monthly update on the international activities of the Dutch Water Sector
No.4 - December 2011
Content:
- More about solutions, less about problems
2. News - Aquatech/International Water Week: the highlights:
- Relive the show - video reports
- The highlights – an overview
- Wide interest in Second National Delta Conference
- Industrial leaders ask water sector to open up
- Aquatech Award 2011 for fish-friendly pump of Pentair Nijhuis
3. News - Three Sino-Dutch agreements signed in China:
- Evides Industriewater starts research on new water technology for Chinese coal chemical industry
- AGT International partners with China to pilot Flood Early Warning System
- Dutch and Chinese authorities intensify information exchange on river basin management
- Israeli-Dutch joint venture Aqana launches new DANA anaerobic water treatment system
- World Toilet Day on Dam square Amsterdam – more clean sanitation
- Philips new point of use UV-filter treats pathogens instantly
- Demo sites for field tests gives boost to development of new water technology
- Eureka-project: New technique for floating houses
- Joint drinking water & sanitation project in Papua, Indonesia
- Evides
1. From the editor
More about solutions, less about problems
With 881 exhibitors, 21,500 visitors and 40 delegations from all over the world, the first combined International Water Week and 23rd Aquatech Amsterdam, was a tremendous success. Aquatech is a water technology trade fair, making it a very solution orientated event. In line, the main conference of the International Water Week also focused on solutions for sustainable use of water resources, in combination with the improvement of flood control.
Delegates from major delta areas in the world came to Amsterdam and exchanged their experiences in animated discussions and expert talks about new possibilities to manage the water related problems in the most densely populated and most flood prone areas in the world.
At the Industrial Leaders Forum the captains of industry challenged the water technology companies to step out of their comfort zone and think beyond filter technologies. They invited the water sector to reflect with them about new food and health products, new processes, new value chains that reduce the water use.
This newsletter gives you a review of all published articles related to the event.
Please note in your agenda: the next Aquatech/International Water Week will take place in Amsterdam from November 4 till 8, 2013.
Enjoy this newsletter, Jac van Tuijn
2. News: Aquatech/International Water Week: the highlights
Amsterdam hosted the International Water Week and the 23rd edition of the water technology tradeshow Aquatech from November 1-4. News items reporting on both events include:
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Relive the show - video reports
including footage of the opening ceremony, the Industrial Leaders Forum and the World pipe fitting competition
>> see the videos -
The highlights – an overview
including reports and photos of Dutch pavilion, the National Delta conference, the World champion pipe fitting and the 3rd Wetskills for young water professionals
>> read more -
Wide interest in Second National Delta Conference
More than 1200 national and international water sector representatives gathered at the second National Delta Conference to discuss water safety and freshwater supply issues. In his reaction Delta Commissioner Wim Kuijken mentioned the enthusiasm displayed in the discussions on the Delta Programme: “It clearly demonstrate that everyone appreciates the urgency of the issues we are working on: protecting the Netherlands from flooding and securing its freshwater supply, now and in the future.”
>> read more -
Industrial leaders ask water sector to open up
The Dutch multinationals such as DSM, Shell and Unilever, are aware they have to reduce their waterfootprint, but at the same time they seek new business opportunities. The Industrial Leaders Forum made clear that the industry is especially interesting in new products that use less water in the whole product life cycle. Instead of investments in costly water treatment installations, they prefer investments in new water saving products that lead to more profits.
>> read more -
Aquatech Award 2011 for fish-friendly pump of Pentair Nijhuis
The Fish-friendly pump of Pentair Nijhuis is the overall winner of the Aquatech Innovation Award 2011. This was announced during the official opening ceremony. According to the jury the new pump is a major breakthrough for the long term problem of the killing of fish. Older generation fish-friendly pumps lacked efficiency. The new PF-pump of Pentair Nijhuis has an efficiency of 80%.
