With around 120 members from the fields of planning, production and operation, the North German Water Centre (NWZ) is an important network for the North German water industry. In addition, the NWZ offers a forum for the exchange of experience between science and practice in the form of seminars and technical excursions. In addition to joint trade fair appearances (soon at IFAT 2024), the Lower Saxony Groundwater Colloquium and the NWZ AbwasserDialog are among the best-known events.
The anniversary celebration "30 years of NWZ" on 29 August 2023 was a successful combination of festive and specialist presentations with a trade exhibition and a summer party to round off the event.
At the fully booked event in the premises of the Steinhof sewage treatment plant (Braunschweig), the intentions of the association's founders were reported on and the future areas of tension in water management and possible solutions were presented in further specialised lectures. As expected, the consequences of climate change on water quantity management and the adaptation to this (e.g. through blue-green infrastructure) took up a large part of the presentations by the renowned speakers. Lower Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Olaf Lies, gave the welcome address and provided the political context for the current discussion with his in-depth expertise.
Impressions of the thoroughly successful event can be found on the NWZ homepage as a short video under the following link: NWZ | North German Water Centre " 30 years of NWZ (n-w-z.de).
As a long-standing member, M&P Nord congratulates the NWZ on 30 years of successful networking. We look forward to continuing our co-operation!