EMWIS Flash n°122 - May/June 2015

EMWIS Flash - May/June 2015 Euro-Mediterranean Information System on the know-how in the Water Sector For further information: www.emwis.net & check our page at facebook Flash produced by the EMWIS Technical Unit- OIEAU, CEDEX, CHJ Mediterranean Water Knowledge Platform Mediterranean Water Information Mechanism / Geo-Catalogue / UfM-Water / AquaForMED / PAWA / NWRM / MED-3R/ R-KNOW / demEAUmed / WEAM4i / SAID / OPIRIS / SWOS

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In this issue N°122 (www.emwis.net/thematicdirs/eflash/flash122)
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HEADLINE
1- Water a hot topic for the Mediterranean Climate Summit
IN BRIEF
2- Western Mediterranean Water Strategy Adopted in Algiers
3- Egypt candidate to host the 9th World Water Forum in 2021
4- UfM project: Improving quality of life through integrated water management

5- RKNOW: Providing knowledge & guidance on systemic approaches

6- SWOS: Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS) project launched
7- DemEAUmed project: Progress on closing water cycle in Mediterranean tourist facilities
8- WEAM4i project: Water & Energy Advanced Management for Irrigation - German demonstration site
9- SAID project: SmArt water management with Integrated Decision support systems: focus on Flood risk management DSS
10- OpIRIS project: Last advances and progresses
11- PAWA project: Defining water efficiency measures with water accounting, Florence, Italy
12- MED-3R project: Committee and technical visits on urban waste management in Genoa (Italy)
13- Malta: Politicisation of water biggest obstacle to national plan
14- France: The constitutional council bans water cut-offs
15- France & Jordan: High level study visit on water scarcity management
16- Jordan, Israel & Palestine: Red Sea-Dead Sea Project
17- Israel: Wastewater tech firm Mapal gears up for listing
18- Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia: More pro-active risk-based management measures needed to cope with droughts and floods
19- Egypt: EU launches project to support Water Sector Reform Programme
20- Tunisia: SWEEP-Net become a Regional Intergovernmental Organization
21- Morocco: Agadir desalination plant
22- Algeria: Training & capacity building under the programme EAU II
23- Algeria: EU project helps water office establish remote management of sanitation facilities
24- Bahrain energy bid includes desalt
25- Qatar: a Japanese consortium to build an electricity and water plant
26- Saudi brings on 2.5 million m³/d in desalination capacity
27- Participation in flood risk management and the potential of citizen observatories: A governance analysis
28- COROADO project: Recycled water makes a splash
29- EURO-AGRIWAT: Assessment of EUROpean AGRIculture WATer use and trade under climate change
30- MEDRC to Lead Major International HABs Research Project-Goal of Developing a Regional HABs Early Warning System
31- Desalination in the Mediterranean region: Cumulative environmental impacts revealed
32- The Gates Foundation-funded Omni processor: linking sanitation and energy in developing countries

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CALL FOR TENDERS and PROPOSALS
CALL FOR PAPERS
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1- The Mediterranean Climate summit was held in Marseille 4-5 June 2015 under the high patronage of Mr. François Hollande, President of the French Republic. Before the Conference of Parties (COP21) that will held in Paris at the end of the year, this forum of the civil society highlighted the common commitment in the fight against climate change and demonstrated the Mediterranean contribution of local authorities, associations, businesses, networks working as catalysts for sustainable development. A workshop was dedicated to sustainable and integrated water resources management. It focused on the main challenges for the sector in terms of risk and adaptation to the impact of the climate change. EMWIS was highlighted as a flagship networking initiative in the Mediterranean. Some 27 solutions were selected to tackle the Mediterranean challenges. The Union for the Mediterranean Project “Mediterranean Water Knowledge Platform”, promoted by the Med Water Institute (IME) and the International Office for Water, is one of the 2 solutions for “sharing water between users and territories”. The conclusions of the MedCop21 will be brought to the Paris summit COP21 in December 2015. Further information on EMWIS website.

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IN BRIEF (Full news)
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2- Water Ministers of the countries of Western Mediterranean (5+5) and their representatives adopted last March 31th, 2015 in Algiers, the common strategy of water, marking the effective start of the Euro-Maghreb dialogue in this sector. This strategy, intended to implement a common approach in terms of addressing water-related concerns, was adopted by all the ten countries of the northern and southern shores of the western Mediterranean. The works of this ministerial conference were held under the joint chairmanship of Algeria and Spain which initiated this 5+5 Dialogue. This common strategy is meant to "establish the rules of a sustainable governance of water sector in all the member countries," said Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Food and Environment Isabel Garcia Tejerina. The minister also said that the common strategy of water for the sub-region placed a particular emphasis on the need to set up an integrated system for a better water demand management while including the environmental component. The strategy is also about defining priorities for national projects regarding access to water resources and purification. An action plan is going to be developed by the 5+5 water expert group that should meet after summer. Further information on EMWIS website

3- Egypt, Ethiopia and South Africa have been nominated to host the 9th World Water Forum, which will be held in six years with the participation of 170 countries. This came during the African day events that was organized by the African Ministers' Council on Water on Friday 17/4/2015 on the sidelines of the 7th World Water Forum held in the South Korean city of Daegu. During the event, Egypt has expressed its full readiness to provide all forms of support and participation in any project and water programs with the African brethren through providing the Egyptian expertise in the related fields. Addressing the forum, Egypt stressed that most of the African countries are in a dire need for joint action especially in sanitation and clean drinking water projects. The Egyptian delegation stressed that investments should also be pumped into projects that provide food and potable water. The World Water Forum is a large-scale international conference that is held every three years since 1997 in cooperation with the public, private sectors, academia, and industries. It was first launched in an effort to facilitate international discussions on global water challenges. The World Water Council selected the city of Brasilia and the country of Brazil to welcome the 8th World Water Forum in 2018, during its 51st Board of Governors meeting organized on 25-26 February in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea. The World Water Forum is the world’s largest water event that gathers international stakeholders every three years and aims to set water firmly on the international agenda. Further information on EMWIS website

