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Dr. Adil Bushnak
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we can learn dont have to come from our own experiences
but from other people as well. For the leaders from different
industries today, they often leave us intrigued and amazed
on how they made it to where they are now. With every story
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own careers.

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and CEO of Bushnak Group, shares the life lessons he
wants every future leaders want to know about. These
lessons are supported with several personal stories, which
not only help one in his career path but also on relationships

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Contents
Osmoflows Latest
Technologies, Innovations and
8 This Unpopular Productivity Tip
Might Or Might Not Work With
24

Social Impact Engineers

H2O Innovation Updates Its 14 Sustainable Water Supply: Turning 26


System Performance Asias Flood Challenges Into
Monitoring Program And Aims Opportunities
at Developing A Suite of Digital
Solutions Software Caleffi Meets Turkey 32

Abengoa Signs New Contract 16 Falling Into Place: 7 Traits To 34


To Build A New 275,000 m3/Day Transform You From Regular
Desalination Plant In The Agadir Engineer to Master Engineer
Region Agreement
Cover Story: Life Lessons For 36
Emefcy And RWL Water 18 Future Leaders
Announce Binding Sale And
Purchase Agreement Is Your Engineering Job Eating You 46
Up? This is What You Should Do
25 Time Management Hacks That 21
Every Engineer Should Follow A Drink That Cures Hangovers 48

Toilets To Meet The Highest 22


Requirements
Osmoflos Latest
Technologies, Innovations
and Social Impact
Osmoflo CEO and Managing Director Emmanuel Gayan believes
that meeting the global demand for effective and resourceful water
treatment processes will require new ways of thinking and new
technologies we can only imagine today. Emmanuel also believes
that Osmoflo, in Australia and around the world, is at the forefront
of these developments, continuously striving for new and innovative
solutions that benefit customers, and having the expert minds to
produce technologies that constantly push the boundaries of water
treatment.

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Traditional methods of brine management are
expensive to build, maintain and operate, and
can be adversely affected by severe climatic
conditions such as seasonal rainfalls. The
introduction of a breakthrough technology to
reduce the volume of brine concentrate from the
reverse osmosis process is a significant step, and
one that Osmoflo has succeeded at.

How does OBS work?

OBS technology concentrates the reject from a


reverse osmosis plant using special
membranes and increases recovery to 95% or
more, significantly reducing the volume of brine
that needs to be disposed.

Utilising a high to ultrahigh pressure circuit,


OBS operates above the scaling threshold
of sparingly soluble salts and concentrates the
feedwater up to a Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)
level of up to 150,000 mg/L..

A unique, standalone system, the Brine


Squeezer can be easily retrofitted to almost any
existing RO system, has a small footprint and is
energy efficient.

Osmoflo began developing this technology in


response to the special needs of the coal seam
gas industry in Queensland, Australia, which
displaces vast quantities of water during the
production process; water that requires treatment
before it can be returned to the environment. A
LATEST TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATIONS
1,000 m3/day OBS plant has been successfully
commissioned recently at a coal seam gas site.
Osmoflo Brine Squeezer (OBS)
Another 1,000 m3/day OBS plant at a brewery has
One of the most recent technological
been installed ready for commissioning.
advancements that Osmoflo has introduced
to the market is the patented Osmoflo Brine
Benefits of OBS include technical flexibility, and
Squeezer (OBS).
reduced capex and opex costs through:
Brine concentrate and effluent management are
Minimising brine volumes resulting in lower
huge concerns the world has over, with minimal-
costs for all downstream brine concentration
liquid-discharge (MLD) technologies being the
processes
way of the future. The effective and safe disposal
Effective foulant/scale mitigation and removal
of saltladen reject water from reverse osmosis
techniques
aand operators, and this is particularly important
Advanced automation
in the face of increasingly stringent, penalty
Modular and self-contained for simple and
backed environmental regulations around the
rapid deployment
world relating to its disposal.
OsmoView App
In combination with technological
advancements being made by Osmoflo,
List of projects and how many people
the company is also leading the way in the
benefited from these projects:
innovative delivery of its services with the
recent development of its smartphone app
Barka Project, Oman 56.8 MLD MF/ OsmoView. Rolled out mid-May, the app is
SWRO plant providing potable water for available on all mobile devices.
250,000 people.
The app allows customers to have fast
Santa Rosa, Chile 17.3 MLD and convenient access to key operational
Ultrafiltration plant for potable water information for their water treatment plants.
supply to growing population of 95,000 It provides customers with an innovative
new way to access critical alerts and
Marshall Islands 1.6 MLD desalination operational data for their Water Treatment
plant providing potable water for island Plant that is operated and maintained by
community of approx. 15,000 people Osmoflo. Designed with a user-friendly
interface, customers can view plant operating
Mt Isa Water Treatment Plant 25 MLD status, key performance indicators, alarm
membrane filtration plant to provide water response reports and performance reports.
for population of 22,000. The performance reports vary in detail from
basic production summary to comprehensive
Broken Hill Water Treatment Plant 6 performance analysis and recommendations
MLD RO plant providing potable water for for optimisation, depending on the level of
population of 20,000. service with Osmoflo. The app also allows
for easy communication with Osmoflos 24/7
Santos Leewood (OBS) 1.5 MLD SWRO/ Control Centre for operational support.
MF/OBS for treatment of coal seam
gas produced water for irrigation and OsmoView forms one part of Osmoflos
beneficial reuse. proprietary operations and maintenance
(O&M) system, PlantConnect, which acts
Windibri Water Treatment Plant 6 MLD as a platform for all of its O&M activities.
MF/RO desalination for mine dewatering PlantConnect incorporates the OsmoView app,
the companys internal software and hardware
interface, maintenance and asset management
Santos Pony Hills 6 MLD MF/RO plant
system, 24/7 control centre and Osmoflos
for treatment of coal seam gas water for
expert technical support. Incorporating these
environmental discharge
components enables:
Bechtel Wheatstone Project 13 MLD
Easy access to plant performance data
seawater desalination for process water
(particularly now through OsmoView)
for construction needs and potable Reduced site operator attendance
water supply for one of Australias largest Support for the life of their plant,
infrastructure projects. and beyond
Fast response and high plant availability
Optimised life cycle costs

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SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
OF OSMOFLO

In its day to day operations, Osmoflo is


dedicated to minimising its impact on the
environment and the communities in which
they operate. Their state of the art head office
facility, located at Burton South Australia,
makes use of recycled water on site for
irrigation, as well as encouraging waste
reduction and recycling procedures throughout
all their global offices. An example of the
companys social commitment is the donation
to trees-for-life, an Australian not-for-profit
community organisation that is dedicated
to revegetation and conservation, For each
project over A$1 million that Osmoflo are
successfully contracted for, they donate a
portion of profits to fund tree planting activities
in local communities around Australia.

Through Osmoflos innovative technologies


and offerings, countless communities have
benefitted from potable water supplies made
available through the treatment of water
using Osmoflo solutions. The company has
also contributed to the increase of water
recycling and reduction of water discharged
from industry, and in the reduction of brine
concentrate being discharged into the
environment. Osmoflo water treatment plants
are located around the world at remote mine
sites, oil and gas fields, power stations, city
breweries, townships and coal seam gas fields;
they have provided water treatment solutions
for over 450 clients around the globe.

For the Barka water treatment project in


Oman, Osmolfos largest project to date, the
company provided a 56.8 MLD desalination
plant for ACWA Power Barka. The plant
included microfiltration, reverse osmosis and
post-treatment systems to provide excellent
quality potable water for up to 250,000
people in Oman. The project provided an
invaluable water source for this community,
in an environment where water is scare and
consumption has increased rapidly in recent
years.
Emmanuel Gayan, Osmoflo CEO and Managing
Director, is well known and respected in the
international water market, with over 18 years of water
industry experience and senior leadership roles. His
experience has been gained working across Central
and Eastern Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle
East. Emmanuels previous roles include leading major
EPC projects up to the value of $100m and managing
water businesses with turnovers of up to $350m.

Emmanuel joined Osmoflo in April 2016 as Chief


Executive Officer and joined the Board as Managing
Director in December 2016. Emmanuel has a Masters
Degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering, with
a specialisation in Infrastructure Projects Economy
& Planning from cole Nationale des Ponts et
Chausses, the prestigious French Grandes coles.

