CAWASA E source Newsletter - August 2016

August 2016Caribbean Water and Sewage Association Inc.

CAWASA, APUA and CARINDCO to host Water Loss Reduction

workshop in Antigua in September

CAWASA, in collaboration with the APUA and CARINDCO (Caribbean Industrial Corp - Miami), is or-ganizing a technical workshop titled: “Non-Revenue Water: Managing Real Apparent Losses in the Distribu-tion System” to be held in Antigua & Barbuda from Sep-tember 19-20, 2016.

The workshop will take place at the Jolly Beach Resort & Spa.

All products for training revolve around Water Loss throughout the Water Distribution System.

Participants will also receive training on Hi Tech fit-tings, valves, connections, repairs, Water Meters, HDPE Pipe and the Water Meter Stands, along with the Plastic Welding machines to join these products.

The conservation of water resources is more critical than ever.

Water loss continues to be a major challenge for water utilities across the world. Seventy (70%) of the water loss is sourced in the house connections (Saddles and Tap-

In thIs Issue

Editorial – Page 2

Miami Dade Assists Caribbean Operators - Pages 2 and 12

CAWASA Secretariat News - Page 3

CAWASA Members News - Page 4

Caribbean Water Operators back from fruitful Germany Visit - Pages 5 - 12

Contrasting Cases of Climate Change - 3

ping Saddles) due to the use and installation of low qual-ity fittings and pipes.

High density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes and fittings have been adopted overwhelmingly around the globe. Non-revenue water (NRW) has left many providers searching for an efficient solution for many years.

Products have ISO, NSF, WRAS, EN and or other Cer-tifications.

The Training will consist of Water Meter connections, Water Meters, Installations, Water Distribution Pipe and Fittings, repairing and current varying methods of join-ing Pipe and Fittings with detailed technical class room training and videos, hands on training and testing (both in classroom and site demonstration/practice) for the participants and an open forum discussion on each cat-egory of training for Members to bring and share their issues and problems.

The target Group will include Plant Operators, Water Engineers, Technicians.

August 2016Caribbean Water and Sewage Association Inc.

CAWASA, APUA and CARINDCO to host Water Loss Reduction

workshop in Antigua in September

CAWASA, in collaboration with the APUA and CARINDCO (Caribbean Industrial Corp - Miami), is or-ganizing a technical workshop titled: “Non-Revenue Water: Managing Real Apparent Losses in the Distribu-tion System” to be held in Antigua & Barbuda from Sep-tember 19-20, 2016.

The workshop will take place at the Jolly Beach Resort & Spa.

All products for training revolve around Water Loss throughout the Water Distribution System.

Participants will also receive training on Hi Tech fit-tings, valves, connections, repairs, Water Meters, HDPE Pipe and the Water Meter Stands, along with the Plastic Welding machines to join these products.

The conservation of water resources is more critical than ever.

Water loss continues to be a major challenge for water utilities across the world. Seventy (70%) of the water loss is sourced in the house connections (Saddles and Tap-

In thIs Issue

Editorial – Page 2

Miami Dade Assists Caribbean Operators -

Pages 2 and 12

CAWASA Secretariat News - Page 3

CAWASA Members News - Page 4

Caribbean Water Operators back from fruitful

Germany Visit - Pages 5 - 12

Contrasting Cases of Climate Change - Page 13

ping Saddles) due to the use and installation of low qual-ity fittings and pipes.

High density polyethylene (HDPE) pipes and fittings have been adopted overwhelmingly around the globe. Non-revenue water (NRW) has left many providers searching for an efficient solution for many years.

Products have ISO, NSF, WRAS, EN and or other Cer-tifications.

The Training will consist of Water Meter connections, Water Meters, Installations, Water Distribution Pipe and Fittings, repairing and current varying methods of join-ing Pipe and Fittings with detailed technical class room training and videos, hands on training and testing (both in classroom and site demonstration/practice) for the participants and an open forum discussion on each cat-egory of training for Members to bring and share their issues and problems.

The target Group will include Plant Operators, Water Engineers, Technicians.

CARINDCO

e-Source August 2016

Editorial

The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) recently met with representatives from Belize Water Ser-vices (BWS), Contra Costa Water District (CCWD), Ca-ribbean Water and Sewerage Association (CAWASA), Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), and the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) of UN-Habitat to discuss the implementation of a multi-partner Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOP) to strengthen the capacity of Caribbean water utilities through Water Operators’ Partnerships (WOPs).