4- The UfM-labelled project ‘Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme for  the Middle East and North Africa’ has been officially launched last month of May in Sharm El-Sheikh (Egypt) during the IUCN-ROWA regional conference “Water and Nature Knowledge Sharing Forum”, with the participation of the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean. The project, promoted by Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), targets a broad range of beneficiaries, including water officials involved in regulation, controlling and planning; mid-level water managers; farmers’ organisations, water user associations, the media, students, women’s groups and other civil society actors in Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco and Tunisia, with the potential to expand it to more countries in the future. Through stakeholder engagement, assessment of water integrity risks and the implementation of the capacity building programme, the project aims to strengthen dialogue and advocacy at regional level on how integrity, transparency, accountability and corruption. Financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the project’s partners include Global Water Partnership – Mediterranean (GWP-Med), Arab Integrated Water Resources Management Network (AWARENET), International Union for Conservation of Nature – Regional Office of West Asia (IUCN-ROWA), as well as several universities, institutes and research centres in the participating countries. Further information on EMWIS website

5- R-KNOW is a regional project co-funded by the European Union. The project aspires to create a Regional Knowledge Network on Water that will assist in strengthening the application of systematic approaches to water management and governance in five countries (Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Morocco and Egypt). It also aims to influence policy and decision-making processes as means to enhance good governance in the water sector. As part of this initiative and partnership, four thematic areas have been selected (Climate Change, Sustainable Technologies, Governance and the Water Food Energy Nexus) to disseminate knowledge, lessons learnt and experiences. These themes were the focus of a regional forum that gathered more than 100 experts and practitioners from 15 different countries in the MENA region in Sharm el Shaikh, Egypt last May 12-14th, 2015. The forum also resulted in further stakeholder engagement, capacity building and knowledge sharing. It was also important to mention, that the forum helped in identifying the priorities of the Region to align a number of initiatives to achieve a future vision.  Key recommendations will be compiled in a regional report which will be shared on the R-know web portal. On the other hand, RKNOW prepared a survey that aims at assessing R-KNOW services and open the door to new organisations and centres of excellence that would like to join RKNOW. All EMWIS news flash reader are invited to respond tho this survey that will not take more than 5 minutes. Further information on EMWIS website

6- Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS) project has just started on June 1st, 2015, and already reached a great interest at the COP12 of RAMSAR convention in South America and invited to COP13 that will be held in Dubai. The Kick-off meeting will take place in Jena (Germany) next July 1-2nd, 2015. The objective of the project SWOS is to develop a monitoring and information service focussing on wetland ecosystems. Globally wetlands are the ecosystems with the highest rate of loss. This is alarming, considering their significance as biodiversity hotspots and ecosystems with a central role in the water cycle, including improving water quality and reducing water scarcity, in climate regulation and the economic benefit gained from using their services. A key limitation to their more effective conservation, sustainable management and restoration is the missing knowledge underpinning the application of European policy by Member States. Under the Biodiversity Strategy, Member States have recently committed to the mapping and assessment of ecosystem services (MAES). SWOS will take full advantage of the Sentinel satellites and integrate results from the ESA Globwetland projects. Status maps and indicators, as well as near realtime observations will allow the assessment of biodiversity and the monitoring of dynamic changes in an unmatched temporal and spatial resolution. The SWOS project team includes users (working at different levels and scales), scientists and private companies: 12 partners (from: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Greece, France, and Belgium), with a budget of 5 Mio€ over 3 years, and under the coordination of: JENA-OPTRONIK GMBH, and with the participation of EMWIS as partner focusing on the needs of water resources managers in EU and Mediterranean areas. Further information on EMWIS website.

7- The 3rd general meeting of the European water innovation project demEAUmed took place on 11th -12th June, 2015 in Vienna (Austria), facilitated by ALCHEMIA NOVA. Lab testing of 8 water purification technologies have been almost completed to define their optimal combination taking into account the needs of a typical Mediterranean touristic resort. Two technologies (vertical ecosystems and Uvox) and a realtime monitoring system have already been set-up at the hotel Samba, near Barcelona for a full scale validation and demonstration. Other technologies will be integrated progressively on the site. Lab results are already very promising in terms of purification, including for the removal micro-pollutants, water reuse efficiency and low energy consumption. The meeting was attend by a member of demEAUmed advisory board, Dr. Günther Langergraber, Head of Austrian Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, who gave positive feed-back on the project progress. If you are interested in getting more details on the solution proposed, technology factsheets have been prepared. Two surveys have been prepared targeting touristic resorts managers or planners: one technical on water management and one marketing on the needs of toursitic resorts, both are available online. Further information can be found on demEAUmed website.

8- The 3rd progress meeting of the European project WEAM4i took place on 15th -18th June, 2015 in Uelzen and Himbergen (Germany), facilitated by WEAM4i partner LWK Niedersachsen (Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Saxony). The project consortium discussed the progress of the project and plan for the upcoming activities to be carried out for the next six months. In the first day, an executive meeting gathered the WPs leaders (Meteosim, ADASA, Hispatec, SEMIDE, LWK, FENACORE, Eleaf, Aquagri and CSIC) to discuss the progress of each work package. The following day, a general meeting gathered all the project consortium with representatives from German authorities and Advisory Board. It was the occasion to discuss the review of last 6 months activities, and also to inform the consortium on the next deliverables and milestones (achievement and progress) for each WP. A draft of the policy Brief was presented to German authorities and Advisory Board, and an overview on the German energy market was presented as well, followed by working groups session on the inter-connections between WEAM4i work packages. Finally, in June 17th 2015, WEAM4i partners visited one of the demonstration sites located at Norwest Lower Saxony irrigation area. The demo site visit consisted in visiting 8 stations: 1) Irrigation board Meuβlieβen-Dalldorf (high pressure irrigation, groundwater), 2) Elbe-Seitenkanal, Groβ Liedern (water supply, surface water), 3) Porsch Wasser-und Umwelttechnik GmbH, Uelzen (well technology), 4) Irrigation board Hansen (center-pivot irrigation system, combination of low and high pressure), 5) Experimental station Hamerstorf, 6) Vinstedt (Independent low pressure irrigation system), 7) Stöcken reservoir (adaption to water scarcity and EU-WFD), and 8) Wastewater seepage site, Bankewitz (adaption to water scarcity and EU-WFD). WEAM4i is an FP7 water & innovation project bringing together partners from 5 countries (Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal and France) for demonstrating and promoting innovative techniques and integration approach of water and energy smart grid for irrigation. Further information on WEAM4i website.