About Osmoflo
Osmoflo is a progressive water treatment company
that provides tailored, turn-key water and wastewater
solutions across the industrial, resources and
municipal sectors globally.

Having built its reputation as the largest Australian


headquartered designer, constructor and operator
of reverse osmosis desalination systems, Osmoflo
continues to diversify its impressive portfolio of
products and services. Today, with the support of
its shareholders, Hitachi Zosen Corporation and
Marubeni Corporation, Osmoflos innovative process
and commercial solutions are provided to clients
around the globe.

Osmoflos experience covers the full range of


seawater, brackish, waste and contaminated
feedwaters for applications in process and
potable waters, demin and high purity process
water, dewatering, water recycling and reuse, and
environmental discharge. This includes one of the
largest rental fleets for temporary and emergency
water treatment and desalination.
Emmanuel Gayan
CEO and Managing Director
Osmoflo
H2O Innovation Updates Its System Performance
Monitoring Program And Aims At Developing A
Suite of Digital Solutions and Software
H2O Innovation Inc. (H2O Innovation or the customize the visual appearance, so they can see
Corporation) announces that it is launching an the data in a way that makes sense to them. The
updated, higher-performing version of its system interface now features a similar look and feel of a
performance monitoring program, previously SCADA system, where the user can view read-
known as SPMCTM, now renamed IntelogxTM. only process and instrumentation with graphical
representations of valves, instruments and
The system performance monitoring program, equipment. For example, in order to quickly resolve
developed by H2O Innovation over the last four maintenance issues, the user can directly access
(4) years, enables remote access to operating its plant-specific operation and maintenance
parameters of the water plant in order to collect, manuals.
normalize and analyze data, all displayed on a
comprehensive dashboard. The program helps According to the Global Water Intelligence report,
operators to optimize their plant, generate periodic more than $2.4 B (operating & capital expenses)
reports and graphs automatically, and to analyze will be spent in 2017 on automation & control
trends. equipment in Canada and the United States, and
that figure should reach $2.8 B by 2020 (GWI
As its name implies, IntelogxTM brings intelligence Report, 2017). H2O Innovation is changing the
and logical interpretation to operating data name of its remote monitoring program to more
and uses the knowledge H2O Innovation has in accurately reflect its focus on system intelligence
membrane technologies to monitor system health and strategy to develop smart digital solutions
and predict maintenance requirements. IntelogxTM to enhance membrane plant operations. The
helps operators determine when to perform Corporation plans to develop a suite of digital
maintenance and cleaning of their membrane solutions and software to serve membrane process
plant based on the intelligent interpretation of equipment, water and wastewater treatment
data, stated Greg Madden, Vice President of the plants. The Corporations existing Clearlogx
Specialty Products and Services business pillar of coagulation control technology is included in this
H2O Innovation. digital platform, and there are more solutions to
come.
Users can now create their own dashboards and
Abengoa Signs New Contract To Build A New
275,000 m3/day Desalination Plant In The Agadir
Region, Morocco

Abengoa, the international company that applies The project, which also provides for the option of
innovative technology solutions for sustainability being operated on wind power, meets the demand
in the energy and environment sectors, has signed of water for domestic use in addition to irrigation
contracts to develop a desalination and irrigation water needs in the area of Agadir. At the same
project in the Agadir region. time, it will contribute to the development of the
main economic drivers, the agricultural and tourism
The project, valued 309 million, involves the sectors, and the conservation of the aquifers in the
construction of a desalination plant with a 275,000 area, therefore preventing their over-exploitation.
m3 total production capacity of desalinated water
per day which will be the largest plant designed As specified in the terms of the original
for drinking water and irrigation. The contract also contract, Abengoa will continue to undertake
provides for the possible capacity expansion to up the engineering, construction and operation and
to 450,000 m3/day. maintenance for a period of 27 years. Abengoa
and the Moroccan company InfraMaroc will be
This is a single project for the two clients; Office investment partners and responsible for the project
National de lElectricit et de lEau Potable (ONEE), financing.
the Ministry of Agriculture, Sea Fisheries and
Rural Development and the Ministry of Waters Abengoa has been present in Morocco since
and Forests of Morocco, which has been created 1977 and has offices in Rabat and Casablanca. It
from the mutualisation of two projects. The first has carried out major large-scale projects in the
one requires a 50 % expansion of production country, such as the worlds first ISCC (Integrated
capacity under the contract that Abengoa has Solar Combined Cycle) plant located in Ain Beni
been developing for ONEE, thereby increasing Mathar. With this project Abengoa consolidates
plant capacity to 150,000 m3/d of drinking water. itself as a major player in the desalination sector
And the second project calls for the additional in the world with a global installed capacity of 1.5
production of 125,000 m3/d of irrigation water million m3/d, to which we can add the recently
as well as the construction of the corresponding awarded contract to build a 250,000 m3/d
irrigation network for a total of 13,600 ha, desalination plant for ACWA Power in Shuaibah,
promoted by the Ministry of Agriculture. Saudi Arabia.

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Emefcy and RWL Water Announce
Binding Sale and Purchase Agreement
Combined company to be renamed Fluence Corporation Limited and provide a
comprehensive suite of decentralized water solutions for a rapidly growing global market

Emefcy Group Limited (ASX: EMC) (Emefcy) and million Emefcy shares. Mr Lauders ownership
RWL Water LLC (RWL Water) announced that of the combined entity after completion of the
they have executed a binding Sale and Purchase acquisition and the private placement is expected
Agreement (SPA) pursuant to which the two to be approximately 34%.
companies would combine. Following closing,
the merged company would be renamed Fluence The closing of the merger by acquisition under
Corporation Limited (Fluence). the SPA and the private placement are subject to
shareholder and regulatory approval, among other
Pursuant to the terms of the SPA, Emefcy will customary closing conditions.
issue 100.5 million new ordinary shares as the The merger is intended to create a global provider
purchase consideration for all of RWL Waters of innovative, decentralized water and wastewater
equity interests and pay US$10,000 in cash. Those treatment solutions for both municipal and
shares will be subject to a voluntary escrow for 2 industrial applications. On a pro-forma basis, the
years following closing. RWL Waters current sole combined company has been growing at an annual
member, an entity owned by Mr Ronald S. Lauder, compounded rate of revenue growth in excess of
has also committed to acquire an additional 20% for several years and anticipates revenues of
US$20M of Emefcys ordinary shares in a private over US$90M (A$120M) in CY2017, 71% of which
placement at an issue price of A$0.85 per share, is committed as of April 30 2017. The combined
which is estimated to be for an additional 31.4 company also anticipates increasing gross margin

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and recurring revenue by adding Emefcys projected to grow from $13billion (A$17 billion)
disruptive technological innovations to RWL in 2016 to $22 billion (A$29 billion) in 2021
Waters standardized solution suite.
The companies believe that Fluence can
Mr Ronald S. Lauder, Chairman, Founder and become a key player in this market, which
sole owner of RWL Water, stated: today is served mainly by regional providers
that cannot offer full, turn-key solutions
We set out in 2010 to create one of the leading
water and wastewater treatment companies Fluence would combine Emefcys disruptive
in the world. Seven years later, I am incredibly pipeline of innovation with RWL Waters
proud to have achieved more than we could proven global and rapid deployment of
have imagined. By creating Fluence, we are now standardized solutions. It is anticipated
taking RWL Water and Emefcy to the next level that the combined company would accelerate
through the unique combination of breakthrough penetration of the massive China rural
innovations and rapid deployment of wastewater treatment market, projected to be
standardized solutions by proven teams. I look worth US$15 billion (A$20 billion) over the
forward to remaining a significant shareholder of next five years
Fluence and seeing the fulfillment of the legacy I
set out to create in the water space by originally Fluence would be positioned to capture
establishing RWL Water. numerous opportunities in other key markets
such as water stressed regions (particularly
Both companies believe that the proposed the United States, the Middle East and Latin
merger by acquisition will enable Fluence to America), and segments including commercial
quickly capitalize on several key opportunities, and industrial sites and tropical island resorts
including: It is expected that Fluence would create
substantial sales synergies between Emefcy
Fluences broad set of water and wastewater and RWL Water products and systems
solutions would be focused on the rapidly
growing market for decentralized treatment, It is anticipated that Fluences strong market

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position will result in even faster revenue offer a diverse suite of water and wastewater
growth, improving gross margins and growing solutions. Fluence will be an innovative business,
recurring revenue streams. with its highly-differentiated Membrane Aerated
Biofilm Reactor (MABR) that saves 90% of
After Completion of the merger (by acquisition) the energy used in wastewater treatment and
and private placement, the Company expects thereby reduces plant OPEX by 50%. In addition
to have sufficient working capital to carry to this established technology, Fluence will
out its objectives. In particular, the raising implement a well-defined roadmap of more
of US$ 20,000,000 through a placement to disruptive technological innovations changing
RWL Waters current sole member (which is the economics of water treatment. Fluence will
subject to shareholder approval), combined feature a strong management team and Board of
with the anticipated combined cash balances Directors with decades of experience in the water
at Completion are anticipated to be sufficient industry and capital markets and the proven
to fund the combination of the two groups and ability to scale young companies into global
execute the Merged Group strategy. leaders.

