{"id":18337,"date":"2019-03-06T17:51:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T16:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/?page_id=18337"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T15:33:45","slug":"committee-on-water","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-on-water\/","title":{"rendered":"WFEO-CW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/wgow_main_banner-cw.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"233\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"true-testimonial-wrapper tt_animate_none \"><div class=\"testimonials flexslider\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><blockquote><p>Water is a universal good indispensable for life that affects many sectors, giving this resource a social, environmental, and economic dimension. It is a good that knows no borders. Water also conveys many of the impacts of climate change to society. The UN\u2019s \u201c2030 Agenda\u201d has set Sustainable Development Goal 6 to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. SDG-6 is interlinked with the entire 2030 agenda, so achieving its targets will make it possible to achieve those of the other goals.<cite>&ndash;IGNACIO GONZALEZ-CASTELAO, Chair of CW (Spain)<\/cite>Contact the committee chair at <span style=\"color: #115578;\">stc-water @ wfeo . org (without the spaces)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><!-- END testimonials -->[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:20px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Vision and Mission<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/faucet-1684902_1920_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"246\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18372\" \/>Water security is essential to achieve SDG-6 and resilience to climate change requires that engineering will provide knowledge and technology, leading water governance and its efficient use.<\/p>\n<p>Today, engineering urgently needs to have a stronger voice on the water scene, to remind society and politicians of the importance of its contribution. With this aim, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations established the Working Group on Water (WGoW) in October 2018. This Working Group was proposed and hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iies.es\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #115578;\">Engineering Institute of Spain (IIE)<\/a>, with Mr. Tom\u00e1s Sancho as chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Once the activities of the WGoW were concluded, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wfeo-2022-costa-rica-general-assembly-meetings-and-celebrating-unesco-world-engineering-day-2022\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #115578;\">WFEO General Assembly<\/a>, held in Costa Rica in March 2022, approved the transformation of this Working Group into a Standing Technical Committee on Water (CW), also at the proposal of the IIE. The CW\u00b4s chairman is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/committee-on-water-chair\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #115578;\">Mr. Ignacio Gonz\u00e1lez-Castelao Mart\u00ednez-Pe\u00f1uela<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WFEO, with the support of the CW, must acquire greater relevance in water global decisions, showing the society the importance of engineering to improve the living conditions of all mankind.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column]\n[vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:30px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Objectives<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Engineers need to provide a strong platform to coordinate the engineering water work around the world and so, WFEO will be able to make a significant contribution to reach the global water goals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, 844 million people lacked even a basic water service, 2.1 billion people lacked safely managed drinking water, and 4.5 billion people worldwide lacked a safely managed sanitation service. More than 2 billion people are living in countries experiencing high water stress.<\/p>\n<p>Engineering contributions will be essential to reach this target. Adapting to climate change is making the challenge even more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Engineers are needed to design and operate dams and reservoirs, channels, pipelines, water treatment plants, and also for planning and managing water resources. New nature-based engineering solutions are emerging to improve rivers, underground aquifers and urban drainage. Safe wastewater re-use and desalination will be needed as well. New irrigation technologies are needed as agriculture demands account for 70% of all water use.<\/p>\n<p>Engineers are also needed to help prepare for floods and droughts to reduce economic losses from natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating information technology into water and sanitation systems offers exciting new solutions. Improved tracking of water flow and consumption can provide the improved security needed to attract private investment while still ensuring that reliable services meet basic human needs.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:30px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Activities<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/africa-1050006_1920_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/africa-1050006_1920_2.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.wfeo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/africa-1050006_1920_2-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>Water has a well-established international dynamics with publications and recurring appointments (Global Conferences) in which we miss the specific engineering contribution, quite necessary to achieve real and effective goals.