PECC INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
2007-2009
Issues related to water management in Island Territories,
Coastal Regions and Isolated Communities.
Jointly organized by
France Pacific Territories PECC and the World Water Forum
The BORA-BORA seminar
Hotel Bora -Bora Nui, Bora -Bora, French Polynesia
13 -15 November 2007
Tuesday November 13, 8.30am: Welcome coffee and registration
9.30 : Opening of the seminar, welcoming address.
Eric POMMIER, Chair FPTPECC Polynesia;
Michel PAOLETTI, Chair, Overseas Group, Economic and Social Council, Paris;
Gaston TONG SANG, Mayor Bora-Bora.
Session 1 From global prospects to issues related to Island and coastal territories:
Chair: Eric POMMIER, Chair FPTPECC Polynesia
9.45-10.00 - Message from Loic FAUCHON, President World Water Forum
10.00-10.30-What are the type of contractual agreements in use between operators and users? Are they specific constraints in island and/or isolated territories?
How to prevent conflicts over water use among stakeholders and between economies about rights to access to water and priorities for its use.
By Pierre VICTORIA, Governor, alternate, World Water Forum.
Presentation made by Nicolas Renard.
10.30-10.50 – The global water issues: how can multilateral and domestic policies prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of changes in global water cycles on water availability and its quality.
Mitsugu SAITO, UNDP South Pacific Islands.
10.50-11.45 – How to secure water resource in the Pacific Islands (in quantity and in quality) to meet the demand both at the domestic and industry level in the short and the long run.
Discussion of selected cases about potential conflict between private and industrial users over the use of water:
- Dr Gavin MUDD, Environmental Engineering, Monash University, Australia: Groundwater sustainability, mining environmental issues.
- Dr. Bernard ROBINEAU, Environmental geologist, IRD, Nouméa: Groundwater in island environments: resources and vulnerability.
- Mr.Marc OVERMARS , Water Adviser SOPAC ( Pacific Islands
Géoscience Commission ).
Region’s progress in implementing the regionally adopted strategy on sustainable water management through the Pacific Partnership Initiative
11.45-12h General discussion,
moderator: Jacques LEGUERE, Chair FPTPECC New Caledonia
12h 15 Transfer by boat to the Meridien Hotel
12.30- 2pm Buffet Lunch courtesy of
the Méridien Hotel
2pm: Field trip to the water and wastewater infrastructure of Bora-Bora.
Bora-Bora offers a unique example of an integrated water programme in a fragile environment. All capabilities, technical, financial, human, have been mobilised to make best use of the resource available (capture, treatment and recycling of water) with a view to fully protect the lagoon and allow for the development of local activities without creating negative impact on the quality and quantity of the resource. It can be identified as a best practice case.
Visit of the Intercontinental Hotel high innovative air conditioning facilities build on the pumping of deep fresh ground water and of the main island water sewage specially designed to protect the lagoon.
2pm : transfer from Le Méridien to the Intercontinental § SPA hotel
2.15pm : visit of the deep water air conditioning system
2.45pm : transfer to the main island
3.00pm : transfer to ANAU
3.15pm : visit of the ANAU osmoses station
3.40pm : transfer to Povai
4.00pm : visit of the ultra filtration system and the water treatment plant
4.30pm : transfer to VAITAPE
4.40pm : arrival at the Town Hall ; Mayor presentation about : “Bora Bora on its way to sustainable development »(time 20min).
5.00pm : closing of the visit and transfer to the Bora Bora Nui
Contact at city hall of Vaitape : Miss Maireraurii LEVERD : 689 74 12 00.
7.30- 9.30: Seated dinner courtesy of the SPEA
(Société polynésienne des eaux et assainissements)
Venue, the Bora Bora Nui hotel
2007-2009
Issues related to water management in Island Territories,
Coastal Regions and Isolated Communities.
Jointly organized by
France Pacific Territories PECC and the World Water Forum
The BORA-BORA seminar
Hotel Bora -Bora Nui, Bora -Bora, French Polynesia
13 -15 November 2007
Tuesday November 13, 8.30am: Welcome coffee and registration
9.30 : Opening of the seminar, welcoming address.
Eric POMMIER, Chair FPTPECC Polynesia;
Michel PAOLETTI, Chair, Overseas Group, Economic and Social Council, Paris;
Gaston TONG SANG, Mayor Bora-Bora.
Session 1 From global prospects to issues related to Island and coastal territories:
Chair: Eric POMMIER, Chair FPTPECC Polynesia
9.45-10.00 - Message from Loic FAUCHON, President World Water Forum
10.00-10.30-What are the type of contractual agreements in use between operators and users? Are they specific constraints in island and/or isolated territories?
How to prevent conflicts over water use among stakeholders and between economies about rights to access to water and priorities for its use.
By Pierre VICTORIA, Governor, alternate, World Water Forum.
Presentation made by Nicolas Renard.
10.30-10.50 – The global water issues: how can multilateral and domestic policies prevent or mitigate the negative impacts of changes in global water cycles on water availability and its quality.
