Efficient Management of Wastewater, Its Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Countries

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Efficient Management of Wastewater, Its Treatment
and Reuse in the Mediterranean Countries Ismail
Al Baz Berlin - Germany
www.emwater.org
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• Table of Contents
• EMWater project and its partners.
• Water situation in the MEDA countries, review.
• EMWater project objectives, progress and
  achievements
• - Design and construction of the pilot plants.
• - Capacity building programs.
• - Elaboration of EMWater guide.
• Conclusions.

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EMWater project, funded by the
EU- MEDA Water
Program initiative Co- Funded by the German
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
Development (BMZ)
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Partners
Europe InWEnt Adelphi Research TUHH ENEA
MEDA LAU UoB YTZ BZU AABU
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• InWEnt German governmental non profit
  organization for international capacity building
  and dialogue.
• More than 37.000 professionals, decision makers
  are benefiting every year from InWEnt different
  training courses
• www.inwent.org

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• Main problems of the water sector in the
  beneficiary countries
• Management of Wastewater treatment is not
  efficient
• Trouble shooting by the O and M of TP, high water
  losses, lack of capacity building, lack of public
  awareness.
• ( Jordan, Palestine, Turkey, Lebanon(
• Limited water resources
• ( Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon)

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Actual renewable water resources in the MENA
region m3/ capita and year
Surface and groundwater are included, Source
FAO- 2006
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Development of actual renewable water resources
in the MENA region (1968-2007) m3/ capita and year
Source FAO- 2006
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Distribution of renewable water resources in
Jordan, Palestine and Lebanon, 2006 and 2030
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Objectives of EMWater project
Objective
Efficiency of wastewater treatment in the
beneficiary countries is increased
A WWTP are functioning well
B EMWG for WWT are developed and applied
C Capacity building is improved
Results
D New technologies of WWTR are known and applied
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Results
Progress
A WWTP are functioning well
5 pp in Jordan / Palestine/ Lebanon/ Turkey are
Constructed and functioning well
B EMWater guide developed and applied
EMWater guide are developed, updated by
stakeholders and distributed
Implementation of 5 research programs on WWTR
are in process
C Capacity building is improved
13 LTC, 4 RTC, 5 WBT were conducted in the region
with more than 1600 participants
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Results
Progress
C Conduction of capacity building programs
20 min video Eng/ Arab/ Turk public awareness
produced and distributed
Regional conference with 150 participants, 60
papers form 17 different countries, was
successfully organized in Nov 06, in Jordan
Publication of the technical book " EMW in WSC"
by Springer
D New technologies of WWTR are known and being
applied
Results of 5 research programs will be published
5 PP are being used for training/ research/ and
demonstration purposes
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Distribution of participants in local training
courses (LTC) according to gender, 2005 male is
blue, female is brown
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Distribution of participants in local training
courses (LTC) according to type of Agency, 2005
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Design and Construction of Pilot Plants
Jordan 10-15 m3/ d
Palestine 10-15 m3/ d
Activated sludge treatment
Anaerobic treatment UASB
Nitrification/ Denitrification options
Aerobic treatment RBC
Sand filtration
Sand filtration
Chlorination UV Treatment (optional)
Chlorination UV Treatment (optional)
Irrigation
Irrigation
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Lebanon 2 x pilot plants 50 m3/ d
Contact stabilization tank, 1-24 hours
aeration
Screening
Contact aerobic tank
Chlorination
Settling tank
Sand filtration
Balancing tank
Active carbon filter
Sludge Re-aeration, aerobic digester
Reuse purposes
Turkey 100 L / d
Anaerobic treatment
Settling tank
Wet -land
UV- Treatment
Irrigation
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Jordan Pilot Plant
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Jordan Pilot Plant
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Pilot Plant LAU Lebanon
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Pilot Plant UoB Lebanon
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Pilot Plant Palestine
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Pilot Plant Palestine
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Pilot Plant YTU Turkey
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Capacity building programs (2003-2007)

• Training needs assessment (2003)
• Lack of practical training in WWT, Lack of
  qualified trainers, lack of regional cooperation

Training Modules
Web based training, WBT operation and maintenance
of WWPT
5 WBT, 4-5 modules, 40 hour duration for each,
total of 250 participants
4 RTC, 4-5 modules for each, 3-4 weeks each,
German and Italian water companies , 100
participants
Regional training courses, RTC Train the
Trainers Practical training in German and Italy
13 LTC, 4-6 weeks each, 1250 participants
Local Training Courses, LTC On operation and
maintenance of WWT, trainers from MEDA/ EU
countries
1x regional conference, 150 participants,
participation in several workshops
Regional conference, Regional meetings and
workshops
Construction of 5 wastewater treatment plants for
training and research purposes
Pilot plants
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EMWater guide for wastewater treatment and reuse-
Why?

• Problems
• Decision makers in most DC are not technical
  person.
• Hierarchy, Bureaucracy, Mentality.
• Complexity of technical tender offers for WWTP
  construction.
• Lack of appropriate and sustainable solutions.

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EMWater guide objectives and tools
Objective To provide DM from ministries,
authorities, NGOs, and the private sector with
simplified and easy support tools
Tools
Review of regional and international experience,
case studies/ project examples.
Review of appropriate technologies
Review of regional and international experience,
case studies/ project examples.
Review of literature, references and links
Focus Wastewater collection and treatment- small
centralized/ decentralized systems
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EMWater guide development and dissemination
(1) Literature review / internet search
(2) Questionnaire development and evaluation, 50
experts from MEDA countries
(3) Draft guide lines development
2 months
2 months
9 months, Guidelines for WWTR
2 months
(4) Feedback from stakeholders in the MEDA
countries
3 months
(5) Final development and dissemination
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EMWater Trainers Tool kit

• Development of trainings modules of all
  trainings materials produced during the conducted
  EMWater capacity building programs 2004 2007.
• Topics wastewater management, conventional WWT,
  alternative solution of WWT, Wastewater reuse,
  methodology.
• Practical tool for trainers with trainer guide,
  timetable, exercises, PPP, Case studies, Role
  plays and literature.
• serve a sustainable use of produced trainings
  materials for trainers and experts from the
  region.

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Conclusions

• Quite good number of professionals attended
  EMWater training programs.
• Trainers tool kit is developed and disseminated.
• Five pilot plants for WWTR are constructed in
  Jordan, Palestine, Turkey and Lebanon and running
  well.
• EMWater guides for decision makers are developed
  and disseminated.
• Good networking and experience exchange between
  stakeholders in the region is taking place more
  effectively.

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Thank You