Day (3) 5 March 2019

Time

Track 4 Mount Nebo Hall 2

Track 3

Mount Nebo Hall 1

Track 2

Dead Sea Hall 2

Track 1

Dead Sea Hall 1

Session (33) Knowledge Transfer for Utilities Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Mohammad Mahameed, Aqaba Water Company

PROFESSIONALIZING TRAINING PATHWAY FOR SANITATION ACTIVITIES - Case of ONEE, Abderrafii MARDI, National Office of Electricity and Potable Water (ONEE), Morocco

Cityworks & Esri as System of Engagement for Asset Management, Mutasem Jokhdar, Infograph, Jordan

Process Automation solution in W/WW treatment plans, Christian Van Boxtel, Festo AG & Co. KG, Germany

Proposed bio-lows to promote certificate of

TSM Arab between ACWUA members, Fayez

Bader, GIZ Egypt & Moath Jarrah, Miyahuna

Open Discussion

Session (32) Climate Change Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Rifaat Abdel Wahaab, HCWW

Early Warning & Flood Management System, Alexandria, Mohamed Hassan Khalil, Holding Company of Water and Wastewater (HCWW), Egypt

Regional Initiative for the Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water, Carol Chouchani Cherfane, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA), Lebanon

Benefits of Organic Farming Practices on Crop Water Use Efficiency in Arid, Khaled Negm, Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics TH Koeln Germany, German Jordanian University, Germany

Open Discussion

Session (31) Gender Mainstreaming in Water Sector Organizer: UNESCO-Cairo Chairperson: Bisher Imam, UNESCO

Gender and WASH - Our Global Perspective, Lina Sheqem, CowaterSogema International Inc., Canada

Water Wise Women Initiative, Duaa Mohammad Thabet Al-mufleh, Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Jordan

Gender Study on the Women Status Working in the Water Sector, Shadia Nassar (Youth and Gender Specialist, WMI), Jordan

Road Map for empowering MWI Gender Unit and Gender mainstreaming efforts in the Water sector, Dr. Ahmad Al Azzam (SG Assistant for Administration and Finance: MWI), Jordan

Open Discussion

Session (30) Experiences Toward Sustainability High Level Panel (4) Chairperson: Ra’ed Daoud, ECO Consult

Panelists:

H.E. Dr. Hazim El Naser, Chairman and Founder of the Middle East Water Forum (MEWF), Former Minister of Water and Irrigation – Jordan

Sustainable groundwater resources exploration and management in a complex geological setting as part of a humanitarian project (Mahafaly Plateau, Madagascar), Dr Jean Lapegue, Head of WaSH department at Paris HQ, ACF

Sustainable Management of Water Pipelines in terms of Leak Detection, Loss Control and Rehabilitation, Yasin Torun, TSITT

Fifty years since the company's finding, "Build, Establish and Challenge", Wiem Slama ép Ben Rabeh Jebali , SONEDE, Tunisia

Open Discussion

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10:30-11:00 AM Coffee Break

Session (37) Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Maha Halalsheh, University of Jordan

Innovative Sanitation Solutions and Reuse for Arid Regions (ISSRAR), Zeina Annab, BORDA WesCA, Jordan

Becoming a Utility of the Future with the Water Environment Federation, Mark Poling, Water Environment Federation, United States

Thermal Sewage Sludge Disposal in Stationary Fluidized Bed Firing DN 400 by using Fuel BRAM (fuel from garbage), Noama Shareef, CIM/BAU, Germany

Open Discussion

Session (36) Water and Energy Nexus Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Iyad Rammal, The World Bank

THE MICROHYDROPOWER PROJECT IN MONTFLEURY WATER NETWORK, Khaled Zaabar, SONEDE (National Drinking Water Utility in Tunisia), Tunisia

Renewable Energy in the Wastewater Sector- experience from Hamburg Wasser, Cornelis de Jong, Consulaqua GmbH, Germany

The nexus from national and regional

perspectives: a holistic approach, Eng. Abdel

Rahman Sultan, EcoPeace Middle East,

Jordan

Integrating Water delivery across the SDGs in the Arab Region, Ziad Khayat, Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-