Representatives of the Caribbean Water Operators’ Part-nerships (Cari-WOP), GWOPA and (WASD) met with the Director General of the “Direction Nationale de l’Eau Po-table et de l’Assainissement” (DINEPA) of Haiti, to out-line the multi-partner WOP to build the capacity of the water operators of DINEPA. A Framework of Coopera-tion was signed by the partners during their meeting in Miami-Dade County.

“From a global perspective, collaboration is key in creat-ing sustainable utilities,” said WASD Director Lester Sola. “We’re eager to participate in a mentoring capacity for DINEPA.” The technical visits and exchanges between the water utilities in the Caribbean region and Haiti will commence as early as October of this year and will focus on topic areas such as electromechanical and pumping equipment, water production and water quality, GIS, wa-ter leakage, customer relationships, natural disasters and water safety plans.

It is the priority of the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department to provide safe, reliable service to its custom-ers. For additional information about Department servic-es and programs, click here. (See more on Page 12).

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Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department joins

members of Cari-WOP and supporting organizations

to develop mentoring framework

Much of this issue of e-Source is dedicated to the fruitful visits and exchanges by CAWASA members with their counterparts in Germany and Miami.

In Germany, the Caribbean water operators met colleagues and visited places that all added-up to enrich their understanding of differences and similarities in how things are done on both sides of the Atlantic. It was the same in Miami Dade, where they also assisted colleagues from Haiti, in areas of common interest.

This issue also reports on other activities of CAWASA members in the Caribbean and other parts of the world -- from a listing of the lat-est Certified Water Operators to a business visit by four CAWASA directors to Abu Dhabi, from innovative use of a modern camera to shed light in dark areas in the Cayman Islands to assistance for Montserrat from colleagues in Trinidad & Tobago and assistance from CariWOP to make Belize a regional mentor in the Caribbean.

This issue also previews the Habitat III Conference to take place in Quito Ecuador in October 2016 and offers a clear picture of contrasting cases of Climate Change – the hottest and the coldest.

But our major story is about the upcoming CAWASA, APUA and CARINDO Water Loss Reduction workshop to take place in An-tigua and Barbuda in September. This will be an important event that will allow the region to again address one of the major issues that has resulted in over 70% of the drinking water lost around the world being due to bad household fittings and connections.

As always, this issue was prepared with cooperation from CA-WASA affiliates. And as always also, the CAWASA Secretariat continue to invite affiliates that have not yet been doing so to provide information for publication in this medium.

Meanwhile, read on and follow what has been happening here and there in the world of water.

Exchanges and Experiences!


CAWASA Secretariat News

Four CAWASA members were invited to Abu Dhabi in April 2016, to participate in two international water events.

Directors from Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominica and Grenada participated in the Global Water Summit in Abu Dhabi from April 19 to 20, hosted by the Global Water Leaders Group. The Global Water Summit was also held in Abu Dhabi at the same time (from April 18 to 20), coordinated by the Global Water Leaders Group.

The summit discussed innovation, technology and next steps for a new model of water access.

NAWASA, Grenada was nominated for a water Award and at the global water function in Abu Dhabi, NAWASA GM and CAWASA Director Christopher Husbands made a special related presentation at this forum.

Christopher Gasson (Publisher of GWI and Chairman of the GWLG); Hamanth Kasan (General Manager, Scientific Services Division, Rand Water); Sipho Mosai (COO, Rand Water); James Sano (CEO, WASAC); Christopher Husbands (General Manager, NAWASA); Teguh Cahyono (Technical Director, PDAM Kota Malang); Felipé Calderón (former

President of Mexico (2006 - 2012) and Chairman of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate).

CAWASA Directors attended successful Global Water Summit

meetings in Abu Dhabi

Name Country Course LevelTimica Richards Antigua &

BarbudaWater Treatment

I

Lennox Joseph Antigua & Barbuda

Water Treatment

I

George Hydes Cayman Islands Water Distribution

I

David Benny Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

David Benny Trinidad & Tobago

Wastewater Treatment

IV

Edward Balfour Trinidad & Tobago

Wastewater Treatment

IV

Ian Gill Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

II

Vanita Boodhai Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

II

Ben Rattan Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Alina Martinez Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Micah Thomas Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Rajesh Babwah Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Mark Mangray Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Anderson Providence

Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Safiyyah Abdullah Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Dale Ramcharan Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Suresh Ramlogan Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Balram Bisnath Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Kernisha Byer Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Salahadeen Mohammed

Trinidad & Tobago

Water Treatment

I

Operators Certification

Congratulations to the following operators/analysts who were successful at the last operators certification examina-tions, especially David Benny and Edward Balfour who achieved pass grades in the highest level - Level IV.

