Apa Canal: •1070 employees •About € 1.411.400/month •37.000 connections •Shareholders: local municipalities (Galati)
Hunze en Aa’s What does Hunze and Aa's Water? Hunze and Aa are working daily with water in East Groningen and Drenthe Northeast. They provide clean and sufficient water. For strong levees that protect from flooding. And for good navigable waterways. They take into account the various interests of nature, agriculture and recreation. So that everyone in the area is pleasant and safe living.
Waterbedrijf Groningen (WbGr): •225 employees •About € 2.5 million-result 2010 •273.000 connections •Shareholders: local municipalities (mainly Groningen)
Waterlab Noord
RioNoord
Drinking water
North Water 0,5% of the company’s annual turnover →Transferring knowledge← • Srebrenica & Romenia: WoP • India: Basic Water Needs • Africa: Training centres
International Cooperation
Water & Energy
Water Operators Partnership (WOP) is a structural cooperation between two or more Water Operators with professional support offered by "capacity building“(training programs) based on not-forprofit actions and with a performance obligation
WbGr likes to be involved in projects which are at the intersection of idealism (reverend) and business (merchant)
History: •Activity started by Hunze en Aa’s in Tecuci •Identification Missions: April&June 2011 •Signing MoU Mission: September 2011
Working Methods: •Exchanging information by email; forum; phone; • Working trips in Romania and The Netherlands with the goal of exchanging information per subject
WbGr Budget – 3 Years Project
25.000 € / Year
Next Mission: November 28th-December 3rd •Experts working together on draft exchange program per subject