The Company will continue to evaluate growth Richard Irving, Emefcy Executive Chairman and
opportunities as they arise together with available proposed Executive Chairman of Fluence, said:
funding sources, particularly off-balance sheet
funding for recurring revenue projects, and I believe that the combination of our MABR
funding offered by value added sources. technology and pipeline of upcoming
innovations, together with RWL Waters strong
Henry Charrab, President and Chief Executive global execution platform, has the potential to
Officer of RWL Water and proposed Managing significantly increase our share of the US$13
Director and Chief Executive Officer of Fluence, billion market for decentralized solutions, and
stated: Fluence will merge two experienced allow us to become a leading supplier to Chinas
professional teams in the global water and current US$15 billion deployment of rural
wastewater treatment space. These teams know wastewater treatment solutions.
how to deploy solutions quickly, reliably and
globally to solve any water problem in any market Both the merger (by acquisition) and the private
segment worldwide. I believe Fluence will be the placement are subject to a number of conditions,
first company that can focus globally on meeting including regulatory approvals and Emefcy
the worlds increasing need for decentralized shareholder approval. Closing of the merger
water and wastewater treatment with highly of Emefcy and RWL Water and the creation of
engineered and quick to deploy packaged Fluence Corporation Limited is expected to occur
systems. With over 7,000 references in more than in July 2017. UBS is acting as financial advisor
70 countries, we believe we have the track record to Emefcy and Hall & Wilcox is serving as legal
and platform to deliver disruptive technological counsel. Mr Ronald S. Lauder and RWL Water
innovations and systems to meet our ambitious are being advised by Spencer D. Smith, RWL
goals. Waters General Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton
LLP and Clifford Chance.
Upon completion of the merger, Fluence will
25 Time Management Hacks That Every
Engineer Should Follow
You dont have to burn your midnight candles
if you just know how to manage your time.
Perhaps it has become a norm for engineers and
engineering students to juggle all tasks together Organize meetings as early as possible.
in meeting deadlines and preparing for exams.
By trial and error, it can all be figured out; almost Group meetings and communication to create
always it entails working late nights with the work blocks of uninterrupted work.
and projects rushed. If only they know what true
time management is, this will not be the case. Run tasks throughout the day that are in the
same context. Switching between projects and
Etienne Garbugli, a product design and clients is often unproductive.
marketing consultant based in Montreal, outlined
time management hacks that engineers and Work around procrastination. You can
engineering students can make use of: procrastinate between intense sprints of work.

There is always time. Its all about priorities. When things are unreasonable, break them
down into reasonable pieces for the goal to be
Only plan for 4-5 hours of real work per day. The achieved.
days always fill up with other stuff.
Prioritize. Always! There are no two tasks with
Work more when youre in the zone. the same importance.
Relax when youre not.
Always know that one thing that needs to be
Respect your time and make it respected. done for the day.

Multi-tasking is a bad idea is it only kills Break tasks into hour increments.
your focus.
Delegate if possible. Make use of other people.
Make a work routine that you can commit to.
Your body will adapt. Whats done is done yesterday. Stop thinking
about it and focus on today and tomorrow.
Think that you only have limited time since that
gives us more focus and productivity. Set deadlines for everything. Tasks with no
definite deadline will always take longer.
Start with short tasks.
Always take notes.
Work iteratively. Expectations to do things
perfectly are stifling. Writing down anything that distracts you will
stop them from popping up once you are in the
More work hours doesnt mean more zone.
productivity. Use constraints as opportunities.
Take a break sometimes.
Separate brainless and strategic tasks to
become more productive.

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Toilets To Meet The Highest Requirements
With its ingenious, innovative toilet technology, a horizontal arc, before the water runs down,
Duravit offers everything that todays consumers flushing the entire inner surface of the bowl. Of
want from a toilet: easy to clean, hygienic and course, the applicable standards with regard to
fitted with a shower function for the utmost possible splashing are also observed and, in part,
comfort. even exceeded.

To meet growing demands, in recent years, the Small flushing volume, easy to keep clean
toilet has been continuously honed in terms Hygienic flushing results are achieved even with
of flushing technology, design, sustainability, small water volumes of just 4.5 liters. Thanks to
comfort and hygiene. Today, only 4.5 instead of the open, easily accessible rim area, the bowl
9 liters of water are required for flushing. Special is also particularly easy to keep clean, and this
new ceramic finishes are also environmentally reduces cleaning times considerably. The tried-
friendly. They are easy to clean and this helps and-tested WonderGliss coating makes the toilet
to reduce the use of both water and cleaning even easier to keep clean. The optional coating
agents. Antibacterial glazes, which effectively kill that is baked into the ceramics, doesnt give dirt
bacteria, meet consumers demands for greater and limescale a chance: deposits cannot adhere
hygiene. The addition of a shower-toilet seat and are therefore flushed away more easily with
offers even greater comfort: the warm water the water.
cleanses gently and thus meets the need for
hygiene and cleanliness. Hygienically clean
The alternative use of HygieneGlaze 2.0 further
Open rim and efficient flushing technology improves the hygienic properties of the toilet.
With its Rimless technology, thanks to the The new development is not a surface coating
successful interaction of geometry, optimized but an antibacterial ceramic glaze that provides
flow and design, Duravit has created an example almost indefinite effectiveness. The optimized
of pure efficiency. The open design of the toilet combination of four different metal ions and other
rim enables an innovative and efficient flush. A components forms the basis for the effectiveness
dynamic and powerful flow of water describes of HygieneGlaze 2.0, which kills bacteria and

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germs. HygieneGlaze is integrated into the toilet variant, the SensoWash Slim model
ceramic glaze during firing. Fired into the makes hygienic comfort available to a broader
inside of the toilet as far as the rim, it kills the public. It is available in different design versions
unwanted bacteria that are often concealed in and is thus compatible with the eight Duravit
toilets and urinals: after six hours, it eliminates series Vero Air, P3 Comforts, ME by Starck,
up to 90 percent and, after 24 hours, 99.999 DuraStyle, Happy D.2, Darling New, Starck 2
percent an unprecedented level. HygieneGlaze and Starck 3.
2.0 is available for all toilets and urinals in the
P3 Comforts, ME by Starck and Vero Air ranges. Those wanting even greater comfort should
select the top-of-the-range SensoWash e by
Greater comfort with the SensoWash Starck model. This intelligent variant also offers
shower-toilet a pulsating jet and can store two different user
The symbiosis of toilet and bidet is becoming profiles to meet individual preferences. A safety
increasingly popular all over the world. device to protect the drinking water supply is
Because nothing is as thorough, as hygienic, also integrated. This toilet seat has additional
as natural and as refreshing as cleansing with functions that help save resources: a flow
water. Duravit has looked into this in depth. heater warms the water as and when required,
The result: shower-toilets, which are perfectly and only in the necessary quantity. In energy-
matched to the respective design series. The saving mode, the integrated seat heating can
technology has been ingeniously concealed to be deactivated for eight hours during the night.
create a perfect look. Thanks to their balanced SensoWash e by Starck is available to match
proportions, the extremely flat SensoWash the five series DuraStyle, Happy D.2, Darling
shower-toilet seats are difficult to distinguish New, Starck 2 and Starck 3.
from a classical toilet. They thus meet the
customers needs for elegant aesthetics but also By combining the innovative SensoWash
offer every comfort of modern toilet hygiene and shower-toilet seat with the efficient Duravit
thereby greater quality of life. Rimless flushing technology, Duravit
has created a toilet that meets the highest
All of the SensoWash functions are operated requirements.
by remote control. After using the toilet,
simply select the desired function Rearwash,
Comfortwash or Ladywash and enjoy the
pleasant and gentle cleansing with warm water.
Water temperature, water volume and nozzle
position are individually adjustable. There is
also a convenient night-light function, with an
LED that illuminates the inner basin providing
orientation in the dark. The motor-operated
toilet lid and toilet seat open and close by
remote control. Thanks to the soft closing
mechanism, they can also be closed gently by
hand. The shower-toilet unit, which is made of
an especially rugged material, is very hygienic
thanks to its scratch-resistant, pore-free
surface. For the first time the seat and shower-
toilet technology are completely separate:
The entire SensoWash shower-toilet module
can be removed and replaced with a single
movement. This makes it quick and easy to
clean. In addition, the sturdy attachment to the
ceramic prevents the seat from shifting.