9- SAID project combines the most recent software and telecommunication solutions for an integrated management of water infrastructures. These solutions are demonstrated in Guadalhorce river basin with a complex system of interconnected dams serving multiple uses. SAID exploits Decision Support Systems (DSSs) in three different management areas: flood management, water quality and energy. The flood risk management DSS is unique due to its ability to provide guidance to dam operators taking into account several aspects: dam level, released water, gates operation, and other objectives defined by the dam operator. This is achieved by means of formal models and formal analysis techniques. In addition, the DSS is enhanced by the use of basin-level simulation models that consider dam outflow information to produce simulation results (e.g. water flow, level, speed) for either historical data-based or predictive scenarios. The tool also records all monitoring data from the dam and river basin for further simulation. SAID is an FP7 water & innovation project bringing together partners from 4 countries (Spain, Germany, Portugal and France) for demonstrating and promoting innovative DSSs. The innovation aspects also include the integration of these DSSs and the communication with a robust, low energy in-situ monitoring network. Further information on SAID website.

10- Online Professional Irrigation Scheduling Expert System (OPIRIS) is entering in its final phase trial plots in Estonia, Greece, Portugal, Spain and UK.  Now a day, almost all OPIRIS services (Database, Consultancy, Monitoring and Control) are ready and have been made available for public access thanks to a new page www.opiris4r.com. It offers the following services: OPIRIS_Visitor for fruit trees and hydroponic crops is available for free access ; OPIRIS_Consultant is also ready to receive any visitor’s message willing to know more about OPIRIS and assess the potential of adopting some OPIRIS solutions their adequacy for his personal case study; OPIRIS_Scheduler available ON-LINE for current OPIRIS partners working on hydroponic crops in Greece and ready OFF-LINE for OpIRIS partners working on fruit-trees in Portugal, Estonia and Spain. Work will continue on this part to make the scheduler for fruit trees available ON-LINE soon. Any new user interested in OPIRIS services are welcomed. OPIRIS_Control has reached a very advanced stage  and will be ready online very soon. OPIRIS is a European project funded by the 7th Framework Programme. OPIRIS consortium is formed by 13 partners from 7 EU countries. The overall objective is to build a knowledge-based system for online precise irrigation scheduling (OpIRIS) using advanced results from previous FP projects on water and fertilizers productivity in fruit trees orchards and hydroponic productions in greenhouses. Further information on EMWIS website

11- The final meeting of the "PAWA - Pilot Arno Water Accounts"  project took place in Florence (Italy) on March, 30th. The main outputs of this 15-month pilot action were presented to an audience that gathered all local stakeholders as well as the partners. The project was co-funding by the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission (DG ENV), with the aim of promoting preventive actions on European basins against desertification through a sustainable management of water resources. Thanks to the development of water accounts at river basin level, it allowed improving knowledge on water resources available and their use in the Arno River basin (NW Italy) as well as assessing the potential impact of management, technological and economical measures to reduce the territory vulnerability against water scarcity and drought. The project was based on the UN SEEA-W approach and contributed to the EU guidance document on water balance developed within the Common Implementation Strategy for the WFD. The Coordinating entity is the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), and the main partners are: the Arno River Basin Agency (ARBA), Italy and the Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (EMWIS/SEMIDE), France. Further information on EMWIS website.

12- The MED-3R Genoese partners organized from 21 to 24 April 2015, a project’s monitoring committee, a meeting for the strategic platform and visits of the pilot sites. During this working meeting, the partners focused on finalizing urban waste management plans, reviewing progress of the pilot sites, particularly those concerning “Composting”. Post-MED-3R prospects were also discussed. The partners had the opportunity to take part in technical visits: - the public enterprise for urban cleaning AMIU (Azienda Multiservizi e d'Igiene Urbana), - the Green Palace, a municipal center for environmental education and information, where laboratories, seminars and exhibitions are held, - the "Recycling Factory" for restoring used objects and furniture, - and the public regional center for packaging sorting. « MED-3R Euro-Mediterranean Strategic Platform for a suitable waste management » is a strategic project of the ENPI CBC MED Programme included in the topic « Waste treatment and recycling ». This 90 % funded project by the European Union of a budget of 4,787,062 € brings together 15 direct partners (among others EMWIS & OIEAU) and 7 associated. Further information on MED-3R website.

13- Malta is among the world's most water-stressed countries. It has a very large external demand for virtual water. Its groundwater reserves are severely affected by both nitrate pollution and increasing salinity - consequences of human activities. The politicisation of water is the biggest obstacle to the production of a national plan as no administration will take the obvious risks of tough decisions, according to a think-tank report. The Today Public Policy Institute report, launched last April, was authored by World Bank expert Lee Roberts, Malta’s leading hydrologist and water treatment engineer Marco Cremona, and retired Royal Dutch Shell geologist Gordon Knox. The purpose of the report entitled: "Why Malta's National Water Plan Requires an Analytical Policy Framework" is to argue that policy analysis and the creation of a national policy framework are an essential pre-requisite to the formulation of a credible long-term water plan for Malta. A national water plan can not deliver the required results without such an analysis. Further information on EMWIS website

14- On Friday, 29 May, France’s Constitutional Council rejected the demands of SAUR (the third largest French water utility), which alleged that the law Brottes n°2013-312 from April 2013 violated its ‘freedom to engage in contracts and its freedom to do business’ (atteinte à la liberté contractuelle et à la liberté d'entreprendre). The Law stipulates that no water provider may cut-off or disconnect service from a primary residence, even if the bills have not been paid. The decision is final, without appeal.  SAUR’s lawyer argued that cut-offs are necessary in order that SAUR can ensure lower tariffs and higher quality service. SAUR also argued that, since the right to water does not exist in France, the relations between water provider and user fall under private law and that the contractual relationship is binding. Rosa Pavanelli, Public Services International General Secretary said: “This is a fundamental decision which clarifies the public service responsibilities of private water providers.” Further information on EMWIS website.

