-pressure boilers, condensate polishing, units for hypochlorite generation and in chemical injection systems. It will also establish a wastewater treatment plant and a water/oil separation system at the project site. Metito Africa Managing Director Karim Madwar said, “We are very proud to be part of Egypt's new development plan by implementing this significant project. We will introduce the Ultra Filtration technology in Egypt, which will improve the quality of treated water in other sites, including Damitta, Banha and North Giza.”
Deltares to share water research and knowledge with Kenyan institutions Stand no: 4121 - Dutch Pavilion DUTCH EXHIBITOR DELTARES has been on hand at IWS to offer advice and information on its wide range of smart water solutions, innovations and applications. The independent institute for applied research in the field of water, subsurface and infrastructure, places its core focus on deltas, coastal regions and river basins, working closely with governments, businesses and other research institutes and universities to assist in the management of densely populated and vulnerable areas. The research institute, whose motto is "Enabling Delta Life", employs more than 800 people and operates an open source policy by making its software and models freely available. The institute recently signed an MoU with four Kenyan institutes – the Kenya Water Towers Agency, the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology, the Greening Kenya Initiative Trust and the African Collaborative
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Much of the work of Deltares focuses on deltas, coastal regions and river basins Centre for Earth System Science – with who it will share expertises within the field of water. The East African country has been tackling a range of water challenges that have resulted from long periods of drought that have become increasingly frequent in recent years and are often interspersed with intense rains and flooding. Deltares will look to supply knowledge in the field of sustainable water and soil management to its partners in the country, as well as further developing its own expertise in these areas.
Syrinix receives CE certification for pipeline solution Stand no: 3131 – UK Pavilion PIPELINE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY Syrinix, exhibiting on the UK Pavilion at IWS, develops and provides automated pipeline monitoring technologies for water utilities. The company's TransientMinder solution focuses on the detection and identification of pressure transients within a network of pipes and recently received CE certification. The technology provides clients with the ability to understand the impact on pipelines of various operational activities, with CE approval confirming that TransientMinder meets all the appropriate provisions of the relevant European directives and enabling the product to be supplied throughout the European market place. Mike Bracher, Operations Director at Syrinix, said, “This is fantastic news for Syrinix and demonstrates our commitment to providing high quality, innovative systems to the utility market sector, both nationally and internationally. The CE certification allows TransientMinder to move into full-scale production for the European market in line with our ambitious expansion plans.” TransientMinder also provides clients with the ability to understand the impact on pipelines of various operational activities such as valve closures, which are often the cause of damaging transients. In September 2013 the company was invited to join a European consortium to design the drinking water supply network of the future. The project, SmartWater4Europe, is being led by Dutch water utility Vitens and is working towards creating a strong business case for smart water supply networks across Europe. On the invitation to join the network, Syrinix CTO Dr Paul Linford said, “To be part of something that could future-proof the water supply in Europe is a great opportunity and we are looking forward to working with the consortium.”
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NEWS Ubifrance brings best of France to IWS
Soil technology cuts water consumption
UBIFRANCE, THE FRENCH agency for international business development, has organised French Pavilions for the 2014 editions of the WFES and IWS in Abu Dhabi. These pavilions have been showcasing major corporations including Areva, Veolia, GDF Suez, Suez Environnement, as well as innovative French SMEs and intermediate sized companies. Ubifrance and its partners have brought to Abu Dhabi a host of dynamic and successful French companies from various business sectors that have been drawn to the diverse and interesting projects currently underway in the Gulf region. France ranks among the top countries for the water and waste sectors and enjoys a leading position in the European renewable energy market.
THE FRENCH CONSULTING and engineering company Microhumus is showcasing its most recent developments in water-retention soil technology during IWS in order to secure more projects in the Middle East. Microhumus delivered its first soil rebuild project for the ADNOC group Fertil in Abu Dhabi's Ruwais Industrial Zone in December last year. According to the company this was the first project of its kind and will cut water consumption in the treated area by Yann Thomas of Microhumus 50 per cent. “IWS represents a great opportunity to highlight our technology and our recent delivered services in the UAE,” said Mircohumus General Manager Yann Thomas. “Now that we have delivered our first project we are very happy that we can show it [to potential clients] and are already in negotiation with other companies.” After analysing an area Microhumus is able to design and produce a rebuilt soil recipe using raw materials which reduces water consumption while restoring vegetation.
Stand no: 4400 - French Pavilion
Quality pipes from within the Kingdom AES Arabia delivers covering more than 40 countries and has plant for GASCO Stand no: 3100 EXHIBITING ITS EXTENSIVE range of pipes and pipe accessories at IWS 2014 will be Saudi Arabian manufacturer Al Wasail Industrial Company. The company, formed from Al Wassel Agricultural Company and Al Wassel Irrigation System Factory, operates a plant in Buraydah, the capital of Al-Qassim Province, that covers a freehold area of 225,000 square metres. Al Wasail Industrial Company is among the largest manufacturers of polyethylene products, such as pipes and related fittings, in the Kingdom. The firm also produces rubber products, drinking water and sewage pipes, and oil and gas pipes and fittings. Al Wasail Industrial Company produces HDPE pipes in sizes up to 1200 mm in diameter, and its pipes and fittings are manufactured in accordance with current European standards, including DIN 8074, ISO 4427 and ISO 1167. The pipes and fittings specialist has established a global marketing network
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received approval on some of its products from Saudi Aramco. It has 25 branches within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a network of agents and authorised distributors across the Gulf region. Over the past three decades, the company has aimed to make a significant contribution towards the development of modern agriculture in Saudi Arabia, being among the first companies within the Kingdom to introduce a number of water products and technology. The firm has been contracted to carry work out on projects relating to the operation and maintenance of drinking water supplies and sanitation networks, and it claims to have played a role in introducing solutions such as sprinkler irrigation, drip irrigation, the rationalisation of water use in farms, and irrigation solutions for gardens and parks. A range of domestic and foreign visitors, including agricultural experts and government officials, have visited Al Wasail Industrial Company's factories within the Kingdom, as the company looks to educate the market on the solutions it provides.
Stand no: 3117 ENVIRONMENTAL AND PROCESS engineering company AES Arabia has delivered a reverse osmosis plant for Abu Dhabi gas company GASCO. The Habshan Sulphur Granulation Project (HSGP) was delivered in December 2013 with the aim of transporting liquid sulphur between the Habshan plants. Having provided its clients with its knowledge in designing and installing membrane treatment systems since it was founded in 1985, the move marks the first time AES Arabia has worked with GASCO, according to Asad Iqbal Khan, Manager of International Sales and Marketing at AES Arabia. Another recent water project the company was involved in was the Sewage Treatment Plant Membrane Biological Reactor (STP-MBR) at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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