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Background

• IWA:10 000 individual and 400 cor orate

members from 130 countries• Omega Action Alliance: UNSGAB

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• Biannual Congress: Previously held in, , , ,Berlin and Paris

• Montreal 2010: 3 000 dele ates and 1 500trade visitors attended

• IWA in association with CWWA and CAWQ



Strategic Intent and Outcomes

• En a e with the d namics of the water

sector and its interfaces, includingurbanization, climate change and energy

• va ua e an un que opportun ty or t e

community of world-leading water, ,explore the state of the art and debate thekey issues underlying the science and

prac ce o wa er• IWA specialist groups showcase their work



Thematic Areas

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management• Water climate and ener

• Cities of the future

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• Securing new and traditional water resourcesfor the future

• Water, ecosystems and catchments

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Key Note Speakers

20 Se tember 2010

• Bill Cosgrove – Cities of the future in today’sdeveloping countries: Argued that lack ofeve opment presente an opportun ty to

learn from mistakes made in the developed

• Pedro Pable Errazuriz, Chile – Recoveringwater services post-earthquake: Shed light

on the experience in Chile of rebuildinginfrastructure post-earthquake by private



Key Note Speakers

• Arjun Thapan – Corporate outlook key towater services: Water services have to betreated as business. Wherever Asia applied

the corporate outlook, it has worked with

• Khoo Teng Chye – Cities of the future: Areat art of transferabilit of technolo is in

governance – the political leadership andwill. If that is there, the rest of it falls into

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Key Note Speakers

• John Carey – Water use efficiency in-

issues of how to persuade those living-

• Helmut Krioss—Water and energy:

nv s one a u ure w ere uman ywould move towards solar power.



Key Note Speakers

23 September 2010

the best of the best: In top best of the bestcompanies, sustainability is “really embedded” and

.more people understand that the water crisis will hit

us sooner than others.



Asia-Pacific Regional Forum

Session 1: Energy efficiency in the water

– Mumbai Energy Alliance- Nitin Pandit – an ts mpact on energy e c ency

gains – Roland Leimberger

– c en energy use n e wa er supp ysector of Japan – Yoshihiko Misona



Asia-Pacific Regional Forum

Session 2: Urban sanitation Chair: Anand

Chiplunkar)Asia-Pacific urban sanitation outlook and

— ,discussion- S, Bonu; A, Ulrich; and P, Rivera.

Session 3: Water Reuse Chair: TomMollenkopf, CEO, Australian Water)

Surat wastewater recycling project-Anand

-Lim; Water Reuse experience in Australia-MarkPascoe.



Some of the Key Messages

• Heav focus and investments in environment

(climate change) and sustainabilitytechnologies•

waste management

• Recycling, reuse, reduce – key drivers forconserv ng energy an c ma e c angemitigation

• Im acts of climate chan e on utilities andother urban infrastructure—imperative toconsider



Some of the Key Messages

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• Reducing NRW a key driver for-

• Innovative financing models to enhance

• Water and energy—think win-win

• Energy-water-climate change: moral as



Conclusion

Developed countries

Committed private sector

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o l o g

science interactions

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Developing Member Countries

Sustainability



Next IWA Water Congress

16 to 21 September 2012

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An event that ADB Water Professionals mustconsider attending

• Ex osure to cuttin ed e develo ments in research &

applications, sharing of implementation experiences

• Exhibition of new and tested technologies

• Networking with leading professionals



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