CAWASA congratulates newly-certified Operators and Analysts

(From left to right ) Dr. Gelia Frederick-Van Genderen Director of the Water Authority, Cayman Islands, NAWASA GM Christopher

Husbands, DOWASCO GM Bernard Etinoffe and Dr. John Mwansa, General Manager Barbados Water Authority


Using a GoPro to Plumb the Depths

MEMBERS News

The Authority recently began a project to inspect the hundreds of manholes located throughout the West Bay Beach Sewerage System.

Traditional manhole inspection cameras, however, can cost thousands of dollars. So the Engineering and Wastewater Departments joined forces to come up with an innovative and cost-effective solution... a GoPro!

Gary Phillips, Engineer - Wastewater, explained that worker safety and economics played a large role in choosing to work with a GoPro. “At roughly 10% of the cost of a traditional manhole inspection camera, the GoPro camera delivers exceptionally high quality videos and pictures,” Mr. Phillips said.

The GoPro camera was mounted to a special rig designed in-house. The rig rotates the camera as it is lowered down the man-hole, resulting in 360° views that can be watched live from a tablet as they are recorded (as seen in photo). Graduate Engineer Jodi-ann Jackson, who spearheads the project, said that the innovative design has already proved its worth in the field.

Water Authority – Cayman Islands

“The setup of the apparatus and GoPro is quick and easy, plus the quality of the images is remarkable,” she said.

The videos and photographs captured by the GoPro allow the engineers to evaluate the condition of the manholes without having to physically send a person inside.

“Manhole videos collected to date show some of our manholes to be in excellent condition and some that are in need of repair,” said Mr. Phillips, noting that two manholes identified through the project are now scheduled to be replaced completely.

Ms Jackson explained that this is just the first phase of the assessment. “The inspections will be completed in two stages; we have started with our lateral lines and further in the year we will proceed with our trunk (main) lines which are deeper and a bit higher risk to inspect,” she explained.

The project, she says, is just another example of the Authority embracing new technology to maximise productivity.

The CAWASA Secretariat facilitated the signing of an agree-ment between Montserrat Utilities Limited (MUL) and Irwin Gill Training and Consultancy (IGTC) if Trinidad & Tobago for the purpose of IGTC providing a Wastewater Operator to Montserrat for 42 days.

The Acting Wastewater Operator is currently assisting the MUL with the operations and maintenance of two extended aeration wastewater plants on the island.

The cooperation started when Montserrat Utilities Limited con-tacted the Caribbean Water and Sewage Association (CAWASA), seeking their assisting in finding a suitably qualified person to provide cover for the company's Senior Wastewater Operator who was due on annual leave.

CAWASA quickly jump on board, offering their services and expertise in finding a workable solution.

Though IGTC, MUL secured the services of Mr. Indarjit Singh from Trinidad & Tobago a wastewater operator with over eight years experience.

Mr. Singh arrived in Montserrat in early April 2016, to com-mence his 6-week attachment at MUL, where he was primarily responsible for operating and maintaining two extended aeration wastewater treatment plants.

Further, Mr. Singh also provided on-the-job-training of two Wastewater assistant trainees who joined the organization at the time he arrived. He was able to share his knowledge and experi-

ence in delivering the basic principles of water waste plants op-erations.

MUL also supervised corrective works on a section of the sewer network in the village of Look Out in Montserrat. He was instru-mental in the collection of water and sludge samples for an ongo-ing geothermal project on island.

Mr Singh also worked with fellow Trinidadians from the Carib-bean Analytical Services Limited (CASL) who were on island for this project.

Mr David Thomson, Managing Director of MUL, says the at-tachment was a tremendous success and MUL was quite pleased with the standard of professionalism and experience demonstrat-ed by Mr. Singh.

CAWASA facilitated needy T&T assistance to Montserrat Utilities Ltd

Montserrat Utilities Limited (MUL)

Utilities Limited (MUL)

Trinidadian co-operator Indarjit Singh working water in Montserrat


Caribbean-European Water Cooperation

CAWASA Executive Director Ignatius Jean and a team of fellow top Caribbean water personnel recently returned from an infor-mation tour in Germany entitled Current Issues in the Field of Water Management.