15- On request of the Jordanian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation (MWI), the International Office for Water (OIEAU/IOWater) organized last May, a study visit in France focusing on water scarcity management. The delegation of senior officials was led by MWI Secretary General, HE Basem TELFAH. Understanding the mechanisms and water resource allocation procedures between farmers and other users in a situation where the water requirements exceed the available groundwater resources was the aim of this visit. The participants were received by their counterparts in the Ministry of Sustainable Development and the Water Agency of Seine Normandie before traveling to Orleans to discuss participatory and operational management arrangements for the Beauce aquifer. DREAL, the Chamber of Agriculture of the Loiret, BRGM and the Local Water Commission of Beauce welcomed them successively. The study visit is part of a program established with the support from the German Cooperation, GIZ, which works closely with the French cooperation in Jordan. A first expert mission took place in March 2015 in Jordan. IOWater promotes internationally IWRM, participatory water management, particularly in irrigated agriculture and provides institutional support to authorities from the requesting countries to adapt procedures and management tools developed in very specific constraint systems. Further information on EMWIS website

16- The $950 million Red Sea-Dead Sea conveyance project has finally been given the go-ahead. While it will likely save Jordan money and provide it with much-needed fresh water, doubts remain about whether it can save the fast-shrinking Dead Sea over the long-term. After years on the drawing board, a multi-million-dollar project, primarily designed to save the Dead Sea from extinction, has finally been allowed to proceed by Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. The Red Sea-Dead Sea project will involve building a desalination plant in Aqaba to provide fresh water to the three parties for agriculture and drinking purposes. Brine water, a byproduct of this process, will then be pumped north via a pipeline to replenish the Dead Sea. This is the first time Jordan, Israel, and Palestine have come together to collaborate on a trilateral project since the Oslo Peace Treaty in 1995. Unsurprisingly, political and environmental controversy has surrounded the deal, along with concerns that the initial project—proposed in 2005 at a cost of $11 billion—was not economically feasible. The project has since been scaled down significantly from the version originally envisioned, but the parties involved have agreed to implement the first of five potential phases at a cost of approximately $950 million. For Jordan, the project is expected to save the country at least $2.1 billion per year, while each water unit will be 25 percent cheaper than the Disi water project.  Further information on EMWIS website

17- Israeli wastewater treatment technology company Mapal Green Energy is preparing to float on London’s Alternative Investment Market in early summer this year in a bid to expand its global footprint. Mapal’s fine bubble aeration technology is aimed at reducing the cost of wastewater treatment by reducing the large amount of energy consumed by treatment plants. Founded in 2007, the company now boasts 40 installations worldwide, with the UK accounting for a significant chunk of the portfolio. New regulations brought in with the latest UK asset management plan in April this year have made utilities there more conscious of wastewater treatment plant operating costs. Further information on EMWIS website

18- The SWIM program recently released an analysis on extreme events that occurred during the last three decades.  Apart from presenting an inventory of drought and flood episodes during the past 50 years in the South Mediterranean countries, their potential linkage with climate change as one of the drivers for the extreme phenomena and the socioeconomic impacts of both events, based on available online literature, the assessment also contains focused studies for Jordan, Palestine and Tunisia. The case studies indicate that water related decision making in both Jordan and Palestine during drought periods is mainly driven by a reactive management approach. On the other hand, the Tunisian drought management system is based on three phases: (i) before drought (preparedness and early warning); (ii) drought management (mitigating the impacts of drought based on a drought mitigation guidelines developed in this regard); and (iii) post drought (involving updating the drought mitigation guidelines). The study also presents the planning tools and guidance already available that can be used for coping with both risk and uncertainty. Accordingly, a framework for drought and flood management policy recommendations are presented that embrace the concept of drought and flood risk management. Further information on EMWIS website

19- To help Egypt improve the functioning of its water sector, the EU is funding a technical assistance project to the Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) for technical studies and strategy development, as part of the Water Sector Reform Programme – Phase II (WSRP-Phase II). The €2.4 million project, launched officially earlier this month in Cairo, will significantly contribute to all three objectives of the WSRP-Phase II: a more robust and coherent institutional framework with clearly defined water policy and strategy, and with better performing water service providers; better use of existing water resources by improving the operational efficiency of affiliated companies; reducing water losses and reusing treated wastewater as well as protecting public health and the environment. Specifically, the project aims to: •Provide HCWW with a Strategic plan for Technical Losses Reduction; •Improve the management of Reverse Osmosis Plants Brine Disposal and the adoption of suitable regulation on this matter; and •Update the National Rural Sanitation Strategy. Further information on EMWIS website

20- SWEEP-Net has been ratified as a Regional Intergovernmental Organization by the Tunisian Parliament: An Important milestone has been achieved. On June 2, 2015, the Tunisian parliament has voted 135 votes in favor (5 against and 7 abstentions), the Organic Law No. 25/2014 on the ratification of the charter establishing and organizing the Regional Exchange of Information and Expertise Network in the sector of waste management "SWEEP-Net". This ratification follows the signature of the founding statutes of the regional organization SWEEP-Net by 5 countries in the region (Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania, Tunisia and Yemen). The ratification by Yemen and Tunisia opens the door to the creation of the intergovernmental organization SWEEP-Net. A key objective of the SWEEP-Net project is also to ensure the sustainability of the network by providing the legal status of regional organization. Further information on EMWIS website

21- Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has recently begun construction of the desalination plant in Agadir, Morocco. This plant located 45 km from the city of Agadir will supply 100,000 m3/day of drinking water to more than 500,000 people in the region. It will also ensure the drinking water supply and water security in the zone, further contributing to the development of the tourism and agricultural industries that are the main economic drivers of this region. The plant will use the most modern ultrafiltration pre-treatment systems and reverse osmosis technology to desalinate sea water. Furthermore, the plant’s capacity may be increased in the future by an additional 100,000 m3/day of drinking water. The Agadir desalination project is the largest capacity desalination plant in the region. A total of €82 million in financing has been arranged with a consortium of local banks. Furthermore, this is the first project that the National Power and Drinking Water Office (ONEE) has developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) system, putting Abengoa at the forefront of this model in Morocco. Further information on EMWIS website