A streamlined and more economical shower-

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This Unpopular Productivity Tip Might
or Might Not Work With Engineers
What do you think?

Much has been said about creating lists, less to complete, you do it now.
scheduling, or making a plan to get everything
done within a work day. Its about preparing Zerkel argued that the do it now rule should
yourself on what to do and when to do it, you apply regardless if the job is doable in two minutes
know, for organization. Engineers are traditionally or five. Waste no time by completing tasks head
taught this since each accomplished task has an on, he believes.
effect with the others.
He mentioned two primary reasons this rule
If you are after finishing tasks as soon as possible, works: preventing procrastination and building a
Josh Zerkel begs to disagree with that style. He sense of productivity and momentum.
is the director of global community and training
at Evernote, as well as a certified professional Im not a big fan of look at your stuff, review it,
organizer. That latter part of himself should give methodically plan it, Zerkel said, referring to the
him the credibility of what he is talking about. first reason. If something is short, just take care of
it.
Rather than the popular I will make my to-do list
in the first hour of work and get all of them done One more thing, doing a task at the moment it is
within the day mindset, Zerkel prefers the I will remembered works because it can lead you into
do this now rule, whatever that task or job is. getting to the bigger things that might be more
He suggests that you do not need to think about challenging. Zerkel mentioned that thinking you
doing things later when you can do it now. are getting a job done should push the engineer a
little bit more in future tasks.
If you can do something right now in the moment,
without having to close it and then reopen it again He spoke about this in the general context of an
later, get it done now, he said. employee. But because engineers are taught to
plan things out first before tasks are completed so
It is related to the two-minute rule of the best- this might or might not be an effective productivity
selling author David Allen. That rule can be tip for us.
summarized as: if a task will take two minutes or

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Sustainable Water Supply
Turning Asias flood challenges into opportunities
By James Currie, Prabha Kumar and Andy Kwok, Black & Veatch

Utilities throughout the Asia Pacific region are Please rank on a scale of 1 to 5, how the following
steadily investing in advanced stormwater issues drive infrastructure investment planning and
management strategies to improve water resource decision within your stormwaterautility.
resilience and overall sustainability.
Regulatory
Compliance 4.3
The changing dynamics of weather patterns, Community
urbanization, population and the economic/ Expectations 4.1
social environments are prompting the regions
utilities to enhance investments in advanced
Flood Control 4.0
stormwater management strategies. This urgency Grants and
Incentives 4.0
is underlined by increased urban development in
Asia that is putting pressure on available land, and Critical Emergency
resilience 3.5
by rising seawater levels and increased frequency
Safety and
of intense rainfall events. reliability 3.2
Waterways/
Utilities in the region are analyzing climate habitat restoration 3.2
change impacts on existing resources, key
risks and opportunities, and the steps they can Figure1
take to ensure water portfolio resilience while Source: Black & Veatch
mitigating risks. Through such proactive efforts,
they understand that diverse infrastructure Asia Pacific is exploring advanced
and management strategies are necessary to underground solutions
holistically manage wet weather events, land use
and the changing economic/social environments. Rather than digging deeper drains, interception
and temporary storage facilities can function as
For example, findings from a 2016 Black & Veatch the stormwater systems release valve. Solutions
survey of stormwater utilities in the United States being built today are integrating more responsive
show that regulatory compliance, flood control, storage schemes.
safety, and community expectations are the key
drivers of stormwater infrastructure investments Drainage Services Department (DSD) of
(Figure 1). the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Regions award-winning Happy
Adequate and dedicated stormwater funding Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme
is critical to comprehensively address the (HVUSSS) project reflects how cities facing
operational and capital needs of stormwater greater impermeable areas and more land
management. In the absence of distinct reclamation are rethinking the way they plan and
stormwater service tariffs in the Asia Pacific manage intense rainfall in crowded urban spaces.
region, funding and prioritizing stormwater
infrastructure and management strategies The objective of the HVUSSS, which won the
remain challenging. However, advances in 2012 International Water Associations (IWA)
asset management as well as the emergence of Project Innovation Awards in the Planning
stormwater fees are facilitating change. Category, is to provide off-line flood retention in
the Happy Valley catchment during a 1-in-50 year
rainfall event.

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Major components include an inlet structure, Utilities Board (PUB) is evaluating the feasibility
twin cells diversion box culvert with overflow of an integrated Underground Drainage and
side weir system, an underground storage tank Reservoir System (UDRS). The study looks into
of 60,000m3 and a pump house with a pumping the possibilities of constructing an underground
rate of 5,400m3/hr. stormwater conveyance and storage system to
mitigate the impact of climate change and flood
A movable crest weir system, Supervisory risks.
Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) realtime
monitoring of water and tidal levels and With highly urbanized tropical cities often
intelligent data feedback are critical components facing the challenge of having too much or too
ensuring that the volume of water within the little water, the study is looking into leveraging
storage tank is monitored and adjusted to existing technologies in new ways to meet
prevent either premature or late overspill of multiple requirements flood mitigation, storing
stormwater. water for other possible uses and generating
power. The objective is to build tunnels to
The adoption of this movable overflow weir convey excess stormwater into underground
system ensures the storage tank is filled at the reservoir caverns for storage. Water stored
most optimal time, avoiding premature or late underground could then be circulated within the
overspill. As a result, the design capacity of the system to generate power. The study is ongoing
storage tank can be reduced by as much as 30 and is scheduled for completion in 2018.
percent. The environmentally-friendly design also
minimized the amount of excavation and the PUB has adopted a holistic stormwater
volume of materials required for construction. management approach since 2012 to
This shortened the total construction time and introduce flexibility and adaptability to the
reduced costs considerably. nations drainage system. It went beyond
implementing pathway solutions (e.g., drain
The HK$1 billion (US$128 million) project capacity improvements, new diversion canals
was implemented through two contracts. The and centralized detention tanks) to work with
advanced contract commenced construction developers to install source solutions (e.g.,
in October 2011, whereas the main contract decentralized detention tanks and retention
composing the major components as mentioned ponds) and receptor solutions (e.g., flood
above commenced in September 2012. The barriers, minimum platform and reclamation
latter was carried out in two phases with the first levels) in order to better manage stormwater
phase completed in March 2015. runoff and protect developments from floods.

Following the completion of the second phase Mitigating increased risks from aging water
in March 2017, the scheme has since been infrastructure
fully commissioned. New technologies used
at HVUSSS are now being considered for the Recognizing that proper maintenance would
optimization of the existing Tai Hang Tung be necessary as embankments could collapse
Stormwater Storage Scheme (THTSSS), Hong and cause more severe flooding downstream,
Kongs first large-scale underground storage Melbourne, Australia, has started investing in
scheme, which has helped alleviate flooding for retarding basin upgrades.
the central Kowloon area.
Utility provider Melbourne Water, which
Proactive stormwater management maintains these retarding basins, views them as
essential features of the citys drainage system
Singapores national water agency Public that help to reduce flooding. They are designed
to catch heavy rainfall and hold it in the basin, waterways and waterbodies with the surrounding
a reserved low lying area of land. The basins environment to enhance the recreational aspects
are critical in built-up areas because pavement, of streams, rivers and lakes for the community to
driveways and other hard surfaces restrict enjoy so that they, in turn, help keep the waters
infiltration and create more stormwater runoff. clean.

Enhancing the value of drainage assets For the HVUSSS project in Hong Kong, DSD plans
to include the reprovisioning of sports pitches
Regional governments are optimising their with a state-of-the-art turfing surface as well as
physical infrastructure to enhance cost benefits developing other community amenities aimed to
while achieving multi-benefit outcomes. enhance quality of living.

