Derko Kopitopoulos

Derko KOPITOPOULOS

dk@ecoplast.ch

Tel + fax (41) 21 / 799 13 41

Mobile (41) 78 / 724 25 55

Swiss and Greek citizen

Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, 1961.

Married, two children.

 

 

Formation

MS Civil Engineering, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland, February 1985

Specialized in Sanitary Engineering

Affiliations

Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA)

Swiss Society for Air and Water Protection (ARPEA)

Swiss Evaluation Society (SEVAL)

 

Languages skills

French, English, Spanish, Greek, German, Russian

Professional experience:

In Switzerland

Foundation of Ecoplast SA (1991).

In Europe

Estonia (2004)

Feasibility study of Narva-Jõesuu sewerage project.

Macedonia (2003)

Feasibility study of Tetovo water supply project.

In Northern Africa

Maroc (2004)

Evaluation of the benefits generated by the telecontrol project of 34 water supply systems managed by ONEP.

Algeria (2001)

Technical assistance to the National Wastewater Authority (ONA) for the realization of wastewater treatment plants.

Morocco (1998)

Technical assistance to the National Water Supply Authority (ONEP) for the realization of wastewater treatment plants.

Morocco (1991)

Evaluation of the Kenitra water demand.

Morocco (1991)

Setting up of the Settat wastwater master plan.

In sub-saharian Africa

Burkina Faso (2004)

Detailed design of the Bobo-Dioulasso sanitation project.

Togo (2003)

Feasibility study of the water supply and sanitation project for 20 townships.

Mauritania (2002)

Evaluation of the water supply distribution network efficiency.

Senegal (1991)

Detailed design of the Rufisque sanitation project.

Ethiopia (1994)

Feasibility study of the sanitation project for 12 townships in southern Ethiopia.

Rwanda (1991)

Preliminary design of the Kigali  wastewater facilities.

Burundi (1990)

Detailed design of the Bujumbura wastewater treatment plant.

Niger (1989)

Detailed design of the Niamey wastewater treatment plant.

D.R. of Congo (1988)

Detailed design of 4 urban water supply schemes.

Burkina Faso (1988)

Detailed design of 4 urban water supply schemes.

In Latin America

Honduras (2004)

Detailed design of 6 urban wastewater treatment plants.

Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador

Supervision of SDC water and sanitation Projects in Central America.

Bolivia (1998)

Detailed design of the Sucre water supply and sanitation project.

Ecuador (1998)

Detailed design of the Santo Dominago de los Colorados water supply and sanitation project.

Peru (1996)

Feasibility study of the sanitation project for 2 townships in the Amazonian.

Peru (1996)

Feasibility study of the sanitation project for 20 townships in Northern Peru.

In the Middle East

Jordan (1986)

ICRC Delegate

 

Publications

"Design, Building and Maintainance of Upstream Wastewater Treatment Plants"

VSU-ASTAG, Switzerland, March 1993.

 

"Coping Wastewater Treatment with Small Flows and Loads"

Association Neuchâteloise pour la Chimie (ANC), Switzerland, June 1994.

 

 "Wastewater Treatment in Central America "

1st Latin-American Conference on Stabilization Ponds and Reuse, Cali, Colombia, October 2000.

 

Financial agencies

Multilaterals

Banque Mondiale

IADB

BafD

BADEA

 

Bilaterals

KfW

GTZ

DDC

SOFINEX

CICR

 


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