The Water Authority - Cayman will host the 10th Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference and Exhibition under the title "Innovative Technologies in the Water and Waste Industries for the 21st Century" October 1st-5th 2001. For the Authority this is a special honour in that 10 years ago we hosted the 20th Caribbean Water Engineer's Conference and Exhibition the precursor of the CWWA Conferences.

This international conference targets everyone in the Caribbean who is involved in production, treatment and supply of drinking water, wastewater collection, treatment and disposal and solid waste management. The expected number of participants is 250-300, representing government agencies, private companies, suppliers and consultants. This conference provides an excellent opportunity to interact with agency and private sector experts who are active in the water, wastewater and solid waste sector and to discuss "lessons learned" and "success stories". In addition to presentations of technical papers, the conference will include technical workshops to address hot topics that are important for the Caribbean region.

The Water Authority is a statutory body that is charged with the protection of the water resources of the Cayman Islands, and with the implementation of water and sewerage infrastructure for the country. As a result of the growing demands for piped water supply in Grand Cayman, the Authority expects to contract for a new 3000 cubic metres per day, water production plant in the capital, George Town. Also in 2001, the Authority will commence construction of the long awaited, multi-million dollar Grand Cayman Wastewater Treatment Plant that will replace the current waste stabilisation ponds. The new treatment plant is expected to be on-line in 2003 and will provide additional treatment capacity for the booming West Bay Beach area as well as the potential for incorporating new areas such as George Town into the public sewerage system.