In Melbourne, retarding basins not only help Optimizing stormwater reuse


manage stormwater but also serve the community
as recreational areas. In the HVUSSS project, the storage system
facilitates collection of a considerable amount of
Singapore launched the Active, Beautiful, Clean runoff, irrigation water and groundwater via the
Waters Programme (ABC Waters) in 2006 to sub-soil drainage system. This water is reused,
enhance its water infrastructure. The aim of the aligning with the overall water management
program is to integrate its pervasive network of strategy of Hong Kong.

The Next Frontier: Valuing Stormwater as a Service


Distinct stormwater service tariffs in the Asia are typically based on the impervious area, which
Pacific region would help to fund and prioritize directly correlates to the demand a property
stormwater infrastructure and management places on the stormwater system. However,
strategies. Key factors that would facilitate the taxes are often based on aspects such as a
success of integrated stormwater management propertys value or the level of sales, which
strategies include the following: have no direct correlation to the stormwater
contributed to the system. According to Black
Public Awareness: Stormwater services are & Veatchs 2016 Stormwater Utility Survey, a
as critical as water and sewer utility services more equitable cost recovery can be achieved
in ensuring public health, safety and quality when utilities strive to recover their full cost of
of life. Therefore, for sustainable and resilient stormwater service through stormwater user fees
stormwater management, it is critical to enhance rather than recover costs through a combination
public awareness of (i) the value of stormwater of user fees, and other non-user fees such
management, (ii) the need for dedicated funding as taxes. When the fee reflects the full cost of
and (iii) effective approaches to equitable cost a service, customers can better understand
recovery. the true costs a utility incurs in providing that
service.
Sustainable Stormwater Funding: A user-fee
funded stormwater program has a greater On-Site Stormwater Management: Establishing
potential to build fiscal and operational a stormwater credits and incentives program in
resilience through revenue stability, a dedicated conjunction with a dedicated stormwater user
funding stream and a stronger nexus between fee will give utilities the ability to encourage and
stormwater management costs and user fees. incentivise decentralised private stormwater
management practices that reduce the
Equity of Cost Recovery: Stormwater user fees stormwater contribution to the public system.

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In Australia, utility provider South East Water
is collaborating with a property developer to The aim of constructing such cities is to flexibly
create Aquarevo, a residential development in control the rainwater, address waterlogging in
Melbourne where homes will feature a range cities, thus achieving a city development mode
of water-saving features. Aquarevo homes will during which the rainwater can be naturally
be supplied with three types of water: drinking, stored, permeated and purified, a State Council
recycled and rainwater. According to South East water leader explained.
Water, each water type has been specifically
chosen to reduce reliance on drinking water. The Moving forward
homes will include a high-tech rain-to-hot water
system for bathing and showering that includes The trends in the Asia Pacific region clearly
screening, filtering, treatment and temperature point to a stormwater management opportunity
sensing devices. The system connects to a leveraging integrated water resources as a key
pressure sewer system that pumps wastewater driver for institutional reform. These efforts serve
to a local water recycling plant, treats the water to manage water resources in a cooperative
to the appropriate standard and sends it back manner that encourages sustainability. By better
to each home for use in the garden, toilet or coordination of land and water use, surface water
washing machine. and groundwater, water quantity and quality,
upstream and downstream use, and freshwater
In China, the State Council issued a guideline in and coastal waters, water leaders in this region
October 2015 on building sponge cities, which can acknowledge the interconnections between
would enable buildings, streets and wetlands in each factor in planning for use of alternative
cities to absorb, store and release rainwater to sources of water.
better serve the countrys urban development.

Under this guideline, cities in China will collect This article was first published in the 2017 Black
and use 70 percent of rainwater, with 20 percent & Veatch Strategic Directions: Water Industry
of urban areas meeting the target by 2020. The Report. Download the report here.
proportion will increase to 80 percent by 2030.

Six Stormwater Management Strategies to Keep Asia Dry

Possible strategies for stormwater management catchments to attenuate the peak runoff loading
in Asia Pacific include: on the downstream drainage system.

1. Expansion and improvement on existing 4. Stormwater pumping schemes to pump storm


drainage systems (pipe and/or river system) to flows from floodprone areas directly to the sea.
increase the flow capacity and facilitate more
effective collection of surface runoff. 5. Village flood protection schemes comprising
a protective bund to stop storm flows from
2. Interception and diversion of storm flows from entering into low-lying villages and stormwater
upland catchments (e.g., tunneling works) for pumping stations to pump away storm flow
direct discharge into the sea, thus avoiding the collected within the villages.
storm flows from overloading the downstream
drainage system. 6. Creating stormwater tariffs that reflect the
true costs utilities incur in providing stormwater
3. Creation of stormwater storage facilities to services.
temporarily retain storm flows from upland

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James Currie is a Project Director of Black & Veatch
in Australia. He has over 30 years of experience in
planning, studies, design, construction, supervision
and project management of diverse multi-
disciplinary water resources, water supply, water
treatment, wastewater management, environmental
and infrastructure projects in Australia, Singapore,
South-East Asia and the U.K.

Prabha Kumar is a Director for Black & Veatch


management consulting. She leads the water,
wastewater, and stormwater utilities offering within
the Advisory & Planning group. Kumar specializes
in stormwater utility feasibility studies, utility
development, and implementation and helping
utilities with both internal stakeholder education
and engagement and external public education and
outreach.

Andy Kwok is Director of Black & Veatch Hong


Kong. He has 23 years of experience in civil
engineering including planning, feasibility studies,
design and contract administration of infrastructure
projects for government and private sectors. His
expertise encompasses hydrology, hydraulics and
drainage works design. Kwok is also an accredited
New Engineering Contract (NEC) Engineering and
Construction Contract Project Manager.

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Water Leaders July 2017 31
Caleffi Meets Turkey
Caleffi Hydronic Solutions, who will celebrate the first anniversary
of the Caleffi Turkey branch in July, organized a Launch Event in stanbul.
The company gathered with business partners this event as an opportunity to explain the
and friends on May 17 at The Ritz Carlton Hotel companys overall technical capacity and the
Istanbul. As Serkan Sungun, General Manager of high class manufacturing means of the premium
Caleffi Turkey, stated, the company considered quality goods the company produces.
this event as a proper introduction of the Caleffi
Group to the leaders and the opinion holders of Participants also had the chance to see some
the Turkish HVAC sector. of the products themselves with big size
scaled demos and inspected the performance
Addressing more than 100 distinguished of some of the products by the help of living
project designers, mechanical engineers and system panels which was present and working
business partners, Caleffi called attention to the throughout the event.
importance of warm relationships, transparency
and values in the business world. Some of the innovative and interesting products
such as DYNAMICAL, DIRTMAG, PICV and
Obviously, the HVAC sector also requires the Fan Coil Hook Up Kits were also presented at the
technical ability as well and Caleffi considered foyer of the event.

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In the meeting opening, Caleffi Turkey General evolution of Caleffi SpA, first in Italy then worldwide.
Manager Serkan Sungun introduced the Turkish Later Monti listed the reasons behind the decision
team, described the vision of the new branch and of entering the Turkish market and gave information
revealed some of the planned key actions regarding about the process.
the local branch.
Caleffi SpA Market Analysis and Research Manager
Sungun explained the means of the technical support Domenico Mazzetti took floor and talked about the
the local engineering team provides while stating that technical trends in HVAC industry - both global and
this is not the only factor behind the high confidence local - and explicated where Caleffi stands regarding
of Caleffi Turkey and that headquarters Caleffi SpA these topics, furthermore explaining how the
is showing committed and tremendous effort in all company sees this industry requirements. Mazzetti
areas to support the young branch. also presented gripping facts and figures about the
brand technical abilities and potential in this sense.
Before leaving the floor to the CEO of Caleffi SpA,
Giovanni Monti, Sungun mentioned that Caleffi Following a short coffee break, journalist/writer, tv
Turkey also recognizes the crucial human factor in programmer and new generation life expert Serdar
business life and announced that they have every tool Kuzulolu gave a very interesting speech, presenting
and resource to create a successful business setup mind-blowing data to demonstrate the change our
which preserves the warmth of a family just as Caleffi world in general is going through. Kuzuloglu also
SpA does in the rest of the World. talked about eye opening non-sector developments
mostly about trends in technology and innovation
As the CEO of Caleffi SpA, Giovanni Monti began his giving the audience a surprising new perspective,
presentation giving historical data concerning the remarkable insights and wonderful time.
establishment phase and described the successful

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Falling Into Place: 7 Traits to
Transform You from Regular
Engineer to Master Engineer
Skip the bitter part of adamant failures and get
back on track from this set of traits to become a
legitimate master engineer!

