WaterTech Central Asia 2011

Water is essential for socio-economic development and environmental protection. Over the past 20 years, water management and water quality have improved in many subregions. However, the progress made in ensuring access to safe water and adequate sanitation is often negligible, especially in rural areas, and particularly in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia. Various international conferences and exhibitions are devoted to this issue. The main objective to which the efforts and attention of the public and business and academic community is focused is the conservation and rational use water.

In Almaty, the WaterTech Central Asia exhibition has been held annually for the past three years. The event is organised by Iteca, which was running WaterTech Central Asia alongside the agricultural exhibition AgroWorld Kazakhstan in the year 2011. The events have been held in Pavilion 10 of the Atakent Exhibition Centre and run from 1-4 November 2011.

WaterTech Central Asia in 2011 featured 15 companies from Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, UAE, Russia and Finland. International exhibitors presented devices for monitoring groundwater and treating sewage and industrial wastewater; irrigation systems and drip irrigation; and equipment for water treatment plants and wastewater treatment plants. Local companies presented equipment for water preparation and wastewater treatment; hoses for underground drip irrigation; systems for the desalination, disinfection and purification of natural mineral water and wastewater; and much more.

As part of the business programme, there have been a number of seminars, including: "High-tech and safe disinfection of drinking water and wastewater with 0.8% sodium hypochlorite from salt in OSEC systems produced by Siemens plc" (ECOCONTROL S, Russia); "Professional development in the water service field" (Centre of Sustainable Development of RK and Kazakh-German University); and "Modern solutions from Siemens plc for urban water supply, monitoring of surface water sources, and control of emissions from industrial enterprises" (ECOCONTROL S, official representative of Siemens plc - Water Technologies Division, Russia).