The stage is all set for the forthcoming International Water Summit-2019 to be held at Abu Dhabi. This event is a part of the innovative efforts taken and is included in the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week. The event will take place alongside the World Future Energy Summit and this event will be held from 14th to 17th January 2019.

 

This event will take place as an integral part of WFES and is named as WFES water. The event promotes the sustainability of the scarce water resources in the arid regions and facilitates partnership to execute investments in water infrastructure. Huge investment is foreseen to be made across the arid regions to get it sufficient water supply with innovative technologies. Latest innovations made in water and reuse of wastewater technologies will be showcased in this summit.

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Also, innovation in the use of municipality water and Industrial usage of water, desalination of water will be discussed here. How smart water management efforts can be made will also be discussed in the summit for the comprehension of the global representatives. This event focuses on the biodiversity post-2020 and this summit will provide an opportunity to engage on the linkage between biodiversity and water. A sincere effort will be made to effectively integrate the biodiversity framework post-2020 era.

What is WFES?

The World Future Energy Summit abbreviated as WFES is an annual event that is dedicated to advancing future energy.  It discusses possibilities of improving efficiency for energy and production of clean technologies in the coming future. This summit is held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is the crown prince of Abu Dhabi.  Mr. Sheikh Mohammad is also the deputy supreme commander of the armed forces of Abu Dhabi.

WFES includes various interesting features like a summit, an exhibition, the project village, the young future energy leaders program and Round Table Discussions. Apart from the important menus that are included in the summit, it also embraces corporate meetings and social events. This summit attracts the leaders from different parts of the world and international policymakers gather here also. It is open to Industry leaders, experts, intellectuals, academia as well as a journalist and discusses the pragmatic and sustainable options for future energy challenges.

This summit is hosted by Masdar, the famous renewable energy company in Abu Dhabi, and this is staged at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. A suitable Business platform is provided to bring together the project owners and the solution providers. Investors both from the public sector as well as from the private sectors also represent in this summit. It gives an opportunity for everybody who is focused on addressing climate change issues and to share solutions.

What is WFES Water?

WFES water is an integral part of WFES initiative and offers a platform to the Governments and the Businesses to discuss critical concerns of water. It is focused on promoting sustainable production, suitable treatment, and supply for water in arid regions. Cutting-edge solutions are explored to solve the problems posed by the scarcity of the water.  It also provides a platform where strategic partnership can be formed to meet the impending challenges. The nexus between energy, water, and food supply is explored along with the necessity for investment in water security, improved efficiency and innovation.

What water security challenges are needed to overcome?

 It has been estimated that even by the end of 2018, around 1 billion people across the globe face water scarcity. The burden is disproportionate as there many extremely dry regions around the world who suffers the effect of water scarcity the most. There are efforts to gear up the resources, by drawing attention in a summit where the need for this attention can be best highlighted. The groundwork is being led with the end of the year 2018 and steps required to overcome water security for everyone is being underlined.

The security challenges to the scarce water resources which need to be overcome can be summarized as under:

• Elimination of waste: It is of utmost importance to ensure that safe, clean water is reliably accessed to everyone. For this reduction of wastage of water is as important as securing the supply of fresh water. Usage of smart technology can play a significant role to play for achieving this need. The city of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi has already demonstrated the power of such technology by managing the non-revenue water which is produced yet wasted.

The reduction of such wastage has been reduced from a whopping 45% to less than 10% by implementing such technology. By implementing innovations including the hydraulic modeling and automated water balance calculators along with automated water leakage detections, such feat could be achieved.

• Promoting sustainability of domestic agriculture: Improving water efficiency for farming and agricultural operations is equally important along with the requirement for fresh drinking water. Dubai launched the first commercial vertical firm in early 2018 which used hydroponic technology that only 10% of the water of the open field farming.

Dubai Government has been promoting awareness for the need for water management through various campaigns and this water summit in 2019 is another important step.

One of the most interesting programs in the event is showcasing cutting technologies in the Water Innovation Hub:

• SkyH2O, a US Silicon Valley company will discuss a truly innovative approach to the Industrial Scale Atmosphere Water generation.
• Advanced Science and Innovative Company (ASIC), a UAE Company will announce publicly a break-through cold plasma and micro vortex water treatment technology.
• SulfurSolve, a US-based company will display an operational model of chemical regenerative technology for odor control for water treatment.
• Aquam, a company having exciting robotic technology for assessing pipe condition and expectancy will display the technological breakthrough.

There will be 2000 to 300 delegates from all over the world and a display of around 20 to 50 seminars. The purpose of the summit is to change the mindset of the people and to use smart technologies to solve the water crisis. It is expected that the summit will be a huge success and bring a lot of hope to make water available for everybody.