If you dont want to start out your career competency and a master strategy.
as an ultra noob and wait for yet another
five years to learn the ropes of becoming So skip the bitter part of adamant failures
the ideal engineer your boss wanted to and get back on track from this set of
see in you for promotion, well this might traits to become a legitimate master
be your best shot to earn a resounding engineer.
reputation.
Has a Great Desire for Continuous
Being the good engineer can get you Learning. Improving yourself in the
the job but to stay in the run for career engineering profession starts by admitting
improvement is a tough work in this that you dont know everything and that
arduous battlefield called engineering. there still is a plenty of room for growth
There are no longer rooms for regulars. and improvement. A great engineer can
What it means to standout is high only stay on top of the workforce if he
is geared to learn new skills and is rapidly considered best. Thus, also equates to
adaptive to the latest trends in research and unending process of examination and
technology. meticulous research.

Possesses the Attitude of a Leader. Not Is an Excellent Communicator. Superior


because you are the best in the team, you assets of the company are not found
should work things on your own. A master underground covered in dust. An excellent
engineer knows how to make well use of his engineer also needs to speak-up. They
resources by complementing each of the can sell the idea and translate complex
available tools to form a great masterpiece. methodologies for the all the clients to
The same goes for the team, a leader is understand.
someone who sets the pace for his co-
workers and believes that working together Remains Constantly Creative. Playing the role
can mean success in every project. of the alpha means breaking the old rules
and crafting a better one. Being flexible to
Has a Keen Sense to Detail. What change can mean progress when developing
differentiates a master engineer from a regular innovative approach in achieving the
one is his ability to pay attention to every companys goals. It isnt wrong to conform to
possible error. While optimism is a check the norms but to try something new if it means
for success, there is no harm in being extra betterment can be of great help.
careful. Engineers play a hard job in ensuring
that every projects deliver according to the Has Excellent Problem Solving Skills. From
desired specification. It is only just to make pinpointing the root cause to eventually
sure that it is fail-safe and works perfectly. finding the most effective way to solve the
problem is a must have skill of a master
Demonstrates Unparalleled Analytical engineer. Having an eye to immediately figure
Aptitude. Not only that great engineers are where the glitch possibly started can prevent
natural inquisitors but they are also very further loss for the company. Also, the ability
passionate in improving the way things to forecast what wont work from a handful set
work. They do not stop for better but has a of proposed solutions can save not just time
long standing goal to beat whats already but valuable resources.
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Life Lessons for Future Leaders
Dr. Adil Bushnak
Chairman & CEO Bushnak Group
Most people say that experience is the best I learned from my father how to use available
teacher. But who says that it has to be personal resources to provide innovative solutions. He
experiences for the lessons to be learned? used kerosene to power a house refrigerator
I have written below a summary of my since house electricity was not available in
life lessons which are supported by my Medina at the time. When electricity became
personal stories. This is tailored to help future available he used air fans and water to cool the
generations by learning from my experiences. air entering our house during summer.

Be A Model Parent and Be I also learned from him how to teach yourself
Grateful to Your Mother & Father whatever you want to learn. He used record
tapes to teach himself English at home. In
I am now in my seventies and very grateful to the early 1960s, the family drove by car from
my parents and very happy with my family, Medina to Stockholm visiting more than 20
friends, neighbors, and partners. Thanks to European countries during summer vacations.
my creator, Allah, I was born with parents who Our English was very limited and there was no
were social leaders in Medina last century. GPS system to help us select the right road
to our destinations. This was an adventure
All my grandfathers and mothers came from trip that taught me many lessons. For this,
Bosnia more than 100 years ago. The first I encourage all young generations to take
was my grandfather who came to Medina adventure trips they enjoy in order to learn and
alone when he was 14 years old in order to discover their potential.
study. Apparently, he had challenging dreams
and worked hard to realize them. When his Other than my father, I also learned a lot from
father died, the son sold his inheritance and my mother including how to teach yourself at
brought with him products not available in home reading and writing since there were no
Medina in the 19th century. He built more woman schools in Medina until the 1950s. I
than 7 connected houses and a school to also learned from my parents how to treat all
accommodate students like him who came to people with respect and fairness, how to help
study in Medina. those in need, and how to live a modest life
even if you are rich.
My father was born in Medina like me. He was
only one year old when he left with his parents I am very happy that my only son Tarik and my
in the last train to Damascus during WW1. only daughter Basma are both model parents
The family returned to Medina after the war to their children. They are also a model son and
and my father improved the investment his daughter for me and for their mother.
father started. He used the school building to
accommodate the first high school in Saudi I encourage all parents to spend more time
Arabia, which he co-founded in 1936 including and interact positively with their young children
all levels after elementary school. because early childhood years are the best time
to plant love for others, wisdom, and social

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cooperation. I urge all parents to accompany their
children who are above 10 years when they are I was lucky to study English in San Francisco
visiting social leaders in order to teach them how State University and to be accepted in U.C.
to learn from other leaders by listening to them. Berkeley in few weeks after applying. I started my
undergraduate in civil engineering in January of
Set Your First Life Targets While 1966.
You Are in High School and Seek
Berkley culture at the time was diverse and very
Knowledge & Wisdom in Best
different from Medina culture. The free speech
Universities movement at the time supported my independent
thinking and accepting different cultures.
I learned that hard choices make you happier
in the future. I was born in Medina in 1947 and
I helped a graduate student from Pakistan to start
was raised in a community with visitors from all
Muslim students association branch in Berkeley.
cultures. I was keen to be the best student in my
We organized regular Friday prayers held inside
school. I managed to be the second top student in
the student union building on campus which
Saudi Arabia in middle school graduates and the
helped me to connect with many students from
13th in high school graduates. That qualified me to
different nationalities.
have a scholarship to study engineering in USA.

38 Water Leaders July 2017


While being there, I was lucky to have good When I arrived in Ann Arbor in the summer of
Saudi friends and neighbors. Four of us lived 1972, I was treated in campus as a professor and
together in a big apartment that became the was assigned a private office. I was happy to find
center for weekly meeting and lectures. I was more Saudi students with their families studying
keen to connect with other Saudi students in UM than in UC Berkley. I also met many more
studying in San Francisco and the Bay Area from GCC countries some of whom I meet every
including Stanford. I helped to organize in the year to revive our friendship.
summer of 1967 a social meeting that was
attended by about 50 Saudi students studying in I spent several years collecting field data during
the Bay Area, some of which are members of the Hajj in order to prepare my thesis. I learned that
Saudi Royal family. persistence is important to achieve your goals.
I encourage future leaders to select what they
The subject of my research topic to obtain my want to achieve and to continue what they want
masters degree was how to turn agriculture to do even if it is not easy to do. I also encourage
waste into a building material with good heat them to select their wife or husband during
insulation. I was not sure I wanted to continue college days before having children in order to
for Ph.D. so I returned home. I was lucky to get share different experiences and friends. It is
married and find the right partner while I was important for them to accept and respect their
studying in Berkley. differences in order to have a happy family.

I urge all future generations to get married if After returning to teach in Riyadh in 1977,
possible while they are in college abroad in KACST King Abdul-Aziz City for Science and
order to share more experience, knowledge, Technology asked me to establish and lead a
and friends. national committee to reduce increasing traffic
accidents. This national committee is still alive to
Be A Model Teacher and my knowledge but I resigned from it after moving
A Good Partner to Jeddah in 1982.

After returning home in 1971, I decided to be Share Knowledge and Wisdom


a teacher in King Saud University in Riyadh. I & Cooperate to Spread Useful
wanted to specialize in water engineering but the Knowledge
college of engineering needed a transportation
specialist. I was the first to teach airport Since my college days, I believe that innovative
engineering in KSU. My students remember me solutions and best wisdom is a result of
today because I was using Arabic more than
English in my lectures and I was trying to be a
mentor to encourage self-learning and discussion
not a lecturer.

