Full Name
Domingo Zarzo Martinez
Job Title
Strategic Projects and Branding Manager
Company
Sacyr, S.A.
Speaker Bio
Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, University of Alicante, Spain (1988) and PhD, Water and Sustainable Development, University of Alicante, Spain (2017).
Head of Strategic Projects and Institutional Relations of Sacyr Water (SACYR GROUP) from 1995 and founding member of the company.
Previously he worked as a researcher at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante (1988-1991) and O&M manager in different wastewater treatment plants (1991-1994).
More than 100 water treatment facilities have been designed and built under his supervision including some of the largest desalination facilities in the world (in
Australia, Israel, Algeria, Chile, Spain, Oman, etc.), with different technologies (RO, EDR, NF) as well as large wastewater and reuse plants.
Member of the Board of Directors (since 2008) and 11 years (2014-2025) President of AEDyR (Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association), Member of the Board of
Directors of IDRA (International Desalination and Reuse Association) 2017-2025, and Member of the Board of Trustees and Scientific Committee in IMDEA Agua
(Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies- Water). 10 years Associate Professor and currently Honorary Collaborator at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Spain.
Founding Member of the Water Positive initiative and Think Tank Participation in many international conferences including UN Water Conference
(New York, 2023) as attendee and COP25 (Madrid, 2019), COP 28 (Dubai 2023) and Global Compact Leaders Summit (New York, 2024) as speaker. Lecturer in different master courses related with water treatment in different universities. More than 100 papers and publications in conferences, scientific journals, invited lectures and international congresses and 3 patents on water treatment systems.
Head of Strategic Projects and Institutional Relations of Sacyr Water (SACYR GROUP) from 1995 and founding member of the company.
Previously he worked as a researcher at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante (1988-1991) and O&M manager in different wastewater treatment plants (1991-1994).
More than 100 water treatment facilities have been designed and built under his supervision including some of the largest desalination facilities in the world (in
Australia, Israel, Algeria, Chile, Spain, Oman, etc.), with different technologies (RO, EDR, NF) as well as large wastewater and reuse plants.
Member of the Board of Directors (since 2008) and 11 years (2014-2025) President of AEDyR (Spanish Desalination and Reuse Association), Member of the Board of
Directors of IDRA (International Desalination and Reuse Association) 2017-2025, and Member of the Board of Trustees and Scientific Committee in IMDEA Agua
(Madrid Institute of Advanced Studies- Water). 10 years Associate Professor and currently Honorary Collaborator at the Chemical Engineering Department, University of Alicante, Spain.
Founding Member of the Water Positive initiative and Think Tank Participation in many international conferences including UN Water Conference
(New York, 2023) as attendee and COP25 (Madrid, 2019), COP 28 (Dubai 2023) and Global Compact Leaders Summit (New York, 2024) as speaker. Lecturer in different master courses related with water treatment in different universities. More than 100 papers and publications in conferences, scientific journals, invited lectures and international congresses and 3 patents on water treatment systems.
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