Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2020 Issue By Ms. Menatalla Sadek Growing up in Egypt, we have always been taught that we were privileged with a country that was gifted with it all: a perfect location right in the middle of three continents, access to the magnificent Mediterranean Sea on our northern coast; and...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2020 Issue An Interview with Dr. Peter Fiske, Executive Director of the US National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI) What has been the biggest gap in US advanced water treatment research identified by NAWI? Does this have international applications? NAWI identified 6 key challenges in water treatment research, all of which, I think, have international...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Fall 2020 Issue October 19, 2020 – Today, Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) as a representative of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America’s Department of Energy (DOE) from the Ministry of Energy, have signed a landmark...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Summer 2020 Issue By Mr. Fermin Lopez Unzu The Mediterranean area of Spain is characterized by hot dry summers and mild wet winters with periods of intense rainfall in spring and autumn. The water cycle associated to this Mediterranean climate frequently results in droughts and floods. This region is also...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Summer 2020 Issue By Mr. Gavin van Tonder NEOM is a region in northwest Saudi Arabia. On the shores of the Red Sea, it being built from the ground up to serve as a living laboratory to help solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Founded on the principles...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Summer 2021 Issue Interview with H.E. Eng. Abdullah Bin Ibrahim Al-Abdulkareem Governor of Saline Water Conversion Corporation [SWCC] After the recent launch of SWPC’s PPP plan, the market is very excited about the asset privatization plan from SWCC. Can you explain the next steps, proposed schedule, level of investment required and the overall scope of projects...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Spring 2020 Issue By Ms. Eva Steinle-Darling, Reuse Innovation Lead & VP at Carollo Engineers; President of WaterReuse Texas Humbled by the great examples of female leaders who have preceded me in the IDRA’s Women of Our Industry initiative, I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on how water reuse and my own career have evolved over...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Spring 2020 Issue By Ms. Jessica H. Jones Poseidon Water and the San Diego County Water Authority celebrated the start of operations at the United States’ largest, most technologically advanced and energy efficient seawater desalination plant in December 2015. That the opening of the Claude “Bud” Lewis Carlsbad Desalination Plant in San Diego County, California, occurred in...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Spring 2020 Issue By Mr. Tim Lam Shing Reliable and quality water supply is indispensable to the livelihood of the people in Hong Kong and is critical to the territory’s sustainable developments. The Water Supplies Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government (“WSD”) is charged with the responsibility of maintaining...
Published on IDRA Global Connections Spring 2020 Issue By Dr. Matthew Ries Sustainability. It’s a concept few would argue with, but not many can define. Often affiliated with environmental, or “green” benefits, true sustainability is a balance of components of the triple bottom line which includes not only the traditional economic bottom line, but also...