<\/p>\n<p>CW activities shall be addressed to to give engineering a stronger voice in the water scene.<\/p>\n<p>Among these activities are:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Contributions to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal6\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #115578;\">SDG 6<\/a> and their goals through participation in UN Water Task Force Groups.<\/p>\n<p>SDG 6 includes eight global targets that are universally applicable and aspirational. However, each government must decide how to incorporate them into national planning processes, policies and strategies based on national realities, capacities, levels of development and priorities. They cover the entire water cycle including: provision of drinking water (target 6.1) sanitation and hygiene services (target 6.2), treatment and reuse of wastewater and ambient water quality (target 6.3), water-use efficiency and scarcity (6.4), implement integrated water resources management at all levels, including through transboundary cooperation (target 6.5), protecting and restoring water-related ecosystems (6.6), international cooperation and capacity-building (target 6.A) and participation in water and sanitation management (target 6.B).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Participation in international forums in which the water policy is conceived.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Preparation of engineering positions and statements typical of engineering and Contribution to global documents of UN Water and their agencies (annual preparation), such as the yearly WWDR \u2013 World Water Development Report \u2013 .<\/p>\n<p>This involves working on the various documents produced through participation in the corresponding Groups. Associations with specialized global organizations that are considered relevant for work will be established.<\/p>\n<p>These activities will be developed in two ways:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Collecting and disseminating the activities performed by different members of the WFEO and their professionals.<br \/>\n\u2022 Specific initiatives that can agree on the WGW, that require specific works to be developed by experts, which must have specific funding to be carried out.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:30px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Organization<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The headquarters of the Standing Technical Committee on Water (CW) is hosted by the Engineering Institute of Spain (Madrid, Spain). The committee is integrated by:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tChair: Mr. Ignacio Gonz\u00e1lez-Castelao Mart\u00ednez-Pe\u00f1uela (<a style=\"color: #115578;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iies.es\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">IIE<\/a>).<br \/>\n\u2022\tVice-Chair: Mr. Armando Baptista da Silva Afonso (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordemengenheiros.pt\/pt\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #115578;\">Ordem dos Engenheiros de Portugal<\/a>).<br \/>\n\u2022\tExecutive Secretary: Nominated by the <a style=\"color: #115578;\" href=\"https:\/\/wcce.biz\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">World Council of Civil Engineers (WCCE)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CW Coordinating Committee includes the Chair, the Vice-Chair, the Executive Secretary, and each Specific Product Group (SPG) coordinator.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:30px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Specific Product Groups<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The CW core should be reinforced with WFEO engineers from different disciplines and geographic locations. The basis will be the national members of WFEO. The creation of Specific Product Groups (SPGs) is proposed, in which at least three regions will be present, as water issues have different peculiarities in each area. The regions are: <\/p>\n<p>\u2022\tNorth America<br \/>\n\u2022\tLatin America and the Caribbean<br \/>\n\u2022\tEurope<br \/>\n\u2022\tAfrica<br \/>\n\u2022\tAsia-Pacific <\/p>\n<p>A Coordinator shall be appointed in each SPG, who will be integrated into the CW Coordination Committee.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"heading-horizontal\" style=\"margin:30px 0 40px 0;\"><span>Membership and Meetings<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Each organization concerned can appoint a representative as a member of the CW, preferably a water expert.<\/p>\n<p>For each specific initiative, the Coordinating Committee may appoint professionals of recognized prestige to be added to the corresponding works and professionals proposed by the WFEO member organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The CW will hold one face-to-face meeting each year, normally at the same time as the WFEO annual meeting \u2013 Executive Council or General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>CW Coordination Committee will meet virtually.<\/p>\n<p>Each SPG will have its own virtual meetings. Chair, Vice-Chair and Executive Secretary will be invited to attend them.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\nWater security is essential to achieve SDG-6 and resilience to climate change requires that engineering will provide knowledge and technology, leading water governance and its efficient use.<br \/>\nToday, engineering urgently needs to have a stronger voice on the water scene, to remind society and politicians of the importance of its contribution. With this aim, the World Federation of Engineering Organizations established the Working Group on Water (WGoW) in October 2018. 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