22- The Algerian water sector received a strong support from the support of the European program EAU II for strengthening the technical capacity of the human resources of the water and sanitation sector. " On 15 April 2015, Ms. Hasina Hammouche the program director, publicly presented the results of EAU II in presence of Ms. Manuela Navarro, head of cooperation operations at the Delegation of the European Union, Ahmed Nadri, Director of human resources, training and cooperation in water resources Ministry and Ms. Nora Frioui, Deputy Director General of the National Sanitation Office. It was also the opportunity to present their certificate to the 20 new trainers of the Training Centre for sanitation careers in Boumerdes. The Graduate School of Water Resources Management in Oran is also benefiting from EAU II program. As the EAU II program is ending soon, it will be the Algerian institutions who should ensure the sustainability of actions ... and the motivation and enthusiasm demonstrated by the trainers. Further information on EMWIS website

23- System monitoring from the screen of a central remote control station, remote access to data via the Internet, messages going directly to the mobile phones of maintenance staff, automatic data consolidation in technical management reports: these are the foundations of an ambitious project for the remote management of sanitation facilities that have been laid down in Algeria, with support from the EU-funded programme EAU II to the National Sanitation Office (ONA). During the first stage of the project installations to be remotely managed have been identifed and the technical requirements defined. The install process is now going on in El Oued and Ouargla. In parallel, 20 technicians have been trained in the operation of remote management systems, with workshops on project documents and field visits to already equipped sites. Further information on EMWIS website

24- A consortium, including Saudi-owned infrastructure firm ACWA Power, was selected for Bahrain's 390,000 tonne a year waste-to-energy plant based on a build own transfer basis under a 25-year public-private partnership concession. The bid included the provision of desalinated water. The ministry said four proposals had been submitted and that one included a "waste to water facility which can provide the Kingdom of Bahrain with Desalinated Water utilising a renewable and sustainable source of energy in the process". The desalination aspect of the consortium's bid is expected to prove interesting in the region which is seriously affected by water scarcity. ACWA Power already supplies some 2.4 million m³/day of desalinated water to the region. Further information on EMWIS website

25- Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has selected a Japanese consortium, to build an electricity and water plant comprising a 590,000 m³/d desalination facility and a 2.4 GW gas-fired power station at Umm Al Houl, 20km south of the city of Doha. Kahramaa has also signed a 25-year power and water purchase agreement with this consortium. Power and water production at the plant are expected to start commercial operations in 2017. The project has been planned to meet the increasing power and water demands in the country arising from its steady economic growth. Further information on EMWIS website

26- Saudi Arabia's General Establishment for Water Desalination (GEWD) is, over the next four years, implementing new projects with a total production capacity of up to 2.5 million m³/d in the Makkah region and the eastern province. Water and electricity minister, Abdullah Al-Hussayen, told a recent press conference that the first project in the Makkah region includes the establishment of two plants with the first - in Jeddah - with a production capacity of 400,000 m³/d, and the second in Rabigh with a production capacity of 600,000 m³/d to meet the needs of Makkah, Taif and Jeddah. GEWD governor, Abdul Rahman Al-Ibrahim said the establishment was currently working on presenting the project to the contractor, while the other approved project in Jubail will cover the eastern province and Riyadh water needs with a capacity of 1.5 million m³/d. He said that the projects will meet all water needs in the designated areas and were expected to be launched at the end of 2016 and completed by mid-2020. He said the ministry is implementing water and sewage projects worth more than SR 60 billion (US$ 16 billion) but, due to the large expansion of some cities and regions, some citizens and residents may not feel the results of such projects yet. Further information on EMWIS website

27- The implementation of the European Flood Directive 2007/60/EC requires the establishment of public participation mechanisms to ensure citizens’ involvement in the flood management cycle. This raises questions on how to achieve this goal and successfully translate the directive into meaningful and effective participation. Innovative means, such as citizen observatories enabled by information and communication technologies, have the potential to provide citizens with a substantially new role in decision-making. In this paper, a framework is developed for analysing the potential for participation via ICT-enabled citizen observatories and undertake a comparative analysis of the UK, the Netherlands and Italy. The analysis of the transposition of legal obligations for citizen participation shows that implementation is limited when examining both the respective roles and types of interactions between citizen and authorities and the impact of citizen participation on decision-making. Different authorities have differing perceptions of citizen participation in flood risk management in terms of their roles and influence. The results also indicate that these perceptions are related to the importance that the authorities place on the different stages of the disaster cycle. This understanding is crucial for identifying the potential of citizen observatories to foster greater citizen engagement and participation. Further information on EMWIS website

28- Recycling and reuse technologies can help to preserve the precious water resource even in very arid regions. An EU-funded project has developed a decision support tool to help communities select the most suitable solutions for their needs. The web-based programme developed by the Coroado project is proposing tailor-made solutions to water management problems. It draws on a wide range of expertise in order to identify the best possible combination of water recycling and reuse technologies for a given region. In addition to this know-how, the system takes into account of the requirements and concerns of the various local stakeholders in order to find an acceptable solution for all. The development of this application and the community consultation process were demonstrated in four Latin American regions that are facing a variety of water management challenges.  Suitability, in this context, is not just a matter of technology. A wide variety of considerations enter into the equation when it comes to finding the best technological fit for a specific geographical, cultural and economic environment. While the project focuses on communities in Latin America, the system and methodology it developed are transposable, says Karavitis. They can help to develop the new, sustainable solutions that are urgently needed as populations grow, land use pressures build up and the climate changes. Further information on EMWIS website

