Water treatment and sanitary sectors, the building growth carries out a similar growth in technologies of water investment, treatment and rationalization of consumption. The noticeable interest in Syrian Market by the international companies showed up through their interest in participating at WATEX exhibition for water technologies, especially after the Syrian government serious orientation to expand the water treatment plants and sanitary in addition to its depending on foreign tenders for constructing and operating such stations.

The exhibition in 2011 gathered SIMA long years experiences in the field of exhibition industry and services, along with three specialized sessions of the exhibition which perform a unique event in its surrounding in terms of number of participants & specialties completeness.

All these factors participate in performing noticeable economic scene in WATEX 2011, which will represents indispensable specialized platform in the field of water and environment in Syria.

Why WATEX In Syria ?

Syria consume nearly 80% of its water resources for agriculture purposes, while consuming about 16 % for the industry purposes and remains less than 4% for the drinking water purposes.

Those noticeable rates may show new opportunities and different possibilities for the rationalization of the consumption of water resources in Syria and could help to overcome the scarcity of water which the region and the rest of the world are suffering. Modern methods of irrigation in Syria covers only 20% of the agricultural production. On the contrary of the official directions and rules , using the traditional methods of irrigation, which falls on the waste a very large amounts of water, more than those required by the agriculture in practice.

This is typically goes on the same line with the reports referred by the United Nations and its development programs on the scarcity of water and its relationship ended in bad management of water resources, exactly like its relation with the climate changes (if not more).