Mitsugu SAITO, UNDP South Pacific Islands.
10.50-11.45 – How to secure water resource in the Pacific Islands (in quantity and in quality) to meet the demand both at the domestic and industry level in the short and the long run.
Discussion of selected cases about potential conflict between private and industrial users over the use of water:
- Dr Gavin MUDD, Environmental Engineering, Monash University, Australia: Groundwater sustainability, mining environmental issues.
- Dr. Bernard ROBINEAU, Environmental geologist, IRD, Nouméa: Groundwater in island environments: resources and vulnerability.
- Mr.Marc OVERMARS , Water Adviser SOPAC ( Pacific Islands
Géoscience Commission ).
Region’s progress in implementing the regionally adopted strategy on sustainable water management through the Pacific Partnership Initiative
11.45-12h General discussion,
moderator: Jacques LEGUERE, Chair FPTPECC New Caledonia
12h 15 Transfer by boat to the Meridien Hotel
12.30- 2pm Buffet Lunch courtesy of
the Méridien Hotel
2pm: Field trip to the water and wastewater infrastructure of Bora-Bora.
Bora-Bora offers a unique example of an integrated water programme in a fragile environment. All capabilities, technical, financial, human, have been mobilised to make best use of the resource available (capture, treatment and recycling of water) with a view to fully protect the lagoon and allow for the development of local activities without creating negative impact on the quality and quantity of the resource. It can be identified as a best practice case.
Visit of the Intercontinental Hotel high innovative air conditioning facilities build on the pumping of deep fresh ground water and of the main island water sewage specially designed to protect the lagoon.
2pm : transfer from Le Méridien to the Intercontinental § SPA hotel
2.15pm : visit of the deep water air conditioning system
2.45pm : transfer to the main island
3.00pm : transfer to ANAU
3.15pm : visit of the ANAU osmoses station
3.40pm : transfer to Povai
4.00pm : visit of the ultra filtration system and the water treatment plant
4.30pm : transfer to VAITAPE
4.40pm : arrival at the Town Hall ; Mayor presentation about : “Bora Bora on its way to sustainable development »(time 20min).
5.00pm : closing of the visit and transfer to the Bora Bora Nui
Contact at city hall of Vaitape : Miss Maireraurii LEVERD : 689 74 12 00.
7.30- 9.30: Seated dinner courtesy of the SPEA
(Société polynésienne des eaux et assainissements)
Venue, the Bora Bora Nui hotel
Wednesday November 14
Session 2: Adapted answers to local constraints to best fit the needs
Chair: Charles Morrison, President of the East West Center, International Chair PECC
8.30-9.00 – An integrated water programme to satisfy jointly private and public demand and protect a fragile environment: the Bora-Bora case. Can the newly used approach in Bora -Bora and innovative technologies be used elsewhere?
Roland CATIMEL, Joel ALLAIN, SUEZ GROUP
9.00-9.30 -The reuse of used waters: case studies of California, Hawaii, Carribean.
Valentina LAZAROVA, Suez Group, International expert on the reuse of
water; member International Water Academy.
9.30- 10.00 – The Hawain policy to guarantee the water quality:
Dr Sitiveni HALAPUA, East West Center
10.00-10.20 Coffee break
10.20- 10.50 - China’s practices of water conservation in isolated areas.
Mr WANG ZHENYU
10.50-11.20- How to protect the resource, manage it in the best economic way and develop alternate technologies: the case of Singapore
- Trans-border transfer of water;
- Fight against water leakages in the distribution networks;
- Desalination of sea water: examination of the technologies available, conditions for making them operational in regions with little maintenance skills and limited energy resource;
- The re-use of water, a solution to prevent from and fight against water shortage: the conditions of acceptance by users and the effective control of water quality.
Professor TAN WEE LIANG, University of Singapore
11.20-12 General discussion,
Moderator: Charles MORRISON, President East West Center
12 - 1.30 Buffet lunch courtesy of CARREFOUR
Venue, the Bora-Bora Nui Hotel
Session 3:New and classical avenues for counterbalancing water shortage:
Chair: Joel ALLAIN
1.30-1.50 – How to develop water production units at a reasonable cost whilst keeping maintenance cost low? The Wallis and Futuna case.
R. DIDIER, Administrator of Wallis and Futuna Islands.
1.50-2.20 - Towards a new culture for water: Water scarcity and pricing policy.
Could best practices be envisaged to overcome water shortage and lead to an appropriate pricing policy. Can global solutions bridge with local expectations? How to compel with a scarce resource that is considered at the same time as an essential basic service?
The case of Windhoek (direct potable water reuse), results of acceptance surveys made in selected countries.
Nicolas RENARD, Head of Tariff and Finance Task-Force, Statistics and Economics Specialist Group of the International Water Association.
2.20 – 3.00 -The capture of rainwater and its conservation in reservoirs to compensate the draught periods and uneven rainfalls, how to guarantee the quality of the water to users? Can it be an efficient response to water shortage? The case of French Polynesia.
