Apa Canal:

•1070 employees

•About € 1.411.400/month

•37.000 connections

•Shareholders: local municipalities (Galati)

Hunze en Aa’s

What does Hunze and Aa's Water?

Hunze and Aa are working daily

with water in East Groningen and Drenthe Northeast. They provide clean and sufficient water. For

strong levees that protect from flooding. And for good navigable waterways. They take into account

the various interests of nature, agriculture and recreation. So that everyone in the area is pleasant

and safe living.

Waterbedrijf Groningen

(WbGr):

•225 employees

•About € 2.5 million-result

2010

•273.000 connections

•Shareholders: local municipalities (mainly Groningen)

Water &Energy

Waterlab

Noord

RioNoord

Drinking water

North

Water

InternationalCooperation

0,5% of the company’s annual

turnover

→Transferring

knowledge←

• Srebrenica & Romenia: WoP

• India: Basic Water Needs

• Africa: Training centres

WbGr likes to be involved in

projects which are at the

intersection of idealism (reverend) and business

(merchant)

Water Operators Partnership (WOP) is a structural

cooperation between two or

more Water Operators with professional support offered by

"capacity building“(training

programs) based on not-for-profit actions and with a

performance obligation

History:

•Activity started by Hunze en

Aa’s in Tecuci

•Identification Missions:

April&June 2011

•Signing MoU Mission:

September 2011

Working Methods:

•Exchanging information by email; forum; phone;

• Working trips in Romania and

The Netherlands with the goal of exchanging information per subject

WbGr Budget – 3 Years Project

25.000 € / Year

Next Mission:

November 28th-December 3rd

•Experts working together on draft exchange program per

subject