29- The COST Action EURO-AGRIWAT will focus on the assessment of water footprint (WF) and virtual water trade (VWT) of key food and no-food agricultural products, including their uncertainties, as well as scenarios concerning WF and VWT under future climatic conditions. The use of advanced tools and data such as remote sensing, updated climatic databases, climatic projections/scenarios and agrometeorological models represents the base of the activity. The use of such instruments will allow a detailed analysis of interactions between crops, climate and management that will be taken into account in the WF assessment. An important component of the Action will be the preparation and dissemination of recommendations and guidelines for enabling a more efficient water resource management in relation with agricultural activities under climate change and variability.  These features will allow a collaboration between scientists and stakeholders and the development of common strategies to broaden the available research expertise. Further information on EMWIS website

30- Middle East Desalination Research Center’s (MEDRC) Director, Ciarán Ó Cuinn announced recently a major international research project to develop a regional HABs Early Warning System for the Gulf. The project, entitled ‘Combatting the Emerging Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) on Desalination Plants: Bloom Detection, Forecasting, and Strategies for Impact Reduction’ has just started and end in January 2016. Many arid countries are increasingly reliant on seawater desalination for drinking water and industrial purposes. An emerging threat to this critical need is from harmful algal blooms (HABs). Some HABs produce potent neurotoxins that can persist in treated water, threatening human health. Other HABs restrict operations by clogging intake filters, fouling surfaces, and compromising membranes. Impacts can be severe, as seen during a 2008/2009 HAB in the Gulf of Oman that negatively affected multiple desalination plants, including one that had to cease operations for 55 days.  This project builds on the work and proceedings of the International Conference on the Impact of Red Tides and Harmful Algae Blooms that MEDRC, in partnership with the Oman Public Authority of Power and Water and UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, held in April 2014 in Muscat. Direct project funding of more than $650,000 has been provided by USAID with many of the participating institutions making significant in-kind contributions. Further information on EMWIS website

31- A recent study realized by SWIM-SM assesses the current installed capacity and prospects of desalination until 2023. It also investigates the cumulative environmental impacts of mega desalination plants conglomerating around the Mediterranean Sea. In fact, in most South Mediterranean countries, there is growing concern that the available freshwater resources are now facing or will soon encounter severe chronic shortages that might make life difficult and among the solutions envisaged by countries is to produce freshwater by desalinating salt water. Desalination plants have been built since several decades at various scales in almost all Mediterranean countries. Recent advances in technology have made it an economically viable as alternative source of freshwater: the reported installed capacity has dramatically increased between 2000 to 2013 by an astounding 560 %. Spain has the highest installed cumulative capacity of 3.7 Million m3 /day, followed by Algeria and Israel, with respective daily production of 2.4 Million m³/day and 2.1 Million m³/day. However, beside its important benefits, seawater desalination also has impacts associated with the intakes, outfalls and energy consumption. The study also provides a simple nine steps methodology to assess the cumulative impacts of desalination plants, which were never assessed or foreseen before in the Mediterranean Sea also due the lack of integrated information systems and networks. Further information on EMWIS website

32- The Gates Foundation-funded Omni processor plant takes human waste and converts it into drinking water and electricity, helping to meet two of the developing world's biggest needs at once. What's the road map for setting up these innovative facilities in the areas where they're needed most, and could linking power generation and sanitation be the key to clean energy deployment in poor countries? Much progress has been made in pursuit of the Millenium Development Goals. Between 1990 and 2012, an estimated 2.3 billion people gained access to improved drinking water.  While such significant improvements are welcomed, there remains a great deal of work still to be done. The most recent figures from the World Health Organisation indicated that 2.5 billion, roughly a third of the world's human population, still lack access to improved sanitation. At the same time, one billion people practice open defecation, increasing the risk of disease, and an estimated 1.8 billion people drink water that is faecally contaminated. With the Omni Processor seemingly offering a solution to two of the major issues for the developing world, just how big an impact might it have? Speaking about the technologies dual-service of generating water and electricity, Bill Gates said: "The processor wouldn't just keep human waste out of the drinking water; it would turn waste into a commodity with real value in the marketplace. It's the ultimate example of that old expression: one man's trash is another man's treasure." In a video to promote the technology, Gates also drank the water and said: "The water tasted as good as any I've had out of a bottle. And having studied the engineering behind it, I would happily drink it every day. It's that safe." Further information on EMWIS website

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33- Algeria: New Minister of Water Resources and Environment. On May 14th, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has carried out a cabinet reshuffle after consulting the Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal. Three major portfolios changed hands: those of the Interior, Energy and Finance. Mr. Abdelouahab Nouri, was appointed Minister of Water Resources and Environment. Further information on EMWIS website

34- IUCN ROWA has just announced the new appointment of a Regional Director, Mr Fadi Al-Shraideh: Fadi, a Jordanian national, has held the position of Regional Director ad-interim at the Regional Office for West Asia (ROWA), based in Amman, Jordan since July 2013. He has been and will continue to be responsible for leading the activities of the Union in West Asia. Before joining IUCN, Fadi was the Country Coordinator for Care International in Jordan. Further information on EMWIS website

35- INWEB Coordinator appointed as Greek Secretary of State for Water: Prof. Jacques Ganoulis, Coordinator of the UNESCO Chair/INWEB, has been appointed by the Greek Government as "Special State Secretary for Water" at the Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment and Energy, Athens, Greece.  He has more than 35 years experience in integrated water resources management, risk analysis, climate change and transboundary water management, including transboundary aquifer resources and conflict resolution. Further information on EMWIS website

36- Jean Paul Chabard appointed Scientific Director of EDF R&D, France: IAHR Honorary Member Prof. Jean Paul Chabard appointed Scientific Director of EDF Research and Division by EDF President. Further information on EMWIS website

37- The Tour du Valat honoured by the Ramsar Convention: On Wednesday 3 June 2015, the Tour du Valat received the Ramsar Convention Award for Merit, at the 12th Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention in Punta del Este (Uruguay).  The Ramsar Convention Merit Award was handed to the Tour du Valat’s General Director Jean Jalbert on Wednesday 3 June 2015 in recognition of 60 years of research and action for the study, management, and preservation of Mediterranean wetlands. It is also in honour of an extraordinary human adventure led by Luc Hoffmann, who created this unique research centre in the Camargue in 1954. The Tour du Valat has since welcomed generations of researchers from many nationalities, all passionate about wetlands and the biodiversity they host. The Tour du Valat was one of the initiators of the Ramsar Convention, and then played a decisive role in the creation of the MedWet initiative in 1991. It has also actively contributed to the implementation of the principles of the Ramsar Convention in the Mediterranean Basin. In this 12th COP, it has been very active and involved, working on draft resolutions, taking part in many events at the “Mediterranean Agora”, and presenting the results of the Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory. Further information on EMWIS website.

