FCC Aqualia participated in the Internatio-
nal Water Summit 2014 which was held in
Abu Dhabi 2014. José Enrique Bofill, FCC
Aqualia’s Middle East director described
the company’s technical expertise and the
solutions implemented to enhance efficien-
cy and to reduce water leaks in the net-
works as a specific example of the project
executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
During the event, FCC Aqualia sparked the
interest of the Arab news media that have
a broad following in the Middle East. Bofill
was interviewed by the CNBC satellite and
At FCC Aqualia’s stand, from left to right: Mark Barker, CEO of Water
and Energy Exchange (WEX); José Enrique Bofill, FCC Aqualia’s Middle
East Director; Luis de Lope, International Manager of FCC Aqualia; Alan
Thompson, Managing Director of Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company
(ADSSC); and Chris Venemore, Managing Director of MACE.
International seminars in…
Abu Dhabi
The Saudi Water and Power Forum
(SWPF) and the National Water Com-
pany Focus Day were held from 1 to 4
December last year. The SWPF edition
this year was entitled “Shaping the Fu-
ture of Sustainable Utility Development”.
José Enrique Bofill, Middle East director,
participated in one of the sessions of
the summit, “Efficiency Opportunities”.
FCC Aqualia was also invited to attend
by the National Water Company Focus,
the country’s leading water management
authority. It detailed during this summit
its experiences in the design and im-
plementation of the water network pro-
ject currently being executed in Riyadh
known as the “Enhancement water pro-
jects in Riyadh”.
Saudi Water and Power Forum (SWPF)
cable TV channel specialising in economic
news as well as by Sky News.
The stand set up by FCC Aqualia became
a meeting point of potential clients who are
interested in the projects being developed
by the company in the Middle East and wel-
comed many visitors and personalities such
as Spain’s ambassador to the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), José Eugenio Salarich; the
commercial attaché, Manuela García, and
Alan Thompson, General Manager of Abu
Dhabi Sewerage Services Company, an
FCC Aqualia client in El Ain.
World Future Energy Summit 2014
Coinciding with this forum, the World Fu-
ture Energy Summit 2014, an international
event on renewable energies with more
than 650 exhibitors and 25,000 visitors
from 155 countries was being held, where
FCC Aqualia also participated.
