member wastewater treatment mission visited Japan recently. The visit, organized by Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East and its Jeddah branch “Japan Water Desk”, attended lectures on latest technologies for wastewater treatment, visited an onsite wastewater treatment facility located in the 4th basement of a high-rise building and visited Sewage Works Exhibition 2009 in Tokyo. The team also visited a wastewater treatment facility in Hiroshima.