After meeting Dr. Sami Angawi, the founder


of Hajj Research Center, I chose crowd
management as the topic for my Ph.D. thesis
because many pilgrims were dying from crowd
accidents.

I applied for Ph.D. in top technical universities in


the USA, and the first response I received, which
accepted the subject of my thesis, was from
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Water Leaders July 2017 39


communication & cooperation among those I am proud I helped IDB - Islamic development
who share common interests. When I was in UC Bank to start ICBA - Intl Center for Bio-saline
Berkeley in the difficult days of the 1967 war, I co- Agriculture (www.biosaline.org.ae). It started in
organized a social gathering of all Saudi students Dubai in the 1990s because the Dubai leader was
studying in San Francisco - Bay Area in order to keen to host it in his city.
connect with and meet them.
This year, I am happy that I convinced the
When I became a known businessman in 1990s, President of KAUST-King Abdullah University for
I helped HRH Prince Faisal Bin Saud to establish Science & Technology to start an annual
Al-Aghar think tank to connect business and conference on innovations in water-food-energy
government leaders to do together strategic nexus which I hope will start next year in 2018,
thinking and start knowledge based national targeting young innovators and entrepreneurs.
initiatives (WWW.al-
aghar.org).

I am also happy I was


active in establishing
IDA
International
Desalination
Association in 1980s
(www.idadesal.org).
Later, I was nominated
to be its first Arab
president in 1978, and I
managed to
organize the first
international
desalination
conference in Arab
countries which was held in Kuwait in 1989.
It is relevant to note that in 2005, when I was a
IDA today has 17 local affiliates from different Board Member of Jeddah Chamber of Commerce
countries sharing the interest in the same & Industry, I started SWPF - Saudi Water & Power
technology. Its biannual conference continues to Forum. But now it moved to Riyadh and became
be held around the globe connecting all people more commercial. I am proud I helped H.E. Dr.
who need desalination and water reuse. Mahmoud Abu-Zeid to start the Arab Water
League in Cairo but its connection with all Arab
After IDA, I was keen to start a similar organization leaders remain limited because it is more difficult
to represent water specialists in GCC countries. to connect politicians (www.arabwatercouncil.org).

I could not convince the Saudi water minister to Strive to Localize Critical Knowledge
register the association in Riyadh. Water Science & to Your Society
Technology Association- WSAT
(www.wstagcc.org) was registered in Bahrain in In a desert country like Saudi Arabia, water & food
late 1980s and I organized its first conference are the most critical elements to the development
which was held in Dubai in 1992. and security of the society. I was lucky that my
older brother selected water desalination as one
of the business areas he started to develop after from desalination business and my Saudi partner
resigning from government. convinced me not to continue without a technical
partner. For this, I started WESCO Water and
I helped him start Al-Kawther Company (www. Environment Services Company in order to
alkawther.com.sa), for which King Khalid traveled provide engineering services and support to
to Jeddah to open the factory in 1977. those who want to build desalination or water
It was the first Arab company that can design, reuse plants.
manufacture, build and operate sea water reverse
osmosis desalination plants. WESCO helped more clients in India than Saudi
Arabia. I formed a company in India in order to
DuPont refused to be our partner at the time, as build and operate a desalination plant but could
well as UOP, because the technology was new. I not get all required permits in the 1990s. I
opened Al-Kawther USA in San Diego in order to managed to get the first Saudi permit to build a
learn the technology from technical people in the private seawater desalination plant and agreed
America who refused to work in Jeddah at that with my two partners to name it Kindasa (www.
time. I resigned from KSU and moved to Jeddah kindasa.com).
and then decided to be a businessman.
My challenge was to find a land close to seafront
After signing with SWCC several contracts, and the Industrial zone south of Jeddah to pump
DuPont was willing to build a factory in the product water. The lesson I learned that
Jeddah in order to produce the DuPont persistence and good partners help you solve all
membrane. I resigned from Al-Kawther in 1982 challenges.
in order to start water membrane manufacturing
company in partnership with Al-Jaffali Group and I started many companies related to water, food
DuPont. DuPont agreed to limit the sales of its or new technologies between the 70s and 90s,
factory to USA market and export from Jeddah but most of them no longer exists because I lost
factory to the entire world. interest or the management of the company made
mistakes. The only active company I am in its
Unfortunately, with new management in DuPont board now is Moya Bushnak (www.moyabushnak.
in mid-1980s the company decided to withdraw com) which develops, builds and operate in
seawater desalination and water reuse plants. sources to produce water and food within urban
Producing food in desert climate using farms.
non-conventional sources of water and
technology is another area of my continued Another promising technology I continue to
interest since the 90s. In cooperation with support is how to condense the humid readily
Arizona University, I invested with many Saudi available in the sky, any time. The concept is to
partners to build the largest seawater irrigated make it rain within a few kilometers in order to
farm in the world (300 hectares) on the Gulf produce drinking water, food, and energy at a
coast close to Kuwait to produce Salicornia minimum and sustainable cost.
seeds as well as vegetable oil source locally.
I urge future leaders to never to stop learning
I became the second chairman of Behar and supporting future solutions. That makes me
Company but the company stopped because happy because I can help more people in the
we could not increase the productivity of the coming difficult future.
farm in a few years to compete with other
vegetable oil sources. I still believe Salicornia Building Bridges of Hope and
can be the best food for many animals and Cooperation
the waste water of fish farms can be the best
fertilizer for Salicornia. We are all required to help other people in needs
starting with family and relatives. After the
Masader Co. is still active in building pozolan Bosnia war last century, IDB president asked
cooling systems using saline or seawater me to help the Bosnian people. My first trip after
for greenhouses, as well as cooling closed the Bosnian war was organized by IDB in 1997. I
and open space. My partner has many other managed to convince more than 10 well known
innovative solutions using solar power and local Saudi businessmen to join the trip.
I am proud I helped IDB start Bosnia Bank In order to make the worlds future to be
International BBI (www.BBI.bh) and SEIC better, happier, more safe, and sustainable, I
South East Europe Investment Co. (http://www. recommend that we develop better education
seic.bh) as well as the SBF- Sarajevo Business and social cooperation tools and environment to
Forum (www.sbf.ba), which has become an seek and spread useful knowledge and wisdom
international forum that connects businessmen for children, parents, and teachers of all ages.
with B&H business & government leaders from
Bosnia and other neighboring countries. I also I have applied this principle since the 80s when
co-started other private companies but most of my friend, the founder of Dar Al-Fikr schools
them did not continue. (www.fikr.edu.sa), asked for my technical support
to start an international school that teaches both
I am also happy I registered MNF-Mostove Nade Saudi and American curriculum, which uses
Foundation to help those in need especially the Arabic and English, and the best education tools
young generation. and environment at the time. My son Tarik has
studied all levels and graduated from DAF in the
I am also keen to start Bosnia Development late 1990s.

I helped other friends to start the first


private university for girls (www.dah.
edu.sa). It took a few years to convince
the Saudi government to allow college
education for girls. I am happy many
woman leaders, including Basma
Bushnak, have graduated from Dar Al-
Hikma in the last two decades. I also
helped another NGO Al-Bayan Charity
Foundation to establish Prince Mugrin
University in Medina (www.bnc.edu.sa).

Exchange to facilitate crowd funding from The biggest effort, time, and money I have been
other Bushnaks all parts of the world, since spending since last year is in establishing a
most Bosniaks live in other countries outside sustainable education foundation to educate and
Bosnia. The project is based on the Pakistan support future social leaders and entrepreneurs.
Development Exchange (http://www.pdx.com.
pk/) which I helped establish along with several Taiba Knowledge Waqf (www.tkwaqf.org) has
philanthropists from Pakistan and its principal many knowledge-based objectives which
founder, Mr. Sami Ahmad. I hope BDX will be includes the Dar Al-Qalam project, made to
another bridge to connect Bosnia with the world. revive the Arabic language. This was inaugurated
It is worth noting that I visited many countries in Medina several years ago by the minister of
including India and Russia to connect with other education and the governor of Medina. I hope
businessmen and social foundations (waqifs). TQ Waqf will help as many schools to be good
I am still active to revive old waqifs related to models for future education systems to qualify
education, water, and health. and motivate future leaders to save the world.