38- Application to Master of Sciences in Global Change Ecology, Germany - Deadline, 15th July 2015: The application deadline this summer for an attractive and intense international MSc study program in Global Change Ecology at the University of Bayreuth in Germany.  Further information on EMWIS website

39- Scholarships, Master of Integrated Water Management (International Development): The International Water Centre (IWC) is currently offering full scholarships for high calibre international candidates interested in studying the Master of Integrated Water Management (MIWM) commencing in Semester 1, 2016 at The University of Queensland (Australia). The MIWM program offers three specialisation streams and International Development (including a ‘Water supply and sanitation’ module) is one of them. Apply online for a scholarship by 1 August 2015. Further information on EMWIS website

40- PhD offer - Geomorpholgy-based hydrochemistry - Rennes, France: Relief is underlying the dynamics of hydrological processes, and their space-time intergration of the watershed level. Conditions: 3 years contract under the French regulations. National standard salary for a PHD. Starting October 2015. Master diploma mandatory in geoscience, agronomy, physical geography, environmental modelling. Further information on EMWIS website

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41- "Water and Climate Change Adaptation in Transboundary Basins: Lessons Learned and Good Practices, a new report from UNECE & INBO": The publication intends to compile, analyse and disseminate experiences, and thereby to demonstrate and illustrate important steps and lessons learned as well as good practices to take into account when developing a climate change adaptation strategy for water management in the basin or transboundary context. The publication serves as a complement to the Guidance on Water and Adaptation to Climate Change as well as to the previous handbooks of the International Network of Basin Organizations. Further information on EMWIS website.

42- Managing Water Resources under Climate Uncertainty: Examples from Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Australia – a new book by Sangam Shrestha, A.K. Anal, P.A. Salam and Michael van der Valk (eds) – has just been published by Springer. The book describes the impacts of climate change on the water cycle in Asia and Europe, and compares options for adaptation while looking at different regions that each have their own particularities. Further information on EMWIS website

43- The High Level Panel on Infrastructure Financing for a Water-Secure World has just published its latest report: The future of water finance in two lines or 127 pages. It is supposed to send a “wake-up call” for governments to commit to action. Further information on EMWIS website

44- SWIM-SM, in collaboration with the EU-funded MeHSIP project, have carried out a Verification and Validation of Adequacy & Efficiency of Operation of wastewater treatment plants in Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia. The outcomes of this exercise have been recently published and are available in English and French. Further information on EMWIS website

45- April 2015 was marked by the World Water Forum 7 in South Korea during and around which various new analyses and perspectives on global water challenges and markets were published.  The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD launched several new reports on water challenges all of which can be read online: 1) Stakeholder Engagement for Inclusive Water Governance; 2) The Governance of Water Regulators; 3) Water and Cities. Ensuring Sustainable Futures ; and 4) Water Resources allocation: Sharing Risks and Opportunities. Two further reports were developed in collaboration with partner organisations: 1) Securing Water, Sustaining Growth and 2) Water: fit to Finance? Further information on EMWIS website

46- The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has recently published its final report on Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals: Launching a data revolution for the SDGs. This report is the result of over 18 months of consultations led by the SDSN with the contributions of nearly 500 organizations and thousands of individuals – draft versions of the report have so far been downloaded over 80,000 times. Further information on EMWIS website

47- GWI Analysts' Report - The Global Water Market in 2016: Capital expenditure trends in municipal and industrial water to 2019.  Further information on EMWIS website

48- Ineffective rule of law is a main challenge towards implementing Integrated Water Resources management (IWRM) concepts, as identified by a regional review recently conducted in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco by SWIM-SM: "Guidelines on measures for improving compliance with water legislations and assessment of enforcement capacity in the SWIM-SM region with focus on Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon and Morocco". Further information on EMWIS website

49- Sustainable management of water in an arid region: water supply measures compared: This study investigated the environmental impact of alternative means of supplying water for irrigation, urban and environmental purposes in the region. It used a life cycle approach, covering the construction, operational and dismantling phases of supply, to compare the impact of two external sources: the Tajo-Segura water transfer system and seawater desalination. Further information on EMWIS website

50- Important points from HLPE report - Water is integral to food security and nutrition: by the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE), on water food security and nutrition. The report is the first of its kind to bring together water, food security and nutrition. The report is unique in pointing out these connections, and understanding these links is integral to tackling poverty. It goes far beyond the usual agricultural focus and highlights the necessity of water and sanitation for human wellbeing and survival. Further information on EMWIS website

51- The UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes: provides invaluable insights into the contribution of this international agreement towards transboundary water cooperation via its legal provisions, accompanying institutional arrangements and subsidiary policy mechanisms. Further information on EMWIS website.

52- Proceedings of the 3rd Arab Water Forum - “Together towards a Secure Arab Water” 09-11 December 2014 Cairo, Egypt. Further information on EMWIS website

53- Water Desalination Report is the most accurate and up-to-date news source for the desalination sector. Further information on EMWIS website

54- Innovation in the European water sector: This Future Brief was researched, written and edited by the Science Communication Unit, University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol. Further information on EMWIS website

55- Summary Report from IISD Reporting Services on a high level meeting held on 12-13 May 2015 in New York, which will have implications for monitoring the new SDG on water. Further information on EMWIS website

56- A Monitoring Tool for Resilience, Working Paper from the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security. Further information on EMWIS website

57- Thomson Reuters Reports Move of Tech Trends to Food & Water: A new report shows that our passion for cutting-edge technology may be (slightly) waning—and innovators are pivoting to areas where they can truly make an impact. Further information on EMWIS website

