Fifth Arab Water Week kicks off in Dead Sea, Jordan

AMMAN, March 3 (KUNA) -- The fifth Arab Water Week (AWW) kick-started Sunday, in Dead Sea, Jordan, with participation of a Kuwaiti delegation from Ministry of Electricity and Water headed by its Undersecretary Mohammad Boushehri.
The three-day event (Towards Sustainable Development in Water and Sanitation), organized by the Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA), brings together professionals, water management experts, private sector, and institutions of all types to exchange ideas, knowledge and experiences, discuss problems and get familiar with new technologies and solutions, ACWUA said.
The conference will tackle the access to safe water and sanitation as it is essential to human health, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity, where this vital resource is under threat.
It will also discuss the challenges of achieving universal access to drinking water, sanitation, hygiene and ensuring that services are safely managed.
The conference is attended by 16 international organizations working in the field of water and sanitation and more than 40 water facilities in the Arab world.
AWW is a unique international event in the Arab region, which tackles water management issues through establishing innovative partnerships and platforms of collaborative work on water and wastewater issues in the region. The importance of this event lies in providing a platform for greater coordination among the existing network of key stakeholders active in the water sector in the region.
The AWW will provide a broad technical and policy-oriented program, along with a specialized exhibition (The Arab Water Trade Fair) targeting water supply and wastewater vendor's and other service providers in the water sector.
The Arab Countries Water Utilities Association (ACWUA) is a global center of excellence that collaborates with water supply and wastewater utilities in the Arab Countries on building capacities within the utilities and on instituting best practices in order for the utilities to achieve their objectives. (end) mjb.ss