Olivier JACOB, Administrator
3.00- 3.20 Coffee break
3.20- 3.50- How to maintain essential services running in the case of earthquakes or tsunamis; what are the policies set up by Japan to face natural disasters:
Mitsugu SAITO, UNDP
3.50- 4.20 -Policy set by Chili to guarantee the quality of water in coastal areas,
Could the binding standards set by Chili for the water rejected by the wine growing industry serve as a guide for other countries facing heavy demand of water for agricultural use and the derived environmental issues: (wood industry, transformation of agricultural products)
Professor Javier NUNEZ, University of Chile.
4.20–4.40 - The financing of infrastructure projects in the region projects in the region Laurent FONTAINE, Director of AFD ( French Agency for Development) in Polynesia
4.40 – 5.00: General discussion, moderator : Joel ALLAIN, SUEZ Group
7.00 -7.15: Transfer to Vaitape (by the BORA BORA NUI)
7.15– 7.30: Transfer to panda d’or (by the city hall)
7.30-9.30 Seated dinner courtesy of the Mayor of Bora-Bora
Venue, the Panda d’Or Chinese restaurant
12 - 1.30 Buffet lunch courtesy of CARREFOUR
Venue, the Bora-Bora Nui Hotel
Session 3:New and classical avenues for counterbalancing water shortage:
Chair: Joel ALLAIN
1.30-1.50 – How to develop water production units at a reasonable cost whilst keeping maintenance cost low? The Wallis and Futuna case.
R. DIDIER, Administrator of Wallis and Futuna Islands.
1.50-2.20 - Towards a new culture for water: Water scarcity and pricing policy.
Could best practices be envisaged to overcome water shortage and lead to an appropriate pricing policy. Can global solutions bridge with local expectations? How to compel with a scarce resource that is considered at the same time as an essential basic service?
The case of Windhoek (direct potable water reuse), results of acceptance surveys made in selected countries.
Nicolas RENARD, Head of Tariff and Finance Task-Force, Statistics and Economics Specialist Group of the International Water Association.
2.20 – 3.00 -The capture of rainwater and its conservation in reservoirs to compensate the draught periods and uneven rainfalls, how to guarantee the quality of the water to users? Can it be an efficient response to water shortage? The case of French Polynesia.
Olivier JACOB, Administrator
3.00- 3.20 Coffee break
3.20- 3.50- How to maintain essential services running in the case of earthquakes or tsunamis; what are the policies set up by Japan to face natural disasters:
Mitsugu SAITO, UNDP
3.50- 4.20 -Policy set by Chili to guarantee the quality of water in coastal areas,
Could the binding standards set by Chili for the water rejected by the wine growing industry serve as a guide for other countries facing heavy demand of water for agricultural use and the derived environmental issues: (wood industry, transformation of agricultural products)
Professor Javier NUNEZ, University of Chile.
4.20–4.40 - The financing of infrastructure projects in the region projects in the region Laurent FONTAINE, Director of AFD ( French Agency for Development) in Polynesia
4.40 – 5.00: General discussion, moderator : Joel ALLAIN, SUEZ Group
7.00 -7.15: Transfer to Vaitape (by the BORA BORA NUI)
7.15– 7.30: Transfer to panda d’or (by the city hall)
7.30-9.30 Seated dinner courtesy of the Mayor of Bora-Bora
Venue, the Panda d’Or Chinese restaurant
Thursday November 15
Session 4:Towards best practices in the management of water.
Chair: Michel PAOLETTI, Chair, Overseas Group, Economic and Social Council,Paris.
8.30- 9.00 -The decision making process and the legal approach: how to meet the regulatory framework and settle disputes over water use.
Mrs Frédérique OLIVIER, Lawyer, DS Avocats, Law Firm.
9.00-9h30 Coffee break
9.30- 11.30 - Round table discussion
Identification of the necessary contractual and financial framework to develop new technologies, regulations and standards to guarantee access to clean water to all, namely in Islands territories, less developed and isolated areas; identification for future work by the expert group; proposal for recommendations to the World Water council on its fifth meeting.
9.30-10.30 Presentation, by each of the chairs of the previous sessions, of their summaries and recommendations (15mn each).
10.30-11.30 General discussion
1.30-11.40: Concluding session; avenues for future work including the preparatory work for the second seminar which will examine the role of renewable energies in the treatment of water.
Professor Jean Luc LE BIDEAU, Vice-Chair FPTPECC
11.40 - 12.00: Closing of the seminar.
12.00 – 14.00 Seated luncheon, courtesy of la Brasserie de Tahiti
Venue, the Bora -Bora Nui hotel
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This PECC International project is convened by FPTPECC with the collaboration and support of the World Water Council. It is the first of a series of four seminars to promoting actions in favour of water management in islands, coastal and isolated areas, the conclusions of which will be tabled as a PECC contribution to the Fifth World Water Forum to be held in 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey.
FPTPECC secretariat:
Executive Director: Ambassador Jacques le BLANC jacques.leblanc@outre-mer.gouv.fr
Vice chair FPTPECC: Professor Jean Luc LE BIDEAU lebideaujeanluc@aol.com
