During a roundtable session by Bentley Systems, Technical Review Middle East caught up with the company’s segment director for Environment at Seequent, Thomas D Krom. An interesting conversation about wastewater took place, where Krom explained the challenges of the water industry. Read on:
Water
TAQA to develop reservoir project in Makkah

The Juranah project is the fourth transmission and distribution project TAQA is pursuing outside the UAE. (Image source: TAQA)
TAQA is now in the consortium for the Juranah Independent Strategic Water Reservoir Project (ISWR-1) in the Makkah region in Saudi Arabia
MENA’s growing population needs better water solutions

Bluewater Bio provides solutions for wastewater treatment in the region, apart from providing desalination solutions. (Image source: Bluewater Bio)
Bluewater Bio highlighted its water treatment solutions in Dubai during the WETEX, which was held in November last year
Metito looks to develop water projects in Kazakhstan
Metito has signed the Heads of Agreement with Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund (KIDF), Kazakhstan Centre for Modernisation and Development of Housing and Communal Services JSC, and Akimat of Akmola region for the implementation of a transformative wastewater treatment project in the city of Kokshetau
ACWA Power becomes member of the Japanese Institute of Energy Economics
ACWA Power has become a full member of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), a think tank focusing on energy, economic and environmental issues