W-SMART
International Association of Water & Wastewater Utilities for Sustainable Water Security
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Purpose
The W-SMART Association was originated at the aftermath of 9/11 under the leadership of the Commissioner of New York City Department of Environmental Protection. It involves private and public metropolitan water and wastewater utilities from Europe, North America, and Israel.
Its goal is to create an international experience sharing forum and promote collaboration among the member-utilities for upgrading their capabilities to ensure sustainable water safety and security with regard to terrorism, industrial and natural disasters.
Scope
Crisis Management Training
- Crisis Management Exercises with W-SMART members as observers for exercises conducted by their Peers. Read More
- Post-exercise Workshops for experience sharing Read More
- Technical Support for planning & execution of Crisis Management Exercises. Read More
- Expert Review and Development of corporate guidelines for planning, execution, debriefing and performance assessment of crisis management exercises Read More
- Metropolitan partnership for crisis management capacity building with CIOR, local governments and industry Read More
Global Solidarity Initiatives
To support capacity building of local governments in vulnerable developing countries.
- Haiti, City of Carrefour. Post disaster recovery. Read More
- Maputo. Sustainable Sanitation Initiative in partnership with IWA. Read More
- Civil Society Initiative. promoting cooperation between Palestinian and Israeli cities. Read More
- East Mediterranean Coastal Eco-Security, UNESCO-IHP Hydro-Diplomacy Initiative Read More
W-SMART Research & Demonstration Center
Strategic Partnership of W-SMART, CEA (French Commission of Atomic Energy), KWR Research Institute and the University of Lille for Technology Assessment and Innovative Solutions to emerging challenges of the Water Industry. Read More
- INCOM. Intelligent Network Control & Monitoring System for Anomaly Diagnostics and Leak Detection. Read More
- Bio-SMART. Bio-Safety Monitoring & pro-Active Risk conTrol for early detection of biocontamination. Read More
- SUNRISE. Smart Urban Networks for Resilient Infrastructure & Sustainable Ecosystems. Read More
- SW4EU. SmartWater4EUrope. Read More
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Crisis Management Training
Global Solidarity Initiatives
Research & Demonstration Center
Workshops / Events / Surveys
Upcoming Events- Urban-Resiliency & Crisis Management - Oct. 14 & 15 2016 | Read More
- IWA Water Congress - Oct. 9-14, 2016 | Read More
Past Events- Water Eco-Security 2015 - Dec. 3-5, 2015 | Proceedings
- Water, Mega Cities And Global Change - Dec. 1-4, 2015 | Proceedings
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