Connect with Dutch water expertise during Oman Water Week

Oman Water Week (OWW) attracts 2,500 participants and 100+ speakers from 20 countries, making it the platform to explore global trends and policies shaping the future of water management. With keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, technical demonstrations, and networking opportunities, it offers valuable opportunities to connect and exchange knowledge.

Netherlands Pavilion

The Netherlands Water Partnership (NWP), in collaboration with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Oman, is proudly organising a Dutch trade mission to Muscat during Oman Water Week. At the vibrant Netherlands Pavilion, leading Dutch companies showcase their expertise, share insights through presentations, and connect with partners during networking events and matchmaking sessions.

Take this unique opportunity to meet the Dutch water sector and discover smart, sustainable solutions to tackle Oman’s water challenges.

Meet the participating companies

• Colubris Cleantech: Colubris Cleantech is a Dutch family business with over 40 years of experience in separation and purification technologies, offering tailored solutions for water, waste, and bioresource challenges. They support clients with analytical data, design advice, CAPEX/OPEX calculations, and access to sustainable technologies that deliver environmental and economic benefits.
• H2O Biofouling Solutions BV: H2O Biofouling Solutions (H2O BFS) offers environmentally friendly, end-to-end solutions to prevent biofouling in industrial water systems, ensuring plant availability and production capacity. With over 30 years of experience, including in the GCC and Oman, they serve power plants, desalination facilities, and the oil and gas sector, combining biocide dosing expertise, system design, and biomonitoring.
• Nijhuis Saur Industries: Nijhuis Saur Industries, founded in 1904, delivers sustainable water, energy, and resource recovery solutions, supporting clients in over 140 countries with engineering, EPC projects, mobile water solutions, and O&M services. With a strong portfolio of technologies and over 6,000 global references, they provide local, scalable, and circular water-on-demand solutions for a more resilient future.
• NX Filtration: NX Filtration revolutionises water treatment with their hollow fibre nanofiltration membranes, delivering high performance while reducing energy and chemical use. Their technology effectively removes micropollutants, colour, plastics, viruses, and bacteria, offering a sustainable solution for clean water.
• Royal Eijkelkamp: For over 110 years Royal Eijkelkamp has been designing, developing, producing and implementing integrated solutions for soil and water worldwide. They offer premium quality instruments and a customized online platform to collect and show all relevant data in one view.
• Truxor Wetland Equipment: Truxor Wetland Equipment designs and builds advanced amphibious machines, continuously innovating to meet global wetland management needs. With a network in 45 countries, they combine expertise and quality to serve customers worldwide.
• Utrecht University: Amir Raoof, Associate Professor at Utrecht University, specialises in porous media, hydrogeology, and sustainable water management, with research focused on groundwater flow, water resources, and contaminant transport. The team works internationally, including in arid regions like Oman, combining modelling, experiments, and field studies to develop practical solutions for sustainable water use.
• Wageningen University and Research (WUR): is a leading Dutch research university specialising in life sciences, agriculture, and natural resources, with around 12,000 students from over 100 countries. Wageningen University and Research combines education and research at BSc, MSc, and PhD levels, focusing on scientific, social, and commercial challenges in the field of sustainable development.
• Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers: founded in 1946, Witteveen+Bos Consulting Engineers is a Dutch consulting engineering firm with over 1,600 professionals working worldwide on projects in water, infrastructure, transport, ports, and the environment. With 23 offices in 11 countries, they deliver sustainable solutions across four business lines; Deltas, Coasts & Rivers, Infrastructure & Mobility, Built Environment, and Energy, Water & Environment, completing around 4,000 projects annually.

Dutch speakers at Oman Water Week conference

Dutch experts will share projects and smart solutions tackling key water challenges during the conference at OWW.

9 April 2025 | 9:20 - 9:50
Municipal water programme: ‘’NRW reduction project using innovative techniques’’
Michel Bretveld, Witteveen+Bos

9 April 2025 | 12:10- 12:25
Municipal water programme: ‘’AquaConnect: How to avoid the limitations on brine valorisation via electrodialysis?’’
Shahab Shariat Torbaghan, Wageningen University

9 April 2025 | 14:30- 16:00
Produced/ Industrial Water Programme: “Environmentally friendly biofouling control in seawater intakes using UVC LED: A new non-chemical approach”
Harry Polman, H2O Biofouling

Nama Water Talks conference programme 

In addition to these presentations, the Nama Water Talks Conference offers further insights. 

8 April 2025 | 10:45 - 11:00
"Upgrading wastewater stabilization ponds, reducing the carbon footprint and effective maintenance with lightweight amphibian tractors"
Ruud Kampf, Truxor Wetland Equipment

9 April 2025 | 11:15 - 11:30
“Enhancing municipal wastewater reclamation using hollow fiber nanofiltration” 
Ahmed Elkhateeb, NX Filtration

Networking reception

The Dutch Embassy in Oman will host an exclusive networking reception on 7 April from 17:00 to 19:00, bringing together Dutch water experts and key Omani stakeholders. This invitation-only event aims to strengthen connections and explore collaboration in the water sector.

If you are interested in attending, please contact the Netherlands Water Partnership or the Embassy to discuss the possibilities.