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Facts and figures

- World

- Germany

German Water Partnership Network

Overview


Global challenges

• 2025: 1.8 bn. people live in regions

with scarce water resources

• 900 mil. people lack adequate water

supply

• 2.6 bn. people lack access to sanitation

• Main consumers are agriculture and

industry

• Main challenges: climate change,

population growth and urbanisation

Water Situation in the world


The water sector in Germany

• Over 150 years of water supply and sewage

disposal

• Traditionally highly specialised and

decentralised

• Adapted solutions, technologies with long life

cycles, high energy efficiency

• Great competence in education, research &

development, innovations

Tradition and innovation


Types of enterprises in Germany

Numbers:

– 6.200 water companies

– 7.000 wastewater companies

Type of Entities:

– Sometimes water and wastewater together

– Large companies in big cities

– Small companies in countryside or public cooperations

– Public, private, public-private-partnership




• Almost 100 % connection rate

• 24/7 water supply without unannounced interruptions of supply

• Less than 7 % of water losses

• High drinking water quality due to regulations and legal requirements

• Frequent analyses and inspections

Performance of the German water sector


Example: Water loss compared to the rest of Europe

Average distribution losses [%]

Source: EurEau The European Federation of National Water Services: Europe‘s Water in Figures 2017


6,5%

23%


Development of water consumption in Germany

Consumption per capita[litres/pers./day]

The data refers to households and small businesses; p = provisional data (Source: BDEW-Wasserstatistik 2019)




• Investments in the waste water sector of 5.4 bn. USD/year

• Investments in the drinking water sector of 3.1 bn. USD/year

• Average price 5,5 USD/m3 (1/3 water, 2/3 water treatment)

Costs and investments

(Sources: BDEW Zahl der Woche 18.02.2019, BDEW Abwasserdaten Deutschland 4. aktualisierte Auflage 2019)


Customer satisfaction with the water quality

Data as percent




Price performance ratio in the water supply

Data as percent


• Long life cycle =

saturated market

• SMEs= too small to be

known on the global

market

• Know-How & Education

• Adapted solutions

• State of the art technology

and infrastructure

• Long life cycle

+ -

Strengths and weaknesses



Facts and figures

- World

- Germany

German Water Partnership Network

Overview


GWP Network

Roughly 350 members

cover the broad range of

German water management,

industry and research:

The network along the value chain

75 % are small and medium-sized

enterprises


GWP Network

• Creating a network

In order to contribute to tackling water challenges

world wide

• Establishing a central contact

Contact and coordination office for foreign partners

and potential clients of products and services „Made in

Germany“

• Fostering market-specific cooperation of politics,

science and industry

Tasks & Objectives


GWP Network


Structure of the association

• Working groups

Subject-specific working groups: Agricultural

Irrigation, Operation and Capacity

Development, Water and Energy, Water 4.0,

Innovation & Scientific Cooperation, Capacity

Development

• Regional sections

Regional working groups focusing on

exchange of experience and project

development

• Joint presentation and representation

Trade fairs, congresses, conferences, events,

delegation trips

GWP Network


Regional Sections

The 15 regional sections of GWP

GWP Network


• Founded in 2010, More than 100 members

• Regular meetings

• exchange of experience

• project development, common activities

• Focus countries: Zambia, Kenia, Côte

d’Ivoire

• Overall goal

• cultivate long term contacts, devise

cooperation projects

• Develop adapted solutions to local

challenges

GWP Network

Regional Section Africa


• AfWA Congress & Exhibition February 2014, Abidjan

• AfWA Congress & Exhibition February 2016, Nairobi

• Workshop on Water and Wastewater in Kenya September 2016, Berlin

• First Kenyan-German Water Week October 2016, Nairobi

• Kenyan Delegation visit to WBI March 2017, Berlin

• Roundtable German Parliament March 2017, Berlin

• IFAT Africa September 2017, Johannesburg

Past activities

GWP Regional Section Africa


• 2nd Kenyan-German Water Week October 2017, Nairobi

• Follow-up Workshop November 2017, Hannover

• German Delegation trip April 2018, Lusaka/Ndola

• German Water Partnership Day October 2018, Lusaka

• German Delegation trip November 2018, Nairobi

• German Delegation trip Mai 2019, South Africa/Namibia

• AfWA STC November 2019, Kampala

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Past activities



- HAPPENING NOW - German Delegation trip November 2019, Lusaka/Ndola/Kitwe

• AfWA International Congress & Exhibition February 2020, Kampala

• “Africa Special” at IFAT Mai 2020, Munich

• South African/Namibian Delegation to IFAT Mai 2020, Munich

• Ivorian-German Water Partnership Day Summer 2020, Abidjan (tbc.)

• Kenyan Study Tour to Germany Autumn 2020, berlin (tbc.)

• IFAT Africa July 2021, Johannesburg


Coming - up


GWP Network

German Partners of GWP


Africa

Central Asia

• African Water Association (AfWA)

• Association of Public Utilities Mongolia

Europe • Network of National Water Partnerships(EU Action Group DIS-SMEs)

MENA-region • Arab Countries Water Utilities Association(ACWUA)

Iran • Ministry of Energy, National Water andWastewater Engineering Company (NWWEC)

Russia • Russian Water and Wastewater Association(RAWW)

Ukraine • Ukrvodokanalekologia

Vietnam • Vietnam Water Supply and SewerageAssociation (VWSA)

GWP Network

International cooperations (excerpt)


• Objectives:

• To improve AfWA’s overall organization,

management and financial sustainability

• To expanded AfWA’s sustainable and

demand orientated services for members

• To set up sustainable, efficient regional

structure and to expanded AfWA’s

international cooperation

Cooperation between GWP & AfWA

• Aim: To strengthen the African Water Association

GWP Network

German Water Partnership e.V.

Reinhardtstraße 32

10117 Berlin

Tel.: +49 30 300199-1220

E-Mail: [email protected]

www.germanwaterpartnership.de

Documents

Facts and figures · • First Kenyan-German Water Week October 2016, Nairobi • Kenyan Delegation visit to WBI March 2017, Berlin • Roundtable German Parliament March 2017, Berlin