The tour, from June 19 - 25, was facilitated by the GIZ Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Program (CATS) at the invitation of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a federally owned enterprise to support the Ger-man Government in achieving its objectives in the field of interna-tional cooperation for sustainable development.

In 2014, the GIZ through its implementation of the Caribbean Aqua-Terrestrial Solutions (CATS) initiated a pilot programme for water-loss reduction in Saint Lucia with the Water and Sewer-age Corporation (WASCO).

In October 2014, the GIZ invited CAWASA to coordinate the participation of operators from other utilities in the Caribbean in a training course in water-loss reduction in Hamburg, Germany.

However, the programme proved to be very expensive and lo-gistically challenging. CAWASA therefore proposed a way for-ward would be to offer the programme in the Region.

A programme was then scheduled for the Sustainable Alliance for Water Loss Reduction (STA) - a consortium of water utility operators and suppliers of Germany, to deliver the courses at WASCO. WASCO was very receptive to offering the opportunity to other regional utilities.

Since that time, several training courses were held in Saint Lu-cia, bringing together participants from other Caribbean water utilities.

The main focus during the STA intervention was placed in the areas of Energy Efficiency, Leak Detection, Hydraulic Modeling, Net¬work Management, GIS Support, Education and Training.

CAWASA also suggested that this was an opportunity to col-laborate with the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia as a means to securing the sustainability of the programme.

THE GIZ and CAWASA met with the Principal of the SALCC to explore the possibility of such a partnership. The outcome was

positive. It was agreed that the teaching staff would participate in the training STA training at WASCO.

The collaboration with the SALCC was realized in March 2016, with a training-of-trainers workshop hosted conjointly by WAS-CO, SALCC and CAWASA and facilitated by the STA.

There were 18 participants from the eight Caribbean coun-tries, including lecturers from the Sir Lewis Community College (SALCC) and engineering and technical staff of the following util-ities: Water and Sewerage Company (WASCO) Saint Lucia, Bar-bados Water Authority (BWA), Dominica Water and Sewerage Company (DOWASCO), Central Water and Sewerage Au¬thority (CWSA) St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the National Water and Sewerage Authority (NAWASA) Grenada, Nevis Water Depart-ment, Water and Sewerage Department, St. Kitts, the Water Cor-poration of Anguilla.

Visit followed GIZ/Hamburg Wasser/WASCO MOUIn March 2016, the GIZ strengthened its technical cooperation

programme through the signing of an MOU between the Ham-burg Wasser and WASCO.

This arrangement aims to form a collaborative relationship be-tween the com¬panies in different aspects of water utility man-agement and operation, with a view to enhancing each party’s delivery of commercially variable services.

This will also strengthen each utility’s ability to achieve their mandate, while shar¬ing information and ensuring knowledge transfer between companies.

An important next step was a reciprocal visit to the mentor country, Germany. It was envisaged that this would have given the beneficiary utilities an opportunity to observe the infrastruc-ture, new and emerging technologies in water and wastewater, as

well as business opportunities, through interacting with public and private sector officials.

Participants included Mr. Christopher Husbands, President of CAWASA and General Manager of NAWASA (Grenada), Mr. Bernard Ettinoffe, Immediate Past President and General Man-ager of DOWASCO (Dominica), Mr. Vincent Hippolyte, Trea-surer and Managing Director of WASCO (Saint Lucia), Mr Igna-tius Jean, Executive Director of CAWASA, Mr. Jermaine Jackson, Water Production Manager of the National Water Commission (Jamaica), Ms. Ilena Vega Guzmán, Laboratory Coordinator & Chemical Director of the National Institute of Water Supply and Sanitation in Costa Rica and Dr. Horst Vogel, Head of Pro-gramme, GIZ/CATS.

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Caribbean Water Operators Visit Germany

The Caribbean delegation visited Hamburg Wasser’s Sewerage Treatment Plant


SNAPSHOTS from Germany!Photos from the recent tour of the leading European state by CAWASA members and Caribbean water operators

(Photos Courtesy CAWASA Secretariat)

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Discussions on cooperation held with GFA ConsultingContinued from Page 7

The visiting delegation met with Dr. H. Christop Schaefer-Keh-nert, Managing Director, GFA Consulting GmbH. GFA Consult-ing Group was founded in 1982 and is a provider of multi-disci-plinary strategic business services.

