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From Kazakhstan To Cantonment: International Group Tours ECUA Facility
June 22, 2012
An international delegation from Kazakhstan visited and toured the ECUA Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment Thursday afternoon.
The group was invited under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, which focuses on exposing international visitors to a variety of topics in the United States such as waste management practices. The national program visit was arranged by the Institute of International Education and their local program coordinator, the Gulf Coast Citizen Diplomacy Council.
Representing the Kazakhstan delegation were Meruyert Kurmashhova, director, Karaganda Ecological Center, Taissiya Kogutyuk, director general, Kazakhstan Kagazy JSC, Aidar Makhambet, director, Kazakhstan Rubber Recycling, Ltd., and Eldar Kildibayev, deputy head, department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Almaty.
The CWRF was named a top-three finalist for the 2011 Global Water Reuse Project of the Year by Global Water Intelligence in Berlin, Germany. The facility uses advanced wastewater treatment technology, and achieves zero-discharge through partnerships for industrial reuse of the reclaimed water. The reuse partnerships also reduce demand on the Sand-and-Gravel Aquifer, the sole source of the area’s drinking water.
Pictured top: An international delegation from Kazakhstan tours the ECUA Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment Thursday afternoon. Pictured below: Eldar Kildibayev, deputy head, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Almaty; Taissiya Kogutyuk, director general, Kazakhstan Kagazy; and Larry Walker, ECUA District 5 board member. Submitted photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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Looks to me like there is a lot of potential here for improving international relations.
Kazakhstan?, Isn’t that where Borat was from?