MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Colleagues, On the heels of a difficult year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the water sector has many reasons to be happy. 2021 has left us with record growth in investment and construction of non-conventional water resources, not only in desalination, which is consolidating as a reliable and mature technology, but also in reuse, which has grown exponentially. We do not yet have updated figures for the entire year, but data released in October 2021 by IDA-GWI predicted a capacity of 20.9 million m3/d in new reuse contracts (up from 15.6 million m3/d in 2020 and 11.8 million m3/d in 2019). Desalination would increase to 5.1 million m3/d, 8% higher than the previous year.
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This makes 2021 the fourth consecutive year of growth for the unconventional water resources market. We achieved this milestone thanks to the companies and organizations in the sector that are working every day to ensure that water reaches every corner of the world, industries, agriculture and the different uses for which this resource is essential. Many of these organizations and companies are members of our association and I would like to thank them for their support and their effort. With hopes of a return to normality and following the success of our reuse and recycling congress in Rome, we now have the chance once again to share knowledge, experience and know-how at the IDA 2022 World Congress, which will be held October