Their suite of consulting services and themes include monitor-ing and evaluation; private sector development; financial systems development; public finance management; good governance; edu-cation, skills, employment; energy; natural resources management and climate change; health; water and sanitation.

GFA has implemented complex studies and projects in over 130 countries since 1982. Their clients include international develop-ment agencies such as the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Caribbean Development Bank etc, government ministries and public sector agencies.

They have managed projects financed through bilateral and multi-lateral funds in Africa, Asia, Europe & Central Asia, Latin America

& Caribbean and Maghreb and the Middle East. The visiting delega-tion presented challenges and opportunities for collaboration:

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The June 19 - 25 tour was organized at the invitation of the Ger-man Federal Foreign Office, represented by the German embas-sies in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, respectively, and under the leadership of Dr. Horst Vogel, Head of the CATS Program. Given the limited time available, it focused geographically on two areas, namely the City of Hamburg and the Ruhr Valley.

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany and the sec-ond largest port in Europe connected to the North Sea by the Elbe River. Its population is over 1.7 million people.

The Ruhr valley is a polycentric urban area in the West of Germany. With a population of eight and a half million people, it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany.

Participation from the Eastern Caribbean focused on CA-WASA (Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association) and comprised Messieurs Christopher Husbands, President and General Manager of NAWASA (Grenada), Bernard Ettinoffe, immediate past President and General Manager of DOWAS-CO (Dominica), Vincent Hippolyte, Treasurer and Managing Director of WASCO (Saint Lucia), and Ignatius Jean, Executive Director of CAWASA.

In addition, Mr. Jermaine Jackson, Water Production Manager of the National Water Commission of Jamaica participated, as well as Ms. Ilena Vega Guzmán, Laboratory Coordinator & Chemical Director of the National Institute of Water Supply and Sanitation in Costa Rica.

The information tour was carried out in cooperation with the CATS program and, thus, included many destinations and partners that collaborate with and through the CATS program such as members of the “Strategic Alliance Water Loss Reduc-tion”, for example Hamburg Wasser and the Hermann Sew-erin Ltd. with whom topics such as municipal water supply and waste-water disposal including biogas production and

sewage sludge incineration and gas and water leak detection were discussed.

Other dialogue partners were the Hamburg Univ. of Tech-nology, Institute for Sewage Management and Water Protec-tion, with whom current issues and projects in the field of sew-age management and water protection were discussed.

Other private partners included Jos. Hansen & Sons Ltd. and WILO SE. With both of these, the focus was on the potential and possibilities for development partnerships regarding the provision of energy-efficient water pumps.

Throughout the short tour it was strikingly obvious that there are plenty of opportunities and good reasons for cooper-ation, for example at the Water-Energy Nexus and in the field of Water Governance.

However, as always, the challenge is and remains to success-fully source the required funds!

Opportunities abound but funding remains the challenge!GIZ CATS & CAWASA water management tour of Germany

CAWASA Directors were participants in a recent GIZ Caribbe-an Aqua-Terrestrial Program (CATS) information tour to Ger-many on “Current Issues in the Field of Water Management”

by Dr. Horst Vogel, GIZ/CATS Representative

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Optimum use of maintenance vehicle space!Exchange visits between fellow water operators around

the world allow for exchanges of experiences in how things are done. When the Caribbean water operators visited Germany recently, one of their many stops was at Sewerin, a Hamburg company involved in providing urgent water repair and other emergency services.

The visiting Caribbean delegates saw first-hand how their European counterparts, in this instance, had been able to so modify their vehicles as to ensure they carried as much equipment as possible.

Tools are measured to fit in every available side and corner, allowing for optimum use of total space.

As seen in the photos on this page, Sewerin officials were on hand to guide the Caribbean delegates through the modifications, explaining the advantages of maxi-mum space use.

In some Caribbean territories, the water companies use normally empty open-backed vehicles that are packed with tools ready for each assignment.

The Sewerin example attracted some of the visiting del-egates, who inquired and learned about not only the ad-vantages, but possibilities of cooperation and assistance in replicating such modifications in the Caribbean, if needed. (Photos by I. Jean

The Germany visit

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Continued from Page 9The delegation also met with Dr. Christoph Czekalla, Head of

Water Department at Hamburg Wasser.Dr. Czekalla renewed acquaintances with the delegation and

gave an overview of the organization’s history, structure and op-erations, as well as a tour of the water treatment facilities.

