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Aqualia’s
innovation in the limelight at
the conferences held in Korea and China
The second biannual edition of the IWA
World Water Congress & Exhibition was
held in Busan, a city on the coast in South
Korea. More than 2,500 participants from
150 companies attended the conference.
During six days, the leading companies in
the industry debated issues such as inte-
grated city water systems, potable water
treatment technologies, climate and energy
and other subjects. Within this framework,
Aqualia was represented by Frank Rogalla,
the director of Innovation and Technology
who chaired the first technical session on
the “Elimination of Nitrogen”.
Aqualia also participated in the IWA Nutrient
Removal and Recovery 2012 Conference
held in Harbin China with the participation
of more than 200 researchers. The elimi-
nation of nutrients is becoming the global
model for waste water treatment. The con-
ference was a good opportunity for the par-
ticipants to learn about the progress being
made and news about the industry. As the
chairman of a group specialising in the eli-
mination and recovery of nutrients, Frank
Rogalla chaired the inaugural session.
Among those attending this session were
Glen Daigger, the chairman of IWA and two
of the most well-known investigators in this
field such as James Barnard and Mark van
Loosdrecht. Spain was well represented
with the greatest number of participants of
any other European country, with only Chi-
na and the United States having a larger
representation.
Aqualia, by participating in the most impor-
tant investigation conferences worldwide,
bolsters its position as an innovator in the
use of waste water as a source of valuable
resources, and in the reduction of energy
consumption and emissions as a key ele-
ment in the design of intelligent and sustai-
nable cities.
Frank Rogalla next to Dawen Gao during his speech
at the conference held in Harbin, China.