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Watch HDNet World Report program on Indonesia water supply initiative!The Association is encouraging two-way communication with the world water associations and AWWA members to receive valuable lessons from our colleagues outside of North America. We hope you benefit from this portal and communicate your ideas to the IC. John Batten |
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Global Conference on Microbial Contaminants in Drinking Water
The American Water Works Association and the Public Utilities Board of Singapore invite you to participate in the Global Conference on Microbial Contaminates in Drinking Water this Oct. 5-8 in Singapore.
This event will provide a comprehensive forum for the exchange of up-to-the-minute information and cutting-edge ideas relating to this critical public health issue. Special areas of concern include human health, risk and policy issues, detection technology, treatment and management strategies, tropical water quality issues, water security, and disaster management and response. Learn more.
AWWA aids Indonesian water officials
Efforts by Indonesian water authorities to extend and improve water service nationwide were recently featured on national television on the HDNet weekly documentary- news program "World Report." The segment, "Water Bringers: The West’s Indonesia Experiment" aired during the week of March 9, and can now be seen here in it's entirety (click to play the 26-minute video).
An initiative sponsored by the World Bank, with AWWA in the forefront, is attempting to bring access to more clean water for Indonesians. As the segment highlights, the effort must overcome politics, poverty, and a culture often resistant to change in order to be successful.
Indonesia’s water supply sector hopes to add some 20 million connections by 2015 to a water infrastructure that currently reaches only 40 percent of the urban population and 19 percent of the rural population. However, the country’s utilities are plagued by debt and a culture that is unfamiliar with paying tariffs that cover the full cost of the service.
The Indonesian initiative stems in part from a growing partnership with AWWA, which in 2008 joined with the World Bank and the Dutch water utility organization, Vewin, to help Indonesian professionals ramp up the expansion of drinking water service in their country.
In August 2008, AWWA designed a week packed with briefings, tours, and financial training to help the leadership of PERPAMSI, the Indonesian association of water utilities, consider what AWWA resources might be adapted to their needs.
Despite jet lag and initial language barriers, the six Indonesians rolled up their sleeves and dug into conversations and material about how AWWA elects officers, the duties of the Board of Directors, the organization of sections within the association, sources of revenue, association publishing, training, quality programs, standards, and staff structure.
In addition to briefings from AWWA staff, the Indonesian utility managers took a fast version of an AWWA course on financial management for utilities. A very animated group spent several sessions with Dave LaFrance, director of finance for Denver Water, talking about financial policies and rate structures that will support the operation of a utility. Read more.
Singapore International Water Week
You are invited to attend Sustainable Cities - Infrastructure and Technologies for Water, June 22-29, 2009. Learn more.