Hamburg Wasser was established in 1848 and is the oldest cen-tral water supply facility on the European continent.

Hamburg has a population of 2 million people and Hamburg Wasser supplies 673,000 customers.

The delegation was given a guided tour of the Hamburg Wasser waste water treatment plant Kohlbrandhoft by Mr. Luder Garleff, Quality and Energy Manager -- and this visit was a revelation of the water- energy nexus in practice. The plant was established in 1998 with investment of €97 million.

Visit to oldest central water supply facility in Europe

On the second day of their visit, the delegation met with se-nior managers of Jos Hansen and Sons Ltd. Jos Hansen is a company which specializes in the completion of turnkey water supply projects and sewerage treatment plants, as well as the supply training and commissioning of equipment for industry, infrastructure, health and educational projects. The company also has had a long history of working in Africa, but never the Caribbean.

The delegation proposed that there were many opportunities for doing business with the Caribbean, given the small-to-medi-um scale projects in the region and that Jos Hansen is medium sized company.

Business opportunities discussed with Jos Hansen

On Day 3, the Caribbean delegation held talks with Professor Ralf Otterpohl, Director of the Institute of Sewerage Management. During a brief tour of Prof. Otterpohl’s research laboratories, he highlighted ongoing projects particularly his pioneering work in “Restoration Engineering”.

Research activities include innovations in partial flow ori-ented wastewater concepts with the objective of production of fertilizer and soil substrates. Owing to the near exhaustion of global supply of phosphates, this research seeks to develop the technology to capture phosphates from waste and wastewater systems.

Another research interest of Prof. Otterpohl is soil restoration in rural development in different climates in interaction with Rain-water Harvesting in watersheds and development of the concept of the "New Village" as an alternative to the industrial agriculture process of securing water and food supply of cities. The concept

Captivated by Moringa at Hamburg University of Technology

embraces the agro-forestry systems of zero tillage, green manures, direct seeding, mixed and inter-cropping;

The delegation was captivated by a moringa plant (Moringa olifera) grown under laboratory conditions. Edible oil can also be extracted from the moringa seed. Powder extracted from the seed is used as anti-coagulant in water treatment systems.

Tour of Waterworks of Hamburg National MuseumThe delegation was taken on a guided tour of the former Water-

works of the City of Hamburg, now a national museum. The facility became famous because of the major role it played in

saving lives of the citizens of Hamburg during the worst cholera ep-idemic in the country towards the end of the 19th century. During that period, the City of Hamburg commissioned the construction of the waterworks on an island in the Elbe River. The main attractions are the historic laboratory building and the filtration plant.

Visit to Hermann Sewerin GmbH

The delegation was received at the headquarters of Hermann Sewerin at Gutersloh by Mr Michael Kersting, Business Develop-ment Manager.

The visiting group had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Swen Hermann Sewerin, CEO of the company and head of the 4th gen-eration of the family business that was established in 1908. The company specializes in water and gas leak detection devices.

The team was taken on a guided tour of the manufacturing plant and testing facilities. Hermann Sewerin has been part of the STA team that worked with WASCO in Saint Lucia in training and capacity building in the area of Non-Revenue Water.

The collaboration with Consulaqua through the STA has had successes manifested in improved water distribution system in Castries, Saint Lucia

Delegation visited WILO SE pump systems manufacturing

plant in DortmundThe visiting delegation met with Mr. Uwe Werner, Group Direc-

tor for Corporate Affairs and Mr. Tushar Sheel, Business Devel-opment Manager at WILO SE, City of Dortmund.

WILO SE is a manufacturer of pumps and pump systems for heating, cooling and air-conditioning technology as well as for water supply and sewage disposal and wastewater treatment.

The company was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany. It has 60 subsidiaries in 90 countries, 17 production locations in 9 countries.


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The formal presentation evoked lively discussions, particularly on the concept of “Energy Saving Contracting” and a previous collaboration in 2014 with WASCO, Saint Lucia.

The collaboration collapsed after initial assessments (including an energy audit), according to WILO, indicated that the project was not economically viable i.e. there would be no winners.

