W-SMART
International Association of Water & Wastewater Utilities for Sustainable Water Security
Click here for updated W-SMART News & Activities Check out the Bylaw at W-SMART Bylaw(French) and W-SMART Bylaw(English) The Charter is at W-SMART charterPurpose
The W-SMART Association was created 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.
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
- Expert Review and Technical Support for development of corporate guidelines, planning, execution, debriefing and performance assessment of crisis management exercises Read More
- CIOR Symposium - Building Resilience at Home and Abroad, with W-SMART participation 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 & 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
W-SMART Workshops
- Metropolitan Climate C.A.R.E. Management Challenges - Nov 05 & 06 2019 - CILE,LIEGE | Program| Register
- UNESCO Metropolitan “ECO – RISE” R2020 Colloquium - Nov 07 & 08 2019 - Paris | Program | Register
- Executive Resilience Building Forum 2018 - Oct 14 & 17 2018 - San Francisco | Program
- SUNRISE – H2020 Colloquium - Nov. 3 & 4 2017 - Amsterdam | Proceeding
- Metropolitan Water Resiliency & Crisis Management - Oct 14 - Oct 15, 2016 - Sydney | Proceeding
- Water Eco-Security 2015 - Dec 3 - Dec 5, 2015 - Paris | Proceeding
Corporate Members
Strategic Partners
Officers
| Bruno Nguyen Member French Water Academy |
| Denis Penouel Vice President SIAAP (France) |
| John P Sullivan VP North America BWSC, Boston (USA) |
| Gerard Lyuet Treasurer SIG (Geneva) |
| Conceição S. Almeida Secretary General EPAL (Portugal) |
| Prof. Ilan Juran Executive Director NYU, New York (USA) |
Crisis Management Training
Crisis Management Training
- City of Sidney, Friday October 14 - Crisis Management Exercice with W-Smart members as Expert Observer Read More
Global Solidarity Initiatives
Research & Demonstration Center
Workshops / Events / Surveys
Events
- Executive Resilience Building Forum 2018 - Oct. 14 to 17 2018 | Read More
- Urban-Resiliency & Crisis Management - Oct. 14 & 15 2016 | Read More
- IWA Water Congress - Oct. 9-14, 2016 | Read More
- Water Eco-Security 2015 - Dec. 3-5, 2015 | Proceedings
- Water, Mega Cities And Global Change - Dec. 1-4, 2015 | Proceedings
Surveys