58- Property and the Right to Water: Toward a Non-Liberal Commons, by J. Schmidt and K.R. Mitchell,  Review of Radical Political Economics, 46(1): 54–69, 2014. Further information on EMWIS website

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59- EUROMED Invest call for projects: The EU-funded EUROMED Invest project has announced the opening of its second call for interest in implementing project activities. The project invites affiliated organisations to submit their proposals by 30 June 2015. Selected operations will be announced on the occasion of the second EUROMED Invest annual conference in September. Activities implemented included roadshows, mentorships and masterclasses. The objective of the EUROMED Invest project is to boost private business and investment within the Euro-Mediterranean region to contribute to an inclusive economic development. The project activities aim to empower Euro-Med business and investment networks to implement targeted strategies in support of SME development in specific sectors: agri-food, water and alternative energies, tourism, transport and logistics, cultural and creative industries. Further information on EMWIS website

60- The WaterWorks2014 Cofudend Call: Stepping up EU research and innovation cooperation in the water area.  The ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2014 was launched in 2014 in support of the Water JPI. It is funded by the EC under Horizon 2020. 1st Stage - Deadline for Submission of Pre-Proposals: 4 May 2015, 17h00 (CET). 2nd Stage - Deadline for Submission of Full Proposals: 14 September 2015, 17h00 (CET). This Cofunded Call is funded by 17 Funding Organisations from 15 different countries –with the European Commission participation. This call is for collaborative transnational research proposals. Consortium should include a minimum of 3 partners from 3 different participating countries. Further information on EMWIS website

61- SWIM and Horizon 2020 Support Mechanisms: Shortlisted proposals have been announced. Further information on EMWIS website

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62- In Collaboration with the Arabian Gulf University in Bahrain, the Arab Remote Sensing and GIS Organisation (ARGISO) has just announced the 4th International Geoscience and Geomatics Conference to be held on 23rd - 25th November 2015, in Manama, Bahrain. An internationally renowned Keynote speakers in the field of Remote Sensing will be holding discussion on several topics , namely, Professor Alfredo Huete (University of Technology, Sydney), Professor Mazlan Hashim (University of Technology Malaysia). The Conference provides a platform for professionals, researchers and student from all over the world to exchange new findings and advances in this field. It aims to cover all aspects on scientific and technical advances in the field of Geoscience and Geomatics ranging from the integration of instruments, methodologies and technologies to their use in environmental sciences, engineering and other natural sciences. in addition, the 2nd International ASD Users meeting will be held alongside the conference. The deadline for submissions of abstracts has been extended to : 30th of June, 2015. Further information on EMWIS website

63- Call for abstracts for IAH congress, 13-18 September 2015, Rome (Italy):  All authors are advised that they must confirm their participation by registering via the congress website before the deadline for early fee registration on June 30th. Preparations are building up now to what promises to be an excellent all round congress. Further information on EMWIS website

64- SHF and BRGM are organizing the conference "Emerging Pollutants, new challenges for groundwater management", on 19 and 20 May 2016, in Orleans, France. This conference wishes to deepen the issues of emerging pollutants in groundwater, their inclusion in the European Water Framework Directive (WFD), their impact on the environment, aquatic environments and health. The aim is to share the state of knowledge, progress and scientific barriers between different actors, stakeholders and scientists. Abstracts submission deadline: June 30, 2015. Further information on EMWIS website

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65- More than 20 participants from MENA region trained on improving transparency, accountability and participation in the water sector, 9-10 May 2015 in Sharm El Shaikh, Egypt: Following a successful first training in January 2015 the second regional training course on water integrity for the Middle East and North Africa region was held on 09 and 10 May 2015 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt; back to back with the IUCN-ROWA regional conference RKNOW “Water and Nature Conservation - Knowledge Sharing in MENA Region”. More than 20 participants learned about the context and relevance of integrity in the management of water; methods to improve transparency, accountability and participation for better water governance and more sustainable water management. Promoting water integrity and fighting corruption in the management of water has the potential to create dramatic and lasting improvement for human dignity, health, nature and equitable access to water. Additionally, it helps create a fertile ground for socio-economic development and investments. This regional course is part of a series of training workshops, specifically tailored for the Middle East and North Africa region as part of the regional Water Integrity Capacity Building Programme in the Middle East and North Africa (WI MENA). The overall objective of the programme is to develop capacities of various stakeholders for water integrity in the MENA region, thereby improving transparency and accountability practices in water resources management. This training in particular aims at reaching out to the wider MENA region; beyond the five pilot countries and the specific target groups of the WI MENA programme. Further information on EMWIS website

66- The Institute of Environmental Sciences (ISE) of the University of Geneva (Switzerland) announced the opening of registration for the second edition of its Continuing Education University Certificate of water management and policy 2015-2016 session. Deadline: September 12, 2015; classes begin on 1 October. Further information on EMWIS website

67- Water Security for Policy Makers and Practitioners short course - 7-11 September 2015, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK: The course is designed for entry and mid-level water and development policy-makers and professionals in government, donor, NGO or implementing agencies as well as for environmental journalists, consultants and activists. Further information on EMWIS website

68- Agro-food marketing Master: Next edition: 1st part: 28 September 2015 – 3 June 2016 / 2nd part: September 2016 – June 2017. The Master is organized by the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ) of the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM). The Master is open to students from all over the world, although they come mainly from CIHEAM member countries (Albania, Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey), from Europe and Latin America. Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/25 - 2015/06/26] Groundwater in the coastal zone: two-day course, Wageningen, the Netherlands
Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/22 - 2015/06/26] Water desalination using membranes: A five day master degree intensive course, Nantes, France

Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/08 - 2015/06/11] MEDRC: RO Level 1 Hands On Training: Seawater Reverse Osmoisosi Operation, Monitoring & Troubleshooting, MEDRC Training Facility - Muscat, Oman

Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/08 - 2015/06/10] EU project to organise training on public–private partnerships in water sector, Jordan

Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/08 - 2015/06/17] EWACC Conference & Young Scholars Forum, Nicosia, Cyprus

Further information on EMWIS website

[2015/06/07 - 2015/06/11] Training Course Announcement: Planning and Design of Wastewater Treatment Plant, Amman, Jordan

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