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Although wastewater has been monitored for viruses and pollutants for years, the practice rose to prominence sharply during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Studies have shown that environmental surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 signals, or biomarkers (typically RNA), helps determine both the prevalence of disease and the overall health of a community. As such, it could act as a low-cost early warning system to monitor resurgences or...

Produced under the BEWOP initiative, this fact sheet documents the partnership between Vietnamese water utility, Da Nang Water Supply Company (Dawaco), and Dutch company, VEI, between 2007 and 2010. Eight years after the end of this WOP, the case study describes the WOP with the improvements made in capacity and performance and presents the results of this WOP that have been sustained since.

Producido bajo la iniciativa BEWOP, este factsheet documenta el partenariado entre la Unidad Municipal Desconcentrada “Aguas de Siguatepeque” (Honduras), y la Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (EPMAPS, Ecuador) entre 2017 y 2018. Este folleto describe el WOP y la capacitación y mejoras que permitió.

Producido bajo la iniciativa BEWOP, este factsheet documenta el partenariado entre la Unidad Municipal Desconcentrada “Aguas de Siguatepeque” (Honduras), y la Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Agua Potable y Saneamiento (EPMAPS, Ecuador) entre 2017 y 2018. Este folleto describe el WOP y la capacitación y mejoras que permitió.

This factsheet details the long-term WOP accompanied by signficant investments between FIBAG and VEI. Capacity development approaches involved exchange visits, study tours, formal and on-the-job training, workshops, coaching and joint planning. VEI placed a fulltime resident coordinator in Mozambique and sent teams of visiting experts.

This factsheet details the long-term WOP between MWAUWASA and Dunea, entailing exchange visits, staff surveys, training, coaching and demonstration. In addition to the two utilities, the WOP involved staff trade unions and a local film institute.

The WOP was a component of the Bulawayo Water and Sanitation Emergency Response (BOWSER) programme, a coordinated international effort following the 2008–2009 cholera outbreak. The WOP supported Bulawayo City Council with technical training and advice and implementing hygiene education campaigns.

This fact sheet details the water operators' partnership (WOP) between Belize Water Services and Contra Costa Water District (California, USA).

This fact sheet showcases the water operators' partnership between Water Operators’ Partnership between OWMCP Suriname and WWN & WRIJ Netherlands. From 2008 to 2012, the WOP involved numerous technical visits to develop work on management capacity, design and communication.

This fact sheet informs about the water operators' partnership (WOP) between WAF Fiji and HWA Australia. The partners focused on six priority areas following a dynamic and participatory diagnosis, which resulted in an ambitious one-year work plan. The management of the WOP was informal however followed the initial plan. Classroom and on the job training, frequent remote exchanges and operational assistance visits allowed for the expected...

This fact sheet presents the highlights of the Water Operators' Patnership (WOP) between Aguas del Norte as mentee and Caesb as mentor. The initial focus for the WOP was energy efficiency. Building on this success, the operators extended their partnership and focus on metering, tariffs, IT systems and wastewater treatment.

The WOP is aimed to strengthen technical and organizational capacity of ONEE through knowledge sharing with SIAAP, besides technical support and training, mostly for water sanitation purposes. Self-facilitated and financed, the WOP progresses at its own pace, in response to the needs of the partners, being the knowledge sharing currently through direct interaction between the respective technical departments.