Delegation visited WILO SE pump systems manufacturing

plant in Dortmund

Habitat IIIAt the Habitat III Conference that will take place in Quito, Ecuador

from 17-20th October 2016, a New Urban Agenda will be set by UN Member states. This Agenda will renew political commitment and define the course for global efforts to guide more sustainable urban development for the next 20 years.Revised Zero Draft New Urban Agenda - 2016

Urbanization presents unique challenges and opportunities. With almost 70% of global humanity projected to live in urban areas by 2050, this unprecedented growth urgently calls for responsive mech-anisms to combat unsustainable patters of development that pose threat to our environments and livelihoods.

At the Habitat III Conference that will take place in Quito, Ecuador from 17-20th October 2016, a New Urban Agenda will be adopted by UN Mem-ber states to renew political commitment and define the course for global efforts to guide more sustainable urban development for the next 20 years.

As the conference draws near, an ambitious revised zero draft of the New Urban Agenda that reflects extensive consultation with ex-perts and the public is available for review. Why is the New Urban Agenda important for water operators?

Sustainable urbanization and water management are closely inter-linked and interdependent. In light of global urbanization trends, cities are increasingly presenting themselves as the new stage for ad-dressing critical water management issues.

As the New Urban Agenda will inform urban strategies at national and local levels around the world for the 20 years to come, many in the water sector have been concerned to ensure that the agenda ben-efits from a water perspective. Water Voices Heard

In early 2016, GWOPA organized an online consultation and expert group meeting with an ‘urban waters hub’ that produced a set of rec-ommendations. Now, in the zero draft, the essence of many of these recommendations are well captured.

For example, Paragraph 100 gives voice to the group’s inputs with the endeavour to “…equip public water utilities as a means to promote the universal and equitable access to safe and affordable drinking water for all and adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all, as well as to promote sustainable water management through capacity develop-ment, including knowledge sharing and peer learning partnerships.”

The same text gives credence to initiatives like GWOPA in its call to “promote financial and operational strengthening of global, regional, national, and local mechanisms to fill the capacity gap in this regard and meet ambitious development objectives.”

It also calls for water utilities to collaborate, not only with one anoth-er, but to engage across scales and sectors to plan for more livable cities.

The Zero draft New Urban Agenda also echoes other of the ex-pert group’s strategic recommendations including calls to take a full water cycle approach, to increase participation, and to plan for resiliency. The draft text will be discussed next at the third preparatory meeting for Habitat III in Surabaya, Indonesia in July.Are you planning to be in Quito?

GWOPA is preparing to host a networking evening during the Habitat III Conference in Quito and will be playing a role in various side events.

We encourage you to continue advocating for the inclusion of wa-ter within the agenda, and to let us know of any events you may be involved in in Quito so that we can share information and coordina-tion in the conference (GWOPA)

Water, WOPs and the Habitat III Conference

Caribbean-European Water Cooperation

Caribbean water operators visit Germany

CAWASA offers sincere thanks to all…

CAWASA Executive Director Ignatius Jean says the Carib-bean delegation was very thankful to all who contributed to the successful visit.

On behalf of the delegation, he offered profound apprecia-tion to Dr. Horst M.Vogel for the indefatigable support for the CATS Programme in general and the water sector in particu-lar through the STA project.

The team at the Goethe Institute did an excellent job of coor-dinating the mission to Germany as well as the hand of friend-ship and hospitality extended to the delegation.

The delegation specially recognized the professionalism and hospitality of their guides Mr. Jan Stern and Ms. Angelika Franke during our stay in Hamburg, and Ms Lena Carlson and Ms Laura Kay in Dortmund and the Rhur Valley.

Finally, the camaraderie and conviviality of the members of the visiting delegation contributed to an excellent and memo-rable experience.


On 13 July 2016, members of the Cari-WOP, Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) and GWOPA met with the Director General of the "Direction Nationale de l’Eau Potable et de l’Assainissement" (DINEPA) of Haiti during a course of meetings in Miami.

The discussions aimed to advance the implementation of a multi-partner WOP to build the capacity of the water opera-tors of DINEPA.

The technical visits and exchanges between the water utili-ties in the region and Haiti will commence as early as October this year and will focus on topic areas such as electromechan-ical and pumping equipment, water production and water quality, GIS, water leakage, customer relationships, natural disasters and water safety plans.

Water Operators agree to support DINEPA (Haiti) through a Caribbean

multi-partner PartnershipDeveloping Caribbean operators’ capacity on

operations and maintenance of water supply systems

On July 11-12 members of the Cari-WOP and support-ing organizations came together in Miami for a two-day coordination and proposal development meeting.

