THE GCC'S market for water and wastewatertreatment equipment is set to undergo a predictedannual growth rate of 10.6 per cent, reachingUS$4bn by 2020, according to a white paper re-leased by Frost & Sullivan this week.

Prepared exclusively for the International WaterSummit (IWS), the paper, entitled 360 Degree Per-spective on the GCC Water and Wastewater Treat-ment Market, also revealed that the region'sfast-growing market for industry equipment – cur-rently valued at an estimated US$2.2bn – is mov-ing increasingly towards sustainable practices.

Kshitij Nilkanth, program manager, environmen-tal and water markets, at Frost & Sullivan, said,“The focus of the water sector in the region issurely shifting towards sustainable practices,wastewater treatment, and recycling.

“Governments in the GCC have allocated ap-proximately US$100bn towards implementing bet-ter water technologies and energy-efficientdesalination,” he added.

The growing value of developing and imple-menting sustainable business practices and tech-nology is a theory supported by top tier industryexecutives attending IWS this year.

Company executives at Xylem, a leading globalwater technology provider, drew attention to thecurrent trends in innovation within the water andwastewater industry.

Peter Lewington, director wastewater pumping,growth centre transport at Xylem, stressed thegrowing focus worldwide of producing technologythat is both cost-effective and low in energy con-sumption, as well as digital and smart technolo-gies. The latter allow for increased remote accessand analysis of large quantities of data.

“It’s really about the ability to use data to man-age and operate the assets and use that data aswell to smartly run the products, so it delivers thatholistic lifestyle cost.”

With business in more than 150 countriesthrough numerous market-leading productbrands, Xylem was named in the Dow Jones Sus-tainability Index for the last three years for ad-vancing sustainable business practices andsolutions worldwide.

While discussing the UAE's approach to adopt-ing sustainable solutions, Glen Trickle, vice-presi-dent and director engineering and technology,commented, “What I see here is a lot of passionand urgency. There's a lot of more awareness hereand it's really quite impressive, the speed at whichthings move and develop.”

Lewington stated, “They say 'necessity is themother of invention' and that's clearly true here.

“What we see here that's different to Europe isthat there's less competition between the stake-holders, there's a shared, common objective.”

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NEWS: Bluewater Bio highlights innovative wastewater treatment tech

NEWS:Waterleau wins US$65mnQatari treatment facility contract

FEATURE: A look at the viable watertechnologies that GCC governmentsare investing in

Q&A: Fady Juez, ManagingDirector for Metito,speaks exclusivelyabout what needs to be done to raise aware-ness of the reality of theregion’s water availabilityand the possibile benefits of PublicPrivate Partnerships

NEWS: Suez Environnement strength-ens its Middle East presence

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Bluewater Bio highlights innovation in wastewatertreatment technology at IWS 2015

WATER AND wastewater treatment specialist Bluewater Bio is looking toeducate visitors on innovative treatment technology within the industrywhile exhibiting at the International Water Summit (IWS) this week.

One of the solutions it is showcasing during the show is HYBACS, a hy-brid activated sludge process for nutrient removal, which allows existingsewage plants to treat double the load and achieve tighter standards.

Xan Morgan, business development director and Middle East director ofBluewater Bio, said, “We're focussed on trying to upgrade sewage treat-ment plants across the Middle East, to improve quality of treatment and in-crease capacity of those plants in a cost-effective way.”

He explained that utilising HYBACS means an operator can treat thesame amount of wastewater with about 40 per cent of the footprint and re-quired aeration capacity.

“We can plug our units in front of an existing plant and increase its ca-pacity by 100-150 per cent and we do so using less energy as well.”

Looking to expand its business further in the UAE and Saudi Arabia,Bluewater Bio has already found business success in Bahrain, where it re-cently upgraded the Tubli Water Pollution Control Centre (WPCC), which ledto its daily flow rate increasing from 200,000 cu/m to 300,000 cu/m.

Morgan concluded, “The Middle East is critical to our company. It's ourpriority and number one market as a business outside of the UK, so it'swhere we focus our attention and it's where we want to build our business.”

