5th World Water Forum, Topic 2.2:Water for Energy, Energy for Water

EYUP HALL, Sutluce Congress and Culture Center

Opening Session: Water for Energy, Energy for Water

Topic overview and session objectives: previews to the technology, sustainability and policy sessions.

Convening Contact and Moderator:Richard TAYLOR, Executive Director International Hydropower Association (IHA) (rmt@hydropower.org)

Chair: Reza ARDAKANIAN, Director, UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC)

Speakers:Dipak GYAWALI, Head, Nepal Water Conservation FoundationTom VEREIJKEN, Chairman, European Water Partnership (EWP)Karin KRCHNAK, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)Nathalie CHARTIER-TOUZÉ, Executive Secretary, French Water Partnership (FWP)

Topic 2.2: Sessions

Location: EYUP HALL, Sutluce Congress and Culture Center

Opening Session: Water for Energy, Energy for Water (18 March 2009, 14:30-15:30)Convening Contact and Moderator:Richard TAYLOR, International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Technology Session: Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint? (18 March 2009, 15:30-19:00)Convening Contact: Harro RIEDSTRA, European Water Partnership (EWP)

Sustainability Session: Embedding sustainability in water and energy development (19 March 2009, 08:30-13:00)Convening contact: Karin KRCHNAK, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Policy Session: Voltage and Volume: Can water and energy policies work hand in hand? (19 March 2009, 14:30-18:00) Convening Contact: Nathalie CHARTIER-TOUZE, French Water Partnership

Closing Session: Wrap-up and Synthesis (19 March 2009, 18:00-19:00)Convening Contact and Moderator:Richard TAYLOR, International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Topic 2.2: Overview of Sessions

Topic 2.2 Sessions Venue: EYUP HALL, Sutluce Congress and Culture Center

Date/Time Description

Opening session: Water for Energy, Energy for Water

18 March 14:30- 15 :30

Topic overview and session objectives: previews to the technology, sustainability and policy sessions.

Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint?

18 March 15:30- 19:00

This session looks at the reduction of energy and water footprints through innovative technologies, and barriers to their progress.

Embedding sustainability in water and energy development

19 March 08:30-13:00

Considering sustainability in water/energy subsectors, what tools exist to measure performance, and asks how to further embed sustainability principles.

Voltage and Volume: Can water and energy policies work hand in hand?

19 March 14 :30- 18 :00

An investigation of the interrelation of water and energy policies and seeks to recommend means to avoid negative consequences through greater integration, better governance and coordination of policies at different levels (international, regional, river-basin, national, local).

Wrap-up and Synthesis 19 March 18 :00- 19 :00

Pooling observations from the preceding sessions and bringing forward recommendations for future action.

Topic 2.2: Key Questions

Session 2.2.3 - Technology: Which technologies and policies are available to reduce the water / energy footprint? Which barriers limit these technologies and which policies and incentives are needed?

Session 2.2.2 - Sustainability:What are the key issues, challenges and policy recommendations for embedding sustainability in the water-energy nexus? What tools are available for guiding sustainable development?

Session 2.2.1 - Policy: How to build new integrated policies between water and energy?

Session 2.2.4 - Closing SessionWhich conclusions can be drawn from the technology sustainability and the policy perspectives on the Water-Energy Nexus and which pathways forward have been outlined?

Topic 2.2: Timeframe

The topic has been developed over a two-year timeframe, involving several meetings and initiatives:

March 2007: World Water Forum Scoping Workshop (Antalya); November 2007: Kick-Off Meeting (Istanbul); February 2008: Preparatory Meeting (Istanbul); June 2008: Provisional drafting of recommendations to the ministerial process; August 2008: World Water Week (Stockholm); November 2008: UNESCO Water and Energy Nexus Symposium (Paris) December 2008: Review of approximately 100 contributions to WW5 Virtual

Meeting Space January 2009: Contribution to Co-operative Programme on Water and Climate January 2009: Briefing contribution to the World Water Development Report February 2009: Finalization of Session Situation Documents.

Topic 2.2: Contributing Organisations

Organizations involved in the development of this Topic:

African Development Bank Asociación Nacional de Empresas

de Agua y Saneamiento (ANEAS) Australian National University CIEMAT, Spanish Research Centre

on Environment & Energy CONAQUA Degremont DHI Water & Environment DSI - State Hydraulic Works,

Turkey European Water Partnership

(EWP) Food and Agriculture Organization French Water Partnership

Global Water Partnership Africa GTZ -Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Technische Zusammenarbeit International Commission on

Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) International Hydropower

Association (IHA) IUCN-World Conservation Union KWR Watercycle Research

Institute Ministry of Energy and Water

Development, Zambia Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Ministry of Petroleum and Energy,

Norway

Topic 2.2: Contributing Organisations

Organizations involved in the development of this Topic :

Ministry of Sustainable Development, France

Ministry of Transport (etc), Japan Ministry of Water and Energy,

Lebanon National Committee on Water,

France PIANC Plan Bleu RED-Ethique Society of Water and Energy of

Gabon Suez-Environment Suez-Environnement, France

Technology Platform for Water and Irrigation (STPWI)

The Nature Conservancy The World Bank UNESCO-IHP Union of Black Sea Region NGOs University of Santa Barbara

California University of Twente, Netherlands UN Water Veolia Water World Energy Council (Turkey) WWF Dams Initiative

This session looks at the reduction of energy and water footprints through innovative technologies, and barriers to their progress.

