Hakim El Fadil

Smart Water Solutions

Weekly discussions on the latest in water science, technology, and investment. Hosted by Abdelhakim El Fadil , an industrial expert with a decade of expertise at Dow Chemical, DuPont, KU Leuven, and Aquadviser, specialising in membrane technologies for advanced water solutions.

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Hakim El Fadil

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Technology

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www.hakimfadil.com

Latest episode

Aug 7, 2025

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Episodes

#14 - Patrick Kiely: Decentralised intelligent wastewater treatment system 29.01.2020

Dr. Patrick Kiely team has developed an innovative bio-electrode sensor and engineered an intelligent decentralized wastewater system which they powered with renewable energy.

#13 - George Habib: Finding the right process parameters for your membrane applications 23.01.2020

Dr. George Habib explains how to select the right membrane and the right process parameters to solve a wide range of water and process applications.

#12 - Kai Uwe: Second-hand membranes can also process Zero Liquid Discharge 16.01.2020

Submit your feedback here! In this episode, Kai-Uwe Hoehn sheds light on the technologies used to achieve zero liquid discharge in the water industry including the option of using second-hand RO membrane.

#11 - Trever Andrew: Tap water could kill you! 09.10.2019

Submit your feedback! Trever Andrew explains how his software innovation tool  could be used as another safety layer to warn us from getting sick in case tape water is contaminated.

#10 - Anna Poberezhna: Blockchain for water industry 26.09.2019

Your feedback matters! Anna Poberezhna sheds light on how can blockchain technology save the water. Moreover, how it could disrupt the water industry.

#9 - Peter Aerts: How will the first fully back washable flat sheet membrane shift the MBR industry? 19.09.2019

Your feedback matters! Dr Peter Aerts shared his vision on how the world first back washable membrane could shift the wastewater treatment industry.

#8 - Steven Pease: Sugars in Coca Cola & other daily foods are prepared by IXR technology 12.09.2019

Your feedback matters! Steve Pease explains how and why Ion Exchange Resin is the key solutions to separate and purify the sugar and starch industries. He elucidates how idea are shaped from the customer needs to launching a new product. The current trend of healthy sugar is an emerging market for IXR.

#7 - Bob Goltz: Multi-tech solutions to treat produced water 04.09.2019

Your feedback matters! Dr. Bob Goltz shed light on how contemporary produced water management practices have shifted their focus from discharge and re-injection to reducing, reusing, and recycling.

#6 - Andi Gorenflo: Marketing navigates the water industry into new solutions 29.08.2019

Your feedback matters! Dr. Andi Gorenflo shared how marketing navigates water business like Dow Water & DuPont water biz into untapped markets as well as guide the R&D team to develop innovation based on the market needs. Moreover, you will learn about his new developed water tech portfolio that add values to untapped water applications.

#5 - Jan Hoinkis: The challenges of decentralizing water treatment unit supplied with renewable energy 21.08.2019

Your feedback matters! In this episode we will learn how renewable energy combined with membrane technology solves groundwater fluoric and arsenic contamination. In addition, Prof. Jan Hoinkis shed light on how wastewater treatment can be tailored for each type of corps irrigation.

#4 - Fredrick Royan: Tech giants like IBM, Cisco and Microsoft are inaugurating a new era of smart water grid 14.08.2019

Your feedback matters! The clock is ticking for the day zero water in metropolis like Cape Town, Bangalore and Dubai.  Water desalination is not enough. The current water management is not yet operating in an efficient way. How could smart water grid solve or delay the day zero water? IT infrastructures combined with advanced sensory are looked-for to play a vital role here. 

#3 - Jorgen Wagner: Milk contains 87% water processed by means of Membranes 10.08.2019

Your feedback matters! In this episode, we shed light on the following key points: •  brief history development of Reverse Osmosis membrane •  what water engineers should know while designing RO & NF for dairy applications  •  how to operate RO & NF in efficient way for dairy applications *NF: Nanofiltration membrane * RO: Reverse Osmosis membrane To get more water solu...

#2 - Jochen Henkel: Efficient ways to design brackish water Reverse Osmosis plant 10.08.2019

Your feedback matters! A controlled pretreatment connected with a well-designed Reverse Osmosis plant will enable you to run RO membrane plant for more than a decade. Dr Jochen Henkel has more than 7 years’ experience in designing Ultrafiltration, Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration membranes units for brackish water treatment. He has shared valuable technical insights from his experiences within t...

#1 - Markus Kyburz: How to operate efficiently RO & NF membranes in process applications 10.08.2019

Your feedback matters! In this episode, we discussed: •  what water engineers should know while using RO & NF in process applications  •  how to operate RO & NF in efficient way in process applications •  key technical hints that will save you money while designing RO/NF plant for process apps To get more water solutions content, please subscribe!

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