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Bluewater Bio business development director, Xan Morgan, and technical director, Dr. Jeremy Biddle, alongside Lila Thompson, international director of British Water

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IWS DAY 3 – PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE09:30 – 09:35 IWS Chairperson’s Opening Introduction

Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM)

09:35 – 09:50 One-to-One Interview Session: Understanding the Economics of Connectivity and Location to Enable Optimised Water Usage

09:50 – 10:20 Panel Discussion: Understanding How Management of Consumption Impacts on Demand Side Management and Allocation

10:20 – 10:50 Panel Discussion: Water Usage in Industrial Manufacturing: Policy Strategy and Local Partnerships to Enable Improved Water ResourceManagement

10:50 – 11:15 Networking Coffee Break

Improving Water Sustainability

11:15 – 11:30 Presentation: Lessons From the Past 500 Years: What the Water Industry Can Learn From the Past

11:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Water Stewardship to Improve Local Water Sources and Enable Commercial Sustainability through a Value DrivenStrategic Approach

12:00 – 12:30 Case Study Presentation: Waste for Energy and Water – SMART Resource Management for Sustainable Economy

12:30 – 13:00 Panel Discussion: Understanding the Impact of Water on Energy Supply, both for Power Generation and Oil Production Processes

13:00 – 13:30 Keynote Presentation: SMART Cities - Technology for Leak Detection and Understanding Non-Water Revenue

13:30 – 14:00 Panel Discussion: Rain Enhancement Science: Global Perspective on Research and Innovation in the Industry

14:00 – 15:30 Lunch / Tour of the Exhibition including Innovate@IWS

Parallel Sessions

STREAM A - Water in Industry STREAM B - Commercial Buildings

15:30 – 16:00 Presentation: Water Reuse for the Oil and Gas Industries – Overcoming a New Challenge

Panel Discussion: Supporting Improvement in Commercial Build-ing Design and Sustainability Through Regulation, Guidelines andAwards

16:00 – 16:30 Case Study: Water Alternatives and Optimisation in District Cooling

Case Study: Hotel Sustainability Programme

16:30 – 17:00 Presentation: Using Sustainability to improve Oil and Gas Operations and Create In-country Value

Case Study: Changing Community Attitudes through Education –Overcoming Water Challenges in the Arab Region

17:00 – 17:30 Panel Discussion: Collaborative Industrial Water BestPractice

Case Study: Water Sustainability from PepsiCo India’s Perspective

17:30 – 17:35 IWS Chairperson’s Closing Comments

INNOVATE@IWS – DAY 3

14:30 – 15:15Competition Round 3 – Water for Real-Estate: Finalist candidates will present their innovations to the panel in a“Dragon’s Den” competition to see which innovation is the most promising at IWS 2015.Participating Innovators: Ennesys, Atmospheric Water Solutions, THERMOWATT Energy and Building Ltd., UtilitySentry

Panel of JudgesDr. Bruce Walker Ferguson, Professor of Practice – Engineering Systems and Management, Head of the Institute Center for Innovationand Entrepreneurship, Masdar InstituteStella Thomas, Founder & Managing Director, Global Water Fund; Søren Hvilshøj, International Water Director, Ramboll

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Sustainable technology helpingto feed GCC water demands

ENSURING WATER security for sustenanceand growth has been a constant challengefor Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) coun-

tries. With increasing population and growth in in-dustrial and agricultural activities, pressure onexistent water resources is further amplified.Focus of the water sector in the GCC is shiftingtowards sustainable practices, wastewater treat-ment and recycling.

According to Frost & Sullivan, innovation is theneed of the hour in this scenario, with the adop-tion of technologies like hybrid and solar desali-nation and re-use of produced water (PW) fornon-potable purposes. Several utilities and wateragencies are announcing noticeable projects, in-dicating the start of a technological turnaround.The GCC governments have allocated approxi-mately US$100bn towards the implementation ofbetter water technologies and energy-efficientdesalination.

Speaking about new technologies, Kshitij Nilka-nth, programme manager, environmental andwater markets, at Frost & Sullivan, said, “In recentyears, the market has seen a slew of new con-cepts, including forward osmosis (Al-Khaluf,Oman), membrane distillation, tri-hybrid applica-tions using Nano filtration (such as the pilot project

at the R&D Centre of the Saline Water ConservationCorporation) and low-temperature distillation.

“These technologies all aim at energy-efficientdesalination and lowering the energy footprint ofplants. With increasing focus of the GCC to adoptenvironmentally-sustainable practices, these newtechnologies will have promising scope.”

Among the GCC countries, Qatar, Saudi Arabiaand the UAE have taken the first steps in develop-ing solar desalination projects. Saudi Arabia,through its King Abdullah Initiative, is expected toproduce 30,000 cu/m per day of desalinatedwater in the first phase and will extend capacitiesto 300,000 cu/m per day by phase two. There are

also plans to extend this initiative throughout theKingdom in phase three.

Another practice, which is slowly gaining mo-mentum in the region, is the use of PW for non-potable purposes. PW is a by-product of oil andgas extraction and needs special handling likeany industrial waste. This ‘waste’, however, hasthe potential to be recycled and reused for indus-trial as well as irrigational purposes. The GCC,being the global hub for oil and gas extraction,generates about 1.85bn cu/m of PW annuallywith Oman being the highest net PW generator.An average of US$0.1-US$1 operational expendi-ture is incurred to treat one cubic metre of PW.