Representatives from the Belize Water Services (BWS), Contra Costa Water District (CCWD), Caribbean Water and Sewerage Association (CAWASA), Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), and GWOPA, met at the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) to move forward their actions to strengthen the capacity of Caribbean water utilities through Water Operators’ Part-nerships.

The meeting was to develop a framework that will establish BWS into a regional mentor and replicate the best practices gained from the WOP between BWS and CCWD in the Caribbean region. Furthermore, partici-pants aimed to formulate strategies to obtain funding for this replication phase.

Contributing organizations shared first-hand experience in WOPs activities and drew on this knowledge to ground the project concepts.

By focusing on topic areas such as workers safety, opera-tions and maintenance of works, financing, public customer relations and human resources, the aim of increased access to sustainable basic services through initiatives such as WOPs will become a greater reality in this region

Belizean operator assisted by Cari-WOP to become a regional mentor in The

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CAWASA, CariWOP, GWOPA and DINEPA Reps at the Miami-Dade headquarters of WASD following successful talks.

The Director General of DINEPA (left) thanked all the participants for their assistance to Haiti.


Contrasting Cases of Climate Change

Last month (June) was the hottest June ever recorded world-wide. It was also the 14th consecutive month that global heat re-cords were broken. And it rounded-off the warmest first half of any year dating back to 1880.

According to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-istration’s (NOAA) global State of the Climate report, June marked the longest stretch of months in a row that a global temperature record has been set. This year’s January through June temperature over the Earth’s surface was 1.05 °C above the 20th-century average.

Last year previously held the title as the warmest first six months, but 2016 surpassed it by 0.2 °C.

According to NOAA, global sea temperatures were fractionally higher than June last year. Land temperatures tied. The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for June was 0.9 °C above the 20th Century average of 15.5 °C.

“Record warmth was widespread across Alaska, western Can-ada, southern Mexico, northern South America, central Africa, Indonesia, northern and eastern Australia, North Indian Ocean, and across parts of north-central Russia, western Asia, central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean and the north-western Atlantic Ocean,” the report said.

Only a few pockets around the Earth observed cooler-than-average con-ditions overall in the first six months of 2016. These included the North Atlantic Ocean, and parts of the northern and southern Pacific Oceans.

Arctic ice may reach its lowest level on record this Sep-tember since scientists began documenting its melt, accord-ing to the National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Five of the past six months have already broken records for ice levels, and while 2015 had the hottest summer on record, it will soon to be replaced by 2016 and the small-est Arctic ice size this winter. Scientists first began keeping track of the changes with satellite imagery in 1979.

With wind patterns blowing in more hot air at the South Pole and temperatures up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit above average at the ice’s edges, NASA scientists and the National Snow and Ice Data Center are bracing for an especially grim forecast for the upcoming months. Ice levels fluctuate around the year, but September tends to register the lowest levels.

The last record was set in 2012, when ice levels in certain parts of the globe were thinner than now, but the first two weeks of July have had a higher melting rate than usual.

Arctic melting can cause the polar jet stream to shift up and down, which could instigate more natural di-sasters. Thinner ice also means a hotter Arctic since it can

absorb more heat from the sun, which in turn means more fires and worse conditions for many of the world’s plants and animals.

“As winter sea ice disappears, areas of unusually warm air temperatures in the Arctic will expand,” said Jennifer Francis, a climate scientist at Rutgers University in an inter-view with NASA.

“These are also areas of increased evaporation, and the result-ing water vapor will contribute to increased cloudiness, which in winter, further warms the surface,” she added. (teleSUR)

September may see lowest levels of Arctic Ice on record

Arctic melting can cause the polar jet stream to shift up and down, which could instigate more natural disasters.

NASA agreesNASA’s Goddard

Institute for Space Studies also con-firmed that June 2016 was the warm-est June on record in its dataset.

According to NASA, the global temperature depar-ture in June 2016

was 0.79 °C above the 1951-1980 average. That barely exceeded the previous June record set in 2015 by 0.01 °C.

It also marked the ninth consecutive month in NASA’s dataset that the planet recorded its warmest respective month on record.

Last month also continued a string of 371 consecutive months at or warmer than average. The last colder-than-average month in NASA’s database was July 1985.

Most scientists attribute the increases to greenhouse gas emis-sions.

They also believe that climate change is at least partially to blame for an escalating number of environmental disasters around the world. (Caribbean360.com)

The Heat Goes On!Hottest Ever June and 14th Consecutive Record Breaker

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