Nidhal S. Al-Dossary Receives Bedell Award

DHAHRAN, 2/26/2018 – Nidhal S. Dossary, Field Compliance Coordinator, Utilities and Facilities Services Department was presented the 2017 Arthur Sydney Bedell Award by Thamer S. Mutairi, President of the Saudi Arabian Water Environment Association (SAWEA), on February 26 at a ceremony held in the Kempinski Al Othman Hotel Al Khobar. Dossary is the fifth person to receive this award in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

The Bedell award is granted by the Water Environment Federation (WEF), a global nonprofit association that trains and educates thousands of professionals in the field of water treatment. The Bedell Award was established to acknowledge the extraordinary contribution of members to a Water Environment Federation member association, such as the Saudi Arabian Water Environment Association (SAWEA). SAWEA is a Saudi Aramco professional group of water quality engineers and scientists supported by the Environmental Protection Department and the Utilities and Facilities Services Department.

For his outstanding contributions to water conservation and innovative treatment technologies, Dossary, who is a past president of SAWEA, received the award.

Dossary played a key role in organizing many of SAWEA’s major conferences and workshops for the past three years including the most recent “Water Arabia” conference in Khobar in October 2017. Water Arabia 2017 attracted more than 1100 participants from 22 countries, with 36 exhibitors and numerous technical presentations. In addition 8 KSA university students presented posters explaining their water conservation research projects. The “Water Arabia” event is regarded as the preeminent water conference held in the MENA region.

Nidhal S. Al-Dossary Receives the Bedell Award From SAWEA President Thamer Mutairi and SAWEA Past President Mohammad Al Abdullatif