According to Frost & Sullivan, the PW manage-ment market in the GCC earned revenues ofUS$288mn in 2012 and is estimated to reachUS$482.6mn in 2017, growing at a CompoundAnnual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.9 per cent.While the treatment equipment market is becom-ing competitive, the services market is relativelynew in the GCC and will be a strong growth seg-ment in the long run.

At present, use of PW is limited in the region.Higher costs and lack of sophisticated technologyare the major hindrances in use of this potentialresource at a mass scale. Access to potable andnon-potable water has been the cornerstone ofeconomic growth in the region. The development,utilisation and success of water desalination andrecycling technologies will provide a long-termelixir to the region’s water crisis.

The GCC region is increasingly utilising produced water, whichis a by-product of oil and gas extraction (Photo: erik aa)

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Saudi Arabia is one of the first GCC nations to start developingsolar desalination projects (Photo: Yasser Abusen)

Frost & Sullivan highlights someof the steps that the GCC is takingtowards investing in viable tech-nologies to tackle growing waterdemands.

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Fady JuezManaging Director

Metito

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What are the most viable solutions to en-sure water security in arid regions?

A: Excess fresh water consumption has becomea serious issue in the region, with a population in-crease of more than two per cent a year. Accord-ing to analysis by Booz & Company on a percapita basis, Saudi Arabia and the UAE consume91 per cent and 83 per cent more water than theglobal average. Qatar and Oman are also abovethe global average. We need to take active meas-ures to ensure that this trend does not grow andthat water remains at the top of our national se-curity agendas. From a supply management perspective there

are many initiatives that can be implementedboth on the public and private levels. Many GCCresidents have no reason to suspect that water isin short supply. Launching awareness campaigns,aimed at educating about the reality of wateravailability and how individuals can make a dif-ference, is crucial if we want to change consumerhabits. As for supply management, water re-use and

recycling is the future if we are to invest in sus-tainable solutions. Treating and recycling wateron site is much more cost-effective and viablethan treating fresh water at the source and goingthrough the logistics of bringing it elsewhere forconsumption. There is a growing trend to em-brace such solutions particularly for agricultureand industrial applications.Metito is a big advocate of this trend and has

been taking serious steps to find new, intelligentsolutions and technologies to support this move. Desalination provides most of the potable

water used in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar andBahrain, and will continue to play a huge role inthe GCC's water development efforts. Desalina-

tion, however, carries enormous economic andenvironmental costs and remains a relatively ex-pensive way of producing potable water.

How far could efficient infrastructure andwater sustainability support economicgrowth in the GCC?

A: Economic growth means a rapid increase inagricultural and industrial development and bothneed water in big amounts. Investments in effi-cient infrastructure and major water projects aretherefore needed to encourage this growth.The GCC governments need to place more

focus on augmenting supplies, such as develop-ing groundwater, installing desalination plants,and expanding wastewater treatment and re-useto boost their economic growth. Public PrivatePartnerships (PPPs) can be a possible solutionwhen funding is a disabling factor, as long as thebusiness model is created with the interest of thecommunity at the heart of the system.

What are the major challenges of the desalination sector, and what steps aregovernments taking to address these?

A: Demographically, the MENA region is en-veloped in a period of fairly extensive changes, allof which will have major implications on watergovernance. Population growth in the region willincrease water demand for irrigation, industrialdevelopment and domestic usage. This, in turn,will place further pressure on surrounding coun-tries to ensure an ample flow of water down-stream throughout the year. Desalination is often the ‘go to’ solution, which

puts the industry under pressure to make the

process more feasible and eco-friendly. Desalina-tion remains a relatively costly solution and con-sumes a significant amount of energy, but despitethe elaborate process, the end consumer remainsunaware as the value of water remains sub-sidised. Water subsidies make sense in the shortterm, but cannot be a sustainable solution. Governments need to work on an equitable

fees system and implement it through a phasedapproach due to the considerable gap betweenwhat people are paying now and what they wouldbe paying if such subsidies were removed. Gov-ernments also need to invest in R&D in conjunc-tion with the private sector to test newtechnologies that can make this process morecommercial and attainable at different scales. Another important solution is to involve the pri-

vate sector further to ensure optimisation. Again,private companies are hungry for PPPs and wesee more and more that governments are be-coming open to the idea of private investments.

In your opinion, how will water sustain-ability and desalination develop?

