The People, Weather, Hospitality, Site and Food was Excellent!!
· Meeting dates: 18-21 November 2019
· Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
· Hosts: The Standards Institution of Israel
· Chair: Naty Barak, Israel (SII).
· Committee Manager: Mrs. Xia ZHU, China (SAC).
· Participating countries at this meeting: Bolivia, Canada, China, France, Israel, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden.
The meetings in Tel Aviv included the meetings of Sub Committees TC282/SC01-04 and the three Working Groups of ISO TC282.
The meetings took place over four extensive days, during which 13 work items were processed. The members also participated in one-day workshop at the Israeli water exhibition – WATEC 2019.
Some highlights from the meeting:
On Tuesday (Nov.19):
A visit to the Israeli WATEC exhibition and social event.
- The WATEC conference included discussions on water issues, covering the latest trends and developments on water and environmental management at round tables, and an exhibition of water technologies developed by the Israeli industry.
Social Event - On that evening, we gathered at an authentic Israeli restaurant where we had local Israeli dishes. At the restaurant, we all surprised Dr. Jorge Tarchitzky, who received an award from the Israeli Standards Institute by the Director of the Standardization Division Dalya Yarom, for his many years of development of standards on water reuse for irrigation purposes.
On Wednesday (Nov.20):
- ISO Excellence Award was given to Prof. Hong-Ying Hu of China, by Naty Barak, Chairman of TC282. The ISO Excellence Award was presented in honor of Prof. Hong-Ying Hu's excellent work in ISO SC2 and of his professional leadership in the development of ISO 20760-1:2018 and ISO 20761:2018 -- Water reuse in urban areas.
- Reception at Phyllis Posey's home in Jerusalem - at the end of that day's meeting, we all enjoyed an unforgettable evening at Phyllis Posey's home in Jerusalem. On our way there, we travelled around the capital city and visited some of its major sites, such as the Knesset (Israeli parliament), the Supreme Court of Israel, the Old City Wall, the Tower of David and other monuments. At Phyllis' house, delicious soups were waiting to warm us of the cold weather. Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem, who is also responsible for water-related issues in the city, came to meet us. Before returning to Tel Aviv, we stopped to watch the landscape of Jerusalem at night and visited an ancient aqueduct that was used in the past to supply water to the old city of Jerusalem.
The meetings were held with cooperation and mutual help, which contributed to the work of the TC. Good progress was made in the development of the standards.
The next TC spring meeting will be held in Bolivia on the week of May 18th, 2020.
