The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced water utilities worldwide to make operational, managerial and financial changes to cope with the fallout from the spread of the virus. In this ROCKBlue Online Lecture Series (OLS) segment, our panel of experts discusses …
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation: A Global Perspective & Implementing Onsite Sanitation
Citywide Inclusive Sanitation is a public service approach to planning and implementing safely managed urban sanitation systems to develop solutions that provide sustainable service delivery for all urban residents to meet Sustainable Development Goal Six (SDG6). In this ROCKBlue Online …
Sustainably Scaling Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Solutions
The goal of Citywide Inclusive Sanitation is to effectively plan and implement safely managed sanitation systems in cities to ensure everyone has adequate sanitation service delivery outcomes to meet Sustainable Development Goal Six (SDG6). In this ROCKBlue Online Lecture Series …
How water service providers can manage massive reductions in revenue during the Coronavirus pandemic – a panel discussion
Utilities and municipalities around the globe are experiencing massive reductions in revenue. Governments are asking, and in some cases requiring, them to continue providing water even if customers are not willing or unable to pay. So, while their obligations and …
COVID-19 Emergency Planning and Financial Liquidity | Online Lecture presented by Jo Parker, Shannon Riley & Lisa Nations
A presentation on COVID-19 emergency planning for water utilities. Topics for the first lecture include broad emergency planning requirements, lessons from those already impacted by COVID-19’s peak in Europe and those planning for the peak in Africa, basics of emergency …
Access to Finance and Creditworthiness for Water Utilities | Online Lecture presented by Jeremy Gorelick & Eyal Shevel
The infrastructure finance gap for water utilities around the world is enormous. While development finance institutions and other concessionary lenders are providing capital as quickly and responsibly as possible, commercial banks and institutional lenders regularly claim that they find the …
Non-Revenue Water Reduction & Network Pressure Management | Online Lecture presented by Ronnie McKenzie & Niel Meyer
In this lecture, you will learn about one of the most effective tools for reducing non-revenue water (leakages). You will learn about the steps required, hardware/software necessary, effort required, and learn from actual examples. This online lecture was divided into …
Covid 19 – Response and Planning by Bado Mnthali
Bado Mnthali has worked in engineering consultancy since 1999. He is an engineering, project management, risk management and utilities consultant. His geographical experience has been in the USA, Africa, and the Middle East. He has also worked as a development …
Performance Management by Dr Anton Olivier
ROCKBlue recently had the privilege of interviewing ROCKBlue Specialist Anton Olivier who is the CEO of Stratex Consulting. Dr. Olivier works mostly in public sector institutional development within various engineering sectors, including water and sanitation, roads and transport and …
Water Metering Trends by Naem A. Saleh
Mr Saleh is a water utility management specialist based in Jordan with over 25 years of experience. He has an extensive knowledge of water metering trends, has presented at Arab Water Week and held posts which include general …