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MENA NWC Update
NonMENA NWC Is Incorporated as Non-Profit
TaxOrganization and Applies for Tax-Exemption
Following MENA NWC’s
legal registration as a nonprofit in Washington, D.C.,
last year, the Interim
Management Unit, Board
of Directors, and U.S.
Agency for International
Development (USAID)
worked collaboratively
with legal counsel to
prepare and finalize
bylaws for the Network. In
September 2014, these
bylaws were submitted to
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the U.S. Internal Revenue
Service (IRS), along with
the Network’s application
for tax-exempt status.
Such status will allow
MENA NWC to solicit and
receive tax-exempt
donations from U.S.
organizations.
The decision about a
permanent venue for
MENA NWC’s Directorate
will be made by the Board
of Directors once the
Network has outside
funding commitments to
sustain it. Until then,
FABRI is preparing a
plan to fully
operationalize the
Network, including
opening a bank account,
establishing accounting
procedures, and
recruiting permanent
staff.
International Research Presentations
MENA NWC’s
researchers, funded
through the Policy,
Research & Development
grants fund, are
presenting research
findings at international
research conferences.
In October 2014, Dr.
Ahmed Al-Busaidi of
Sultan Qaboos University
presented Mitigating
Environmental Risks of
Wastewater Reuse for
Agriculture at the 9th
International Soil
Science Congress in
Turkey. The project was
also presented in October
at the 10th International
Hydrogeological
Congress in Greece.
Several additional
international conference
presentations are
planned:
• Researchers from
INRGREF and SQU will
present the Mitigating
Environmental Risks of
Wastewater Reuse for
Agriculture research
project at the Second
Arab-American
Frontiers Symposium
in Muscat, Oman in
December 2014
• Researchers from the
Managed Aquifer
Recharge Using
Treated Wastewater
research project will
present at the
American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting in
San Francisco in
December 2014
• The Using Green
Nanoparticles as a
Biofouling-Resistant
Agent in Reverse
Osmosis Desalination
research team will
present at the
American Water
Works Association –
Membrane
Technology
Conference in
Orlando, Florida in
March 2015.