ESCWA)), Lebanon

Open Discussion

Session (35) Groundwater Governance Organizer: UNESCO-Cairo Chairperson: Bisher Imam, UNESCO

A CONCISE REVIEW OF RADON AND RADON IN GROUND WATERS IN JORDAN: A CASE STUY, Zainab Ahamd Mohammed Naddaf, WAJ, Jordan

From Arabian aflaj to California SGMA: Key principles to drive sustainable, Matt Kennedy, AquaShares Inc., United States

Optimizition of recharge and pumping regimes of the Charf El Aquab Aquifer, Mokhtar JAAIT, National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE), Morocco

Regulating bodies as keystones to collectively improving water governance, James Leten, SIWI - Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden

Open Discussion

Session (34) Managing Water Scarcity Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Carol Chouchani Cherfane,

Economic and Social Commission for Western

Asia (UN-ESCWA)

Dealing with water scarcity in the semi-arid Chtouka region in south Morocco, Mohamed AMGHAR, HYDRAULIC BASIN AGENCY OF SOUSS MASSA, Morocco

Numerical Groundwater Flow Model of Jordan, Mark Gropius, GWRM Project (MWI, BGR), Jordan

Crowd-sourcing water security from within the Arab utility: a fast, affordable, clean new approach to resilience, James Workman, AquaShares Inc., United States

Sustainable Management of Water Scarcity in the Arid Mountains: A Case-Study of Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Sultanate of Oman, Mohammed Saif Al-Kalbani, Omani

Open Discussion

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Prayer Time 12:30-12:45 Lunch 12:45-13:30

Session (41) Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Bambos Charalambous, Consultant

SMART” APPROACHES TO WATER UTILITY MANAGEMENT, Wilson Pearce, CowaterSogema International Inc., Canada

Smart Pressure Management Solutions to Reduce Non-Revenue Water, MEHMET SERTCELIK, TBM ENDUSTRI OTOMASYON SAN. VE TIC. LTD. STI., Turkey

Advanced approach for NRW, Mohammad Kurdi, Mohmmad Shafie and Ghazi Qussous

Likely pitfalls in calculating NRW and its constituent components, Bambos Charalambous and Tamer Al-Assa’d

Open Discussion

Session (40) Managing Water Utilities through Crisis Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Ahmad Al Azzam, Allied Business

Advisors

WAJ WATER O&M LESSONS LEARNED (REAL CASES), YOUSEF ALAITAN, WAJ/MWI/JORDAN, Jordan

Water supply in emergency – benefits of household water treatment systems, Nina Roettgers, Technical University of Berlin, Germany

Service Delivery Multi stakeholder’s dialogues and Legitimacy in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Evidence from water services in West Ban, Abedelrahman alamarah tamimi, Palestinian hydrology group, Palestinian Territory

Turning Ordinary Water into an Extraordinary Purpose, Amb. Rone de Beauvoir, FISH FOUNDATION GLOBAL NATION, United States

Open Discussion

Session (39) WASH Towards Sustainability Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Esmaeil Ibrahim, UNICEF

WMI approach for Self-Reliance and Sustainability, Maram Barqawi (Sr. Performance and MEL Specialist, WMI), Helena Hlavaty (Research, M&E Coordinator, WMI)

WASH assessment and surveillance system to improve sustainability and quality of health services in the Gaza Strip, Giovanni Cesari, GVC - Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, Palestinian Territory

Challenge Wash services under vulnerable conditions caused by flux of Refugees _ Utility point of view, Salameh Mahasneh, Frees lancer.

Open Discussion

Session (38) Managing Water Scarcity Organizer: ACWUA Chairperson: Ziad Khayat, United Nations-Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN- ESCWA)

Improving Water Management in Morocco through a System of Rewards, Susan Leal, Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, United States

Environment-friendly formulation for the control of corrosion and deposition of scale in water systems, Maisa Salah El-Din Ismail Ahmed, Alexanderia Water Company, Egypt

Pressure-Dependent Modeling: An Effective Tool for Water Equality, Pressure and Leakage Management in An Intermittent Supply System, Meifa Chen, CDM Smith, United States

Open Discussion

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15:00 -15:30 Coffee Break

Closing Session of the Conference

General Assembly

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BoD Meeting

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