| Looking back and forward |
In early November Watershare members met in Athens for their Annual Meeting, which was hosted by NTUA. The occasion marked the transition of Watershare to a cooperative platform based on tools and concrete projects. The meeting included two side-events. During the previous afternoon, a workshop was organised with the Athens (EYDAP) and Thessaloniki (EYATH) water utilities and the Office of Urban Resilience of the city of Athens. And the day after the meeting, EYDAP and NTUA organised a field visit to an innovative pilot on fresh water production from brackish water and subsequent infiltration, aimed to address water scarcity in the region of Marathon. Both the workshop and the field visit showed innovative work going on in Greece with high relevance for Watershare. Again, we would like to thank NTUA and partners for organising the programme. It was all very interesting and fruitful, as you will read in this newsletter.
Dr Theo van den Hoven
Programme Director, Watershare |
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| Annual Meeting Athens: follow-up on Tokyo initiatives |
| At the Annual Meeting members looked back at the developments this year, including the new members, tools and projects. In addition, we further elaborated the plans we made during the IWA World Water Congress in Tokyo. These mean that Watershare members will focus on emerging substances, resilient urban water management and future-proof water infrastructures in the near future. Moreover, to broaden the scope of collaboration and partnerships instead of focusing on tools, Watershare will focus on actual collaboration on the basis of tools. |
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| Athens Annual Meeting: the agreements |
| An overview of the agreements we reached with each other in Athens is shown below. Please contact Watershare’s director, Theo van den Hoven, if you would like more information. |
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| Meeting the Greek Water Sector |
| To further strengthen the ties with the water sector in Greece, a workshop took place on 31 October prior to the Watershare Annual Meeting. In the workshop the water utilities from Athens (EYDAP) and Thessaloniki (EYATH), the Office of Urban Resilience of the city of Athens and NTUA presented the historical development of the water supply and wastewater systems in Greece, as well as current challenges and advances in research. |
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| 11th International Symposium on Water Supply Technology in Yokohama, Japan |
| From 9 till 11 July 2019. |
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| Annual Meeting 2019 |
| Hosted by JWRC (Japan) |
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