Created at the aftermath of the 9/11 event
at the initiative of the Commissioner of NYC-DEP
W-SMART
International Association of Water & Wastewater Utilities for Sustainable Water Security
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Strategic Partnership
- UNESCO Partnership
Read More - W-SMART Research and Innovation Partnership
University of Lille Read More
CyI Read More
Purpose
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.
The 4 main objectives of the current program include:
- Experience sharing workshops of members and strategic partners on emerging utilities’ challenges, including lessons learned for capacity building strategies facing climate impacts;
- Corporate crisis management training including experience sharing and expert support for improving corporate’s guidelines as well as planning, execution, communication, and debriefing of corporate exercises for promoting a crisis management culture;
- Research, development and field demonstrations in utilities’ sites in collaboration with universities and research institutions for operator’s assessment of innovative solutions and smart monitoring systems, including participation in EU sponsored projects conducted with the leadership of the members and strategic partners;
- Global solidarity initiatives with the leadership of the members to provide assistance to a third party facing an extreme event and/or crisis management challenges.
Recognized by UNESCO, in 2021 W-SMART has become an Official UNESCO Partner NGO.
Scope
Crisis Management Training
Crisis Management Exercises with W-SMART members as observers for exercises conducted by their Peers. Read More; Read More
Capacity Building Read More
- Experience sharing workshops.
- Training corporate core group of trainers.
- Review and upgrading of corporate crisis management guidelines and capabilities.
- Training for planning, execution, and debriefing of corporate-wide crisis management exercises with lesson learning.
Cybersecurity Read More; Read More; Read More
Crisis Management Exercise November 5 2019 CILE, LIEGE Read More
Global Solidarity Initiatives
Strategic Partnerships with International Aid Organizations, UNESCO-IHP, Operators, Metropolitan Governments & Stakeholders in Vulnerable Regions facing Climate Challenges:
- Maputo. Sustainable Sanitation Initiative in partnership with IWA. Read More
- Civil Society Initiative cooperation between Palestinian and Israeli Mayors Read More; Read More; Read More.
- UNESCO-IHP “ECOMED” ACADEMY Network of Climate Response Capacity Building Center of Coastal Metropolises Read More
- UNESCO-IHP “MAWAC” Alliance of Megacities for Water and Climate Read More
W-SMART Research & Innovation Center
Collaborative Research with Member Utilities, Strategic Partners, and Research Institutions Including EU Sponsored Projects and Demonstrations in Utility Sites of Innovative Solutions to Emerging Utilities Challenges:
- INCOM. Intelligent Network Control and Operating System for Anomaly. Diagnostics and Leak Detection. Sponsors: VITENS, Suez, and Eau de Paris. Read More; Read More
- Bio-SMART. Bio-Safety Monitoring & Active Risk Control for early detection of bio-contamination. Sponsors: VITENS, Suez, and Eau de Paris. Read More
- EU-SW4EU. EU-FP7 Sponsored European Projects on SmartWater4Europe; Lead Institution: VITENS. Read More; Read More
- SMART WWTP participation in the MOCOPEE Research Program, focusing on AI/ML application; Lead Institution: SIAAP. Read More
- EU-PRIMA Pre-proposal for RIA on Improving Water Storage, Distribution and Management Solutions through Cooperation and Demonstration Across the Mediterranean; Lead Institution: CyI Read More
W-SMART Workshops
- MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop - March 20 & 21, 2023 - NYU Tandon (NYC) | Proceedings
- Metropolitan Climate C.A.R.E. Management Challenges - Nov 05 & 06 2019 - CILE, LIEGE | Proceeding
- UNESCO Metropolitan “ECO – RISE” R2020 Colloquium - Nov 07 & 08 2019 - Paris | Proceeding
- Executive Resilience Building Forum 2018 - Oct 14 & 17 2018 - San Francisco | Proceeding
- 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
Current Initiatives & Upcoming Workshops
- TBD
W-SMART News & Current Activities
Gerard LUYET Acting President SIG (Switzerland) |
Avrum BEN YOSEF Vice President & Treasurer Mekorot (Israel) |
Denis PENOUEL Honorary President Syctom (France) |
Bruno NGUYEN Honorary President French Water Academy (France) |
John P SULLIVAN VP North America BWSC, Boston (USA) |
Conceição S. ALMEIDA Secretary General EPAL (Portugal) |
Prof. Ilan JURAN Executive Director NYU, New York (USA) |
Crisis Management Training
Global Solidarity Initiatives
Global Solidarity Initiatives
- W-Smart becomes an official consultative partner of UNESCO Read More
- UNESCO Implementation Partnership Agreement with W-SMART for the development of the concept paper for the "ECOMED" Academy signed 12/01/2022 READ More - Read More
- East Mediterranean Coastal Eco-Security – UNESCO Initiative Read More
Research & Demonstration Center
EU-SW4EU – EU FP7 project
- Demonstrating innovative Smart Water Network (SWN) for sustainable water supply, reliable quality control, energy optimization and improved customers' interaction Read More
Workshops / Events / Surveys
Workshops / Events / Surveys
- “W-SMART 2023” Experience Sharing Workshop Hosted by EPAL; Lisbon, 24 - 26 May, 2023 - Climate Change – Crisis Management Challenges – Adaptation Strategies & Innovative Solutions Read More
- MAWAC-ENAR Water Research & Innovation (WRI) Workshop Hosts: NYCDEP & NYU; NYC, 20 & 21 March, 2023 - Water “SMART CITIRISE” Read More
Activity Reports
Activity Reports
Member News