Convening Contact:Harro RIEDSTRA, Project Manager, European Water Partnership (EWP) (hriedstra@ewp.eu)

Moderator:Torkil JONCH-CLAUSEN, Managing Director, DHI Water Policy, Denmark

Rapporteur: Oivind JOHANSEN, Assistant Director General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE), Norway

Keynote:Olcay UNVER, Coordinator of the WWAP Secretariat, World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

Technology Session: Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint?

Part 1 - Identification of technology gaps

Miguel LOPEZ, President, Spanish Technology Platform for Water and Irrigation (STPWI)

Thierry MALLET, CEO, Degremont Technologies

Greg CLAYDON, Executive Director, Strategic Water Initiatives, Water and Catchment Division, Department of Natural Resources and Water, Queensland, Australia

Peter GLAS, Vice-Chairman, Dutch Association of Regional Water Authorities (Unie van Waterschappen)

Technology Session: Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint?

Part 2 – Recommendations to reduce energy and water footprints

Arjen HOEKSTRA, Professor in Multidisciplinary Water Management, Department of Water Engineering & Management, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Henrik LARSEN, Head of Water Management Department, DHI, Denmark

Adriana HULSMANN, Drinkwater Expert, KWR Watercycle Research Institute

Jamie PITTOCK, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University

Heather COOLEY, Senior Research Associate, Water Program, Pacific Institute

Jean BOROTO, Programme Officer, Africa Programme, World Water Council (WWC)

Technology Session: Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint?

Part 3 – Proposal and Approval of conclusions and recommendations

Amar Jibi GHIMIRE, Executive Committee Member, Independent Power Producer Association, Nepal

Nadine McCORMICK, Programme Officer on Energy and Livelihoods, IUCN

Jerry Sehlke, President, American Water Resources Association

Haakon THAULOW, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)

Walid ABDERRAHMAN, Director Water Research Program, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Technology Session: Taming Bigfoot: What technologies can reduce the water and energy footprint?

Sustainability Session:Embedding sustainability in water and energy development

Considering sustainability in water/energy subsectors, what tools exist to measure performance, and asks how to further embed sustainability principles.

Convening contact: Karin KRCHNAK, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Chair: Vahid ALAVIAN, World Bank Advisor, ETWWA

Moderator:Richard TAYLOR, Executive Director International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Rapporteur: Karin KRCHNAK, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Sustainability Session:Embedding sustainability in water and energy development

Speakers: Frédéric GOURDIN, CEO, SUEZ Environment, China

Katharine CROSS, Project Officer, Water Programme, World Conservation Union (IUCN)

Helen LOCHER, Coordinator, Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum, IHA

Mustafa ASSAF, Head of Energy Saving Unit, Water Authority of Jordan

Sustainability Principles Panel Peter BOSSHARD, Policy Director, International Rivers

Washington MUTAYOBA, Director of Water Resources, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Government of Tanzania

Nick HEPWORTH, Director, Water Witness International

John BRISCOE, Prof of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University

Policy Session: Voltage and Volume: Can water and energy policies work hand in hand?An investigation of the interrelation of water and energy policies and seeks to recommend means to avoid negative consequences through greater integration, better governance and coordination of policies at different levels (international, regional, river-basin, national, local).

Convening Contact:Nathalie CHARTIER-TOUZE, Executive Secretary, French Water Partnership (nct.pfe@astee.org)

Chair:Chantal JOUANNO, Minister for Ecology, France

Moderator/Rapporteur:Patrick LAVARDE, General Director, French National Agency for Water and Aquatic Systems (ONEMA)

Keynote:Henrik LARSEN, Head of Water Management Department, DHI, Denmark

Policy Session: Voltage and Volume: Can water and energy policies work hand in hand?Speakers: Nathalie CHARTIER-TOUZE, Executive Secretary, French Water Partnership

Maher SALMAN, Technical Officer, Natural Resources Management and Environment Department, FAO Water Development and Management Unit

B. Gül GOKTEPE, Head of Energy and Environment Commission, KASTOB (Union of Black Sea Region NGOs)

Henri-Luc THIBAULT, Director, Blue Plan

Martin GEIGER, Director Freshwater Program, WWF Germany

André FLAJOLET, President of the National Committee on Water, French Parliament

Dogan ALTINBILEK, Professor of Water Resources Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Hon. Kenneth KONGA, Minister of Energy and Water Development, Zambia

Robin Martin KÅSS, Deputy Minister for Petroleum and Energy, Norway

Georges FADI COMAIR, General Director of Electrical & Water Resources, Lebanese Ministry of Water and Energy

Closing Session: Wrap-up and Synthesis

Pooling observations from the preceding sessions and bringing forward recommendations for future action.

Convening Contact and Moderator:Richard TAYLOR, Executive Director, International Hydropower Association (IHA)

Co-Chairs: Hon. Kenneth KONGA, Minister of Energy and Water Development, Zambia Robin Martin KÅSS, Deputy Minister for Petroleum and Energy, MPE, Norway

Speakers: Technology session rapporteur: Oivind JOHANSEN, Assistant Director General, MPE,

Norway Sustainability Session rapporteur: Karin KRCHNAK, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy Policy Session rapporteurs: Patrick LAVARDE, General Director, French National Agency for

Water and Aquatic Systems

Rapporteur Topic 2.2: Michael FINK, Programme Director, International Hydropower Association (IHA)