>> read more
3. News: Three Sino-Dutch agreements signed in China
November was seen an important strengthening of the relation between the Dutch and the Chinese water sector. Three new agreements were signed in Beijing:
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Evides Industriewater starts research on new water technology for Chinese coal chemical industry
Evides Industriewater, the Delft University, the China-based National Engineering Center of Urban Water Resources of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) and the Provincial Academy of Environmental Science (PAES), signed an agreement to start a five-year research programme for development of advanced waste water treatment technologies for the coal chemical industry.
>> read more -
AGT International partners with China to pilot Flood Early Warning System
AGT International announced a partnership with the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, to implement the first milestone in a long-term program for a Flood Early Warning System in the Yellow River. Within the Swiss based AGT International the Chinese project is led by AGT Netherlands in collaboration with the Dutch applied research organization TNO.
>> read more -
Dutch and Chinese authorities intensify information exchange on river basin management
Rijkswaterstaat and the Huaihe Water Resource Commission will start a three year cooperation programme. This is one of the major elements of a renewed Dutch-Sino memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed by the Chinese vice minister Zhuo Ying of Water Resources and the Dutch state secretary Joop Atsma of Infrastructure and Environment. Part of the MOU is a cooperation between the authorities of the Rhine, Huaihe, Pearl and the Taihu basin in order to share their experiences.
>> read more
4. News: various
Israeli-Dutch joint venture Aqana launches new DANA anaerobic water treatment system
During the Watec exhibition in Tel Aviv Aqana BV was officially launched. Aqana is a new joint venture between Dutch Water technologies and Aqwise from Israel. Under the name DANA, Aqana is bringing an innovative biological waste water treatment technology based on an anaerobic and aerobe sludge growing on synthetic base material: a smart synthetic tube on which the bacteria can grow quickly.
>> read more
World Toilet Day on Dam square Amsterdam – more clean sanitation
With a giant toilet on the Dam square in central Amsterdam, the non-governmental organization Simavi drew attention to the clean water and sanitation crisis on occasion of World Toilet Day 2011. On the occasion Simavi asked the Dutch government to continue to play a leading role and keep investing in sanitation projects around the world.
>> read more
Philips new point of use UV-filter treats pathogens instantly
Philips Special Lighting launched its new InstantTrust point of use (POU) system at the Aquatech Amsterdam 2011 trade fair on November 2. The new UV-filter has the latest UV-light technology and solves limitations of current UV-technology. For instance, when switched on, it kills all pathogens immediately. Another remarkable capability is the fact that it can treat both hot and cold water.
>> read more
These news items are a selection of all items daily published on the website: www.dutchwatersector.com in November 2011.
5. Features
Demo sites for field tests gives boost to development of new water technology
Plug in and play … Around the city of Leeuwarden, in the north of the Netherlands, sites have been set up where water firms can test their latest technology. Any firm can bring in his pilot installation and conduct field tests at e.g. a municipal waste water treatment plant, a drinking water production plant or a hospital. There are now four such locations as well as plans for several more.
>> read more about these demo sites
Eureka-project: New technique for floating houses
There is a maximum size and weight for a floating house. Beyond a certain limit a structure loses its buoyancy and simply sinks. The Dutch constructors of the company Dura Vermeer initiated the Eureka-project Floatec and together with a Spanish companies Acciona Infrastructures and Solintel, a stronger floating construction was developed, made of multiple layer modified polystyrene. The results of Floatec can be found all over Europe.
>> read more about new constructions for floating houses
6. Project Focus - Indonesia
Joint drinking water & sanitation project in Papua, Indonesia
Two Dutch NGO organizations, Aqua for All and the International Water and Sanitation Centre, initiated a programme for the drinking water supply and sanitation in the rural areas around towns in the province of Papua. The programme was developed by a
a special cooperative venture set up with the local water company and some local groups.
>> read more about this Dutch initiated water project
5. Expert focus - Evides
Evides is one of the 10 public water supply companies in the Netherlands. For the water supply to the industry the company has a separately operating division, called Eivdes Industriewater Water. To be able to deliver industrial water with variable quality requirements, the company has expertise on a wide variety of water treatment technologies
>> read more about this company and its industrial applications
Big challenges need joint solutions - let's work together!
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