Conference

Gray Water Footprint

Adrián Pedrozo, General Director, IMTA

Considerations on the draft update to Rule 001 on wastewater discharges

José Ramón Ardavín, Executive Director, CESPEDES

• ● To learn about an analysis of the wastewater discharge standard update project 
• ● Project costs
• ● Proposal for an improvement in wastewater treatment



Moderator: Juan Carlos Valencia, Professor, UNAM

Opening Ceremony

Aquatech LATAM Awards

Opening Address

Circular Economy: The industrial sector’s ally for sustainable development

Circular Economy: An ally of the industrial sector for sustainable development

● Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Sales Manager, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions México
− Be aware that with available water reuse solutions, companies and industry are able to save up to 70% of water consumption
− Know that the recycling and reuse of water and wastewater provide great benefits in terms of time, money, resources and protection of the environment
− To become aware of the great potential that water reuse has in companies and especially in industrial production plants

Positive impact on the Operational Water Footprint: a challenge for the industry

● Luis Julián Hernández, Director of Safety, Health, Environment and Regulatory Compliance, Constellation Brands
− Understand the industry´s responsibility in terms of water strategy
− Develop a strategy that works from a technical and social point of view

Moderator: Verónica Romero, Deputy Director of Management, ANEAS

Governance

Governance and integrated water resources management

Hugo Rojas, General Director, ANEAS

Challenges to achieve effective governance for water security

Hugo Alberto Contreras, Director – Water Security Latin America, The Nature Conservancy

• ●Most of the signals that a water user receives in Mexico lead them to make decisions that go against long-term water security
• ●Reflections will be offered on how to improve the way we make water management decisions, to mitigate some of the most significant water risks we face

Moderator: Eduardo Mestre, Senior Advisor, The International Water Foundation

Water and climate change

Climate change and the water crisis

Isabel Studer, Director, Alianza UCMX

• ● The evidence on the impacts of rising temperatures particularly in Latin America and Mexico will be explain
• ● What actions governments and industry can take to reduce carbon emissions and at the same time invest in climate change adaptation actions will be describe

Moderator: Eduardo Mestre, Senior Advisor, The International Water Foundation

Water treatment solutions

Water treatment and reuse in sustainable water management

Ernesto Espino, Environmental Engineering Consultant
● Increasing demands and limited availability of water give rise to social conflicts and promote the over exploitation of available water reserves
● Wastewater treatment and reuse is an option, not sufficient, but indispensable to achieve sustainable water management
● Biological treatment is a proven, efficient, reliable, low-cost and environmentally responsible alternative for treating wastewater for reuse

Sustainability projects in water processes

Francisco Hernández, Engineering & Project Manager, Water Technologies, Mexico

• ●Sustainable commercial water applications
• ●Efficient technologies that allow high water recoveries to be achieved

Moderator: Emilio Javier Manrique, Professor of Environmental Systems Engineering, ENCB-IPN

Business methodologies and financing

Financing for the Water Sector

● Alejandro González, Associate Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation (IFC)
− Examples will be given of how IFC's infrastructure unit has advised and financed water projects in local emerging countries and in Latin America
− Show how IFC helps its partners and clients to mobilize private investment for infrastructure projects with high positive development impact with high social benefits

Water Financial System in Mexico

● Gustavo Ortiz Rendón, Consultant
− The main economic and financial instruments related to water management will be described
− Some results of the implementation of the country's financial system will be evaluated
− Some proposals to improve the administrative and fiscal legislation related to the financial water system in Mexico will be presented

Water: Strategic resource for social and economic development

● Raúl, Rodríguez, President, Water Advisory Council

• • Examples will be given of how water resources are under increasing pressure, which makes it necessary to make preventive decisions and allocate adequate budgets to guarantee water security
• • The complicated scenarios in the short and long term will be exemplified, making it necessary to rethink public policies and regulations to strengthen the sector
• • We will discuss how weak governance exposes all users to greater risks, which is why better financing of the sector is urgently needed

Moderator: Ricardo Sandoval, Senior Technical Consultant, Generagua