A: According to the Global Water Market Report2014, the growing economy, combined with thelack of natural water resources, has meant thatthe UAE was one of the earliest and most enthu-siastic adopters of desalination on a mass scale.As in all Gulf countries, desalination seems to bethe only way forward, plus an increase in waste-water recycling initiatives.Regarding technology, solar-powered desalina-

tion seems to be a hot topic that has been dis-cussed in many recent platforms. Renewabledesalination is a growing trend especially in aridregions and, as such, there is huge potential insolar energy.

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Suez Environnement celebrates stronger business in the Middle East following further contract wins

SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT has announced that recent contract awards have strengthened itspresence in the Middle East.The Government of Qatar’s Public Works Au-

thority (Ashghal) has commissioned Suez Envi-ronnement through its subsidiary Degrémont, inconsortium with its Japanese partner MarubeniCorporation, to expand the Doha West waste-water treatment and recycling plant. The totalcontract is worth EUR178mn (US$209mn),EUR94mn (US$111mn) of which is set to go toSuez Environnement. This expansion will increase the plant’s treat-

ment capacity by an additional 105,000 m3/dayto 280,000 m3/day. Over the term of the con-tract, the plant will be able to manage the

wastewater of a population of 1,040,000 equivalent in Doha city. This project leads on from contracts, which

were signed in 2005, for the design, construc-tion and 10-year operation of a 135,000 m3/dplant, and in 2011 for its first expansion to175,000 m3/d. Located 20 km west of Doha, theplant has been in operation since March 2010,and Suez Environnement will oversee the plant’soperation until 2020. Rémi Lantier, CEO of Degrémont, stated, “This

new contract acknowledges our capacity tooffer, deliver and then operate efficient facilitiestailored to the local challenges of populationgrowth and protection of resources.” Ashghal essentially chose the same technolo-

gies that have already been put in place andhave proven effective: expansion of the second-

ary biological treatment, and expansion of thetertiary treatment which implements ultrafiltra-tion membranes and the Smartrack™ system,thus allowing re-use of the treated water to irri-gate green spaces and market gardens, and toreplenish groundwater. In Qatar, Suez Environnement has also de-

signed and built wastewater treatment facilitiesfor Barwa City (50,000 inhabitants) and Lusail(250,000 inhabitants), which use treated waterto re-vegetate desert parcels of land and, overtime, to maintain green spaces throughout theartificial Pearl Island. The recent contract follows hot on the heels

of two regional awards to Suez Environnement,for a desalination plant in Abu Dhabi and awater treatment plant in Oman, both through itswater treatment subsidiary Degrémont.

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Waterleau in winning consortium for Qatari waste-water treatment facility contract worth US$65mn

WATERLEAU, THE Belgium-based wastewatertreatment specialist, has secured a fresh con-tract with Ashgal (Qatar’s Public Works Author-ity) for the Design-Build and Operate-Maintainworks of the Al Shamal sewage treatment facili-ties, in a consortium led by Larsen and ToubroLimited (India). The contract includes the construction of a

7,500 cu/m per day state-of-the-art sewagetreatment and re-use plant followed by operationand maintenance for 10 years. The project isworth QR238mn (US$65mn). The re-use plantwill be designed and built over the next twoyears using advanced Sequencing Batch Reactor(SBR) technology and Ultra-Filtration (UF).Stijn Wyffels, Waterleau sales director, said,

“The objective of the project is to replace the ex-isting package treatment plant with the centralsewage treatment works (STW) for the Al Shamaltownship and neighbouring areas with a designhorizon of 2030 and beyond.” Wyffels added, “The works will not only com-

prise of design, construction, supply, installation,testing and commissioning of the facilities, butalso long-term operations according to Ashgal’shigh standards. Here, our experience as a waterand wastewater technology provider and opera-tor will come into play.”

Al Shamal is a municipality situated in north-ern Qatar, whose population of about 8,000 isestimated to rise to 18,000 by 2030 as a resultof the construction boom ahead of the FIFA 2022World Cup.Elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa

region, Waterleau has completed the biologicalwastewater treatment plant for the city of Fez inMorocco, which was inaugurated by His RoyalHighness King Mohammed VI of Morocco in November 2014. The plant is Morocco’s largest sewage treat-

ment plant, treating more than 155,000 cu/m of

sewage per day (1.2mn population equivalent).The activated sludge process design enables thetreatment of a mix of household and industrialwastewater coming from the city of Fez’s oliveoil industry and leather tanneries, allaying pollu-tion of the River Sebou, Morocco’s largest watersource. Waterleau is also responsible for theplant’s operation and maintenance for a 10 yearperiod.In Morocco, Waterleau has previously built the

municipal wastewater treatment plants of Mar-rakech, Bouskoura and Dakhla and is now build-ing a drinking water plant in Khémisset.

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The contract includes the operation and maintenance of the Qatari plant (Photo: Francisco Anzola)

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