Support Innovations in Education


Systems and Social Cooperation
Dr. Adil Bushnak, Chairman & CEO
Dr. Bushnak is the Chairman of Bushnak Group, first privately-owned seawater desalination plant in
which has several companies active in water, Jeddah Port. Dr. Bushnak also co-founded
environment and energy services headquartered Al-Alamiyah Water Works and Services (AWWS)
in Jeddah, KSA. Dr. Bushnak played a key role in in partnership with Amiwater (part of Amiantit group
promoting water desalination technologies such as of companies). In India, Dr. Bushnak established
Reverse Osmosis, Ultra Filtration and Membrane Bushnak-Pallava Water Services Private Ltd.
Filtration for seawater desalination and water (BPWSPL) in partnership with Pallava Water &
reuse. He led private Saudi effort to commercialize Power Ltd. Most of these companies are no longer
the use of direct seawater for irrigation to produce in operation today.
food crops.
Dr. Bushnak served as a Director to several public
In the last few decades, Dr. Bushnak established shareholding companies including Jeddah Holding
Wesco to develop private desalination plants and Co., Medina Industrial Investment Co. and Saudi
help the owners of existing plants to upgrade Industrial Services Co. Dr. Bushnak has also served
and improve the performance of their plants. He as a member of the first Advisory Board of the
also established Advanced Technical Equipment Supreme Economic Council, which was chaired
Import Company (ATEICO) to supply and service by King Abdullah. He has served as a Director of
specialized industrial equipment. He established the Military Industries General Corporation, the
Shada in partnership with Doosan Heavy Medina Government Council and the Medina Water
Industries as a Saudi-Korean joint venture with the & Sewerage Authority both of which are chaired
worlds largest supplier of desalination plants. In by the Governor of Medina. He also cofounded
partnership with Saudi Industrial Services Co., Dr. Medina center for Community Development in
Bushnak co-founded Kindasa Water Services, the order to help other NGOs in Medina Region

Dr. Bushnak was actively involved in the


establishment of International Desalination
Association (IDA) in USA and was later
elected its first Arab President for the period
1987-1989. He also cofounded in Bahrain
Water Science & Technology Association
which is the only GCC based association
organizing water events in many countries.

Dr. Bushnak founded Jeddah Water & Power


Forum in 2004 when he was a director of
Jeddah Chamber of Commerce & Industries
board for 8 years

Dr. Bushnak earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering


from the University of Michigan and M.S. and
B.S. degrees from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Established in 1990 by Dr Adil Bushnak and subsequently acquired
by Moya in 2009, Moya Bushnak is a leading water desalination,
waste water treatment, water reuse engineering and consulting
services company focusing on delivering cradle to cradle water supply
solutions, including construction, project management, operation and
O&M services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), the Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) region.

Moya Bushnak is led by Dr Adil Bushnak, a leading authority in the


field of water treatment, who was the first Arabic president of the
International Desalination Association (IDA). Dr Bushnak was one
of the early pioneers that called for the use of reverse osmosis (RO)
technologies in the GCC more than forty years ago. He founded Al-
Kawther Industries in the late 1970s which was then GCCs first RO
system manufacturer.

Moya Bushnak pioneered the use of BOO and BOT schemes for water
desalination projects in KSA, and has since developed many such
projects in KSA. The companys flagship project and Saudi Arabias
first privately owned sea water reverse osmosis desalination project
(Kindasa) supplies desalinated water to the Industrial zones south of
Jeddah area.

Over the years, Moya Bushnak has worked in partnership with many
global water industry players in various roles on projects totaling daily
production over 481,000 million m3/day.
Is Your Engineering Job Eating You Up?
This is What You Should Do
No matter how engineers say they love their jobs, it will reach a point
where a day at work is all about stress, stress, stress.
Every engineering job starts with a perspective that
is forward looking. It doesnt matter if it is your n job, When an engineer is no longer that sharp at work,
but whenever you start anew with work different the best thing is to do is to take a break.
environment, people, and routines an engineers
passion and commitment towards the new work is Engineering work routines are detrimental especially
considerably high. when theyve been going on for so long. Strip
yourself of work even in just one weekend, better if
There comes a time when the engineering work its a long one, and do some unwinding to a point
curve declines dramatically. Everything at the that you already forgot you have files to attend to by
job seems to no longer be fun or exciting so the Monday.
engineer doesnt offer the same commitment when
he or she started. Plan with friends a trip to the beach; run a movie
marathon with your family. Anything to get the work
That curve soon becomes a straight line the work off out of your mind. You will be surprised how it
is meh, and you are just there to do the work you will change your perspective coming in to work the
are assigned to do and without passion. following week.

You are not allowed to mess it up; you are just there Another option, although it will take a lot of courage,
because you need to be, dragging yourself to work. is to reach out to your boss and ask to be assigned
to a different but related engineering department.
This applies to many engineers. No matter how they That way you will somehow feel renewed; things will
say they love their jobs, it will reach a point where a get a lot more interesting.
day at work is all about stress, stress, stress.
There is no option to quit your job just because it is
They think the work is not what they signed up for boring. You were excited on day one you just need
in the first place, but really it is just the same work to get that excitement back. Its all in the mind.
since day one. The time just passed by.
In this situation, engineers can be likened to But really, you need to get that weekend off.
machines susceptible to tear and wear.
46 Water Leaders July 2017
A Drink That Cures Hangovers
The fun of a night out with friends lasts until you wake up the next morning with
a hangover. This is true for most of us, but not for some folks in South Korea
because hangover cure drinks are popular there.

Now a former Facebook engineer who hails from that country is looking to
take this drink to the United States. He quit his recent job at Tesla to venture in
his own startup he calls the Morning Recovery, to offer his own version of the
hangover cure drink which is so far FDA-compliant.

Sisun Lee got the idea of this drink when he came home to South Korea. He
was 26 then. Lee spent some night with friends over drinks, one which is the
hangover cure, only to discover the following morning that he felt like he did not
drink the night before.

Upon going back to the United States, Lee told and shared about this drink to
his co-workers when he was still at Facebook. After he purchases Korean ones
online, everyone loved it. As expected.

I tried to import them, he said through with Dr. Lian and other engineer friends to create their
Business Insider. But no company wanted own formula.
to make Lee a distributor since he has no
background in beverages or consumer goods To test the formula, it took him a two-week trip to
whatsoever, which made him an unideal candidate to Asia, straight nights of getting himself drunk, and an
trust for business. additional 15 pounds to his weight.

But Lee was persistent. He knew that the hangover Eventually, he sought the help of other friends to try
cure drink will become a hit in the United States, so the drink. It came to a point to reach out to strangers
he thought of making the drink himself. to eliminate bias.

He has three years worth of nanotechnology/biotech We needed to give it to people who didnt know us
engineering in his background anyway so he should at all. But we couldnt get enough strangers to say,
have an idea. Lee majored in that field before he Yeah Ill get drunk and take this really weird sketchy
shifted to computer science. drink from you, Lee said.

Lee only needed to do more research, and that was For this, he put up a Web page which tells about the
when he found the work of Dr. Jing Liang. He is a science behind drink and shared it on Facebook. It
researcher from UCLA with papers about herbal got the attention of a VC in Toronto and decided to
remedies for hangovers. place the drink on Product Hunt, which is a platform
to launch new products.
In Liangs papers, Lee discovered that the singular
herbal compound that is behind the hangover cure Needless to say that it got the attention it deserved.
drinks is the dihydromyricetin or DHM, commonly
found in the Oriental raisin tree and rattan tea. It was Overnight we became No. 2 on Product Hunt. We
written that herbal trees from such trees have been werent even a startup. We were just people doing this
used to cure hangover in Asia for hundreds of years. thing, he said.

He also learned that hangovers are caused when we Lee converted the web page into a waitlist as the
drink more alcohol than our livers can handle, and a number of interested testers grew as many as 30,000
type of toxic builds up. people. This is apart from those who flooded Lee with
e-mails. But to interact with some of them, he started
And whenever there is too much of that acid, it a private Facebook group which got 800 respondents.
causes inflammation like a headache. Too much too
fast can cause vomiting, he said, and the DHM helps This kind of overwhelming response from his little
the body removes this toxic acid. hobby got Lee to rethink his job at Tesla and focus on
his startup. And so he did make the jump and quit.
While the Korean hangover drink served its purpose,
Lee believes that it lacks the purity, quantity and other Business with Morning Recovery starts July 5.
ingredients for it to really work. For this, he teamed up

48 Water Leaders July 2017

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