Water / Wastewater Treatment
German Water Partnership Adapted Water Solutions Worldwide
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Girod Director General
German Water Partnership
www.germanwaterpartnership.de
countries and regions: Turkey, Vietnam and the Maghreb countries with an extra focus followed by Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Ukraine, the Gulf States, Iran, Jordan, India, China, Cen- tral Asia, Mexico and Africa.
Figure 1: A delegation of water experts from Maghreb countries visiting GWP at IFAT ENTSORGA fair in Munich in September 2010
The German Water Partnership (GWP) is a joint initiative of presently 300 members ranging from a broad variety of companies to specialised associations and scientific research institutes of the German water sector. Functioning as a network, GWP bundles the expertise of the German water industry, science and politics and provides a central contact address for all international requests for such know-how. This unique network of globally oriented German water experts is actively supported by five federal ministries. The association German Water Partnership was founded in April 2008 to assist German
players of the water sector entering international markets with the umbrella brand of the German Water Partnership. Since its much applauded launch at the IFAT 2008 trade fair in Munich, GWP’s approach has been to develop integrated, sustainable solutions to water problems and challenges anywhere in the world, especially in emerging and developing countries. As decision makers in many regions try to tackle their local water issues, German Water Partnership has improved and facilitated the access to German technology and innovations, know-how and experience with the establishment of this one-stop-shop for expertise in water. Global challenges like climate change and population growth are fundamentally affecting water, aggravating the scarcity of water resources. Here, efficient water management is indispensable - a field of action in which Germany has more than 150 years of experience. In this sense, contributing to the achievement of the UN- Millennium Goals in clean water and sanitation is also on the agenda of German Water Partnership.
Due to the multifaceted structure of the German water industry, the German competence in
water consists of many small and medium-sized companies offering innovative, highly specialised products and services for specific requirements. This characteristic helps serving the globally growing demand for individually designed and perfectly adapted solutions in the water sector not only in a very effective and sustainable but also economic way. Such, the speciality of the members of German Water Partnership is their extremely high flexibility in developing individual concepts to solve specific water problems. German companies, engineers, developers and scien- tists are used to smoothly and closely cooperating in interdisciplinary teams, implementing product-integrated protection of the environment and integrated water resources management. The results are technologically most advanced, adapted solutions “Made in Germany”, developed in close cooperation of the water industry and water science under the roof of German Water Partnership.
Regional and Country-Specific Sections
The most important part of the activities of the association is being performed in the regional sections of German Water Partnership. Members of GWP gather according to their regional interests in these groups to create and maintain contacts with partners and to initiate cooperations and projects in the water sector of the target countries. As a result, the activities and initiatives of German Water Partnership are entirely designed according to the needs and requirements of those regions. In cooperation with its five supporting ministries, GWP has chosen 16 focus
Figure 3: Joint booth of GWP at the IFAT ENTSORGA fair
Figure 4: Pure Water 2010 International Forum in Moscow: Putin (l.) and GWP chairman M. Beckereit (r.)
invited delegations of experts from Russia, Jordan, Gulf States, Iran, Morocco, Croatia and many more to the fair, where GWP was present with a large joint booth and more than 100 individual member stands. A workshop on water management in Iran at the fair with high-ranking Iranian representatives and more than 60 participants resulted in the signing of agreements for cooperation between two major water associations and GWP. In October, GWP chairman Michael Beckereit gave a speech on GWP at the „Pure Water 2010 International Forum“ in Moscow, where he signed another cooperation agreement with the political „Russian Association for Water“ - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin personally thanked him for coming to the conference. In November, a delegation of 25 GWP members went for a one-week business trip to China which had been organised in cooperation with the German Chambers of Commerce in Shanghai and Beijing and the Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology. Recently returning from the trip, participants were very pleased with the new insights and contacts they had made in China, stressing that they spoke to decision makers they wouldn’t have been able to meet without German Water Partnership.
Figure 2: GWP-focus countries marked blue Activities and First Achievements
Networking with relevant partners, decision makers and potential clients in these countries is now fully under way. In addition, country forums closely cooperate with other working groups of German Water Partnership, for example the one specialising in industrial water management. Joint activities which have been performed are among others: workshops organised with foreign partners, trips of business delegations and joint stands representing GWP’s excellence in water at exhibitions everywhere in the world, like at the IFAT China and the ECWATECH in Moscow.
At the IFAT ENTSORGA 2010 in Munich for example, members of the country sections had
Hong Kong Government Orders Sludge Treatment Plant
The Hong Kong Government has accepted the tender submitted by Veolia Environnement (France) to design, build and operate the sludge treatment plant in the western part of the New Territories of Hong Kong. The plant will treat the sewage sludge generated by Hong Kong’s eleven sewage treatment plants.
The plant will have a treatment capacity of 2,000 metric tons a day and will eventually produce over 20 MW of electricity. Construction will take 37 months and will be carried out by a consortium made up of
Veolia Water (60%) and Leighton Asia (40%). Consolidated revenue will be 414 million euros for Veolia Environnement for the construction phase. Project design and a significant part of the works will be carried out by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, the technological subsidiary of Veolia Water. Operation of the plant, under a 15-year contract, will be jointly undertaken by Veolia Water and Veolia Environmental Services, and will generate average consolidated annual revenue of 20 million euros.
The main structures and equipment of the plant will include steam-producing incinerator boiler furnaces, turbines to convert the steam into electricity, and flue gas treatment lines that comply with the strictest emission
standards. As the plant is outside the urban area, a seawater desalination plant will be used to produce up to 600 cubic meters per day of potable water to supply its needs. In addition, the wastewater produced will be recycled on site using advanced processes; no discharges into the sea will be made at all, thus protecting the natural environment.
All these installations will be a good demonstration, both in terms of energy regeneration and environmental protection. At full capacity, the energy generated from the plant will exceed its needs and any surplus electricity can be exported to the power grid for external use. The site will be totally autonomous for its water and electricity needs. As the Hong Kong Government wants the plant to be permanently open to the public, Veolia Environnement opted for a highly attractive architectural design, provided by French architects Vasconi. The plant design incorporates a guided tour to visitors to facilitate their understanding the plant installations and the sludge treatment process.
The wavy shape of the building is inspired by the sea in front, and serves to integrate the plant into the surrounding landscape of wooded hills. The visitors will be taken by electric buses operated by Veolia Transport to
the environmental education center of the plant. From there, they can take a guided tour to a special gallery, and a landscaped, ecological garden displaying Hong Kong’s biodiversity as well as make use of spas, coffee shop with sea views and conference room. In the center, the administrative building envelops the flue gas stacks and the top floor houses an observation deck to enjoy the views over Deep Bay and Shenzhen.
“We are very happy to be working with the Hong Kong Government to take up the challenge of dealing with the sludge from the territory’s eleven sewage treatment plants. They produce up to 800 metric tons of sludge
a day at the moment, rising to 2,000 metric tons in the future,” said Antoine Frérot, the CEO of Veolia Environnement. “This project is the perfect illustration of our expertise as a player in sustainable development serving our clients,” he concluded.
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