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Contents

Dr Yaacob Ibrahim 02 Welcomes all to the Singapore International Water Week Reflect Current Wave Leading Minds Ponder the Future Main Events at Water Week Surge of Supporting Activities

26 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 36 Regional Business Forums 27 Water Technopreneur with 36 Social Events Groundbreaking Solution is First 38 Co-located Events Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Winner 40 Technical Tours 30 Water Leaders Summit 32 Water Convention 33 Water Expo Water Festival

Water, Sanitation Sustainable Urban 06 and Life in Our Cities 10 Water Management Solution Quench Professor Tommy Koh – Issues and Perspective The Sponsors with Answers Sate Your Curiosity about Singapore Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada 44 Asahi Kasei 60 An Oasis of Fun and Surprises 45 Black & Veatch 65 Singapore International Water Week 46 CDM at a Glance 47 CH2M HILL 48 Dayen Environmental Limited 49 Dow Water Solutions 50 Hyflux 51 Keppel Corporation 52 Salcon Pte Ltd 53 Sembcorp Industries Ltd 54 Siemens Water Technologies 55 Suez Environnement The Hope in Water Emerging Trends 56 United Engineers 16 Professor Kishore Mahbubani 20 in Water Technology 57 Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies – Global Innovations and Future Directions Dr David Garman

Cover: Artist’s impression of Marina Bay, Singapore © Urban Redevelopment Authority, 2007. Welcome to and dammed up several of them to create freshwater reservoirs. This experience has over the Singapore time nurtured a water industry of both local and international companies well placed to International contribute water solutions globally. Water Week It is in this spirit of sharing and celebration that the Singapore International Water Week was conceived. The theme ‘Sustainable Water Solutions for Cities’ reflects our wish that other sustained supply of potable water has cities also join us in developing and sustaining always been a key requirement for the water solutions for themselves. Through this A survival, growth and development of premier water event, we aim to provide global the human civilisation. policy makers, industry leaders and experts a Today, while some parts of the world are comprehensive platform to share experiences well-supplied with water, many parts are under- and build capacities. supplied or face problems of flooding. It is An award bearing the name of Singapore’s estimated that a billion people still lack access first Prime Minister and now Minister Mentor to safe drinking water and 2.6 billion people do – the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, has been not have access to basic sanitation. created to recognise the vision and efforts of What is promising, however, is the an individual or organisation towards solving continuing endeavour by scientists, the world’s water challenges. I would like to governments, non-government organisations extend my warmest congratulations to and industry to highlight such issues, and to Dr Andrew Benedek who is the first explore and implement practical, cost-effective distinguished recipient of the Water Prize. solutions. Innovative technologies, sound I thank the Singapore Millennium Foundation policies and international cooperation can help and the 14 founding sponsors for their support of secure a greater water supply for our people the Singapore International Water Week. I warmly now and in the future. welcome all our international friends and wish Singapore’s circumstances necessitated you an enjoyable stay in Singapore. innovative and bold solutions in order to provide sustained, affordable and clean drinking water for our growing urban population and industry. We have succeeded in this challenge by diversifying Dr Yaacob Ibrahim our sources – local catchment water, imported Minister for the Environment water, NEWater and desalinated water. We have and Water Resources cleaned up our waterways Singapore

Welcome Message 03 ReflectLeading Minds Ponder the Future Water, Sanitation and Life in Our Cities

Professor Tommy Koh Ambassador-at-large Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore Chairman Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council Chairman Water Leaders Summit Singapore International Water Week he good news is that Asia is the fastest • Reduce by half the number of people come true. The progress will be monitored of international organisations and eminent growing region in the world. The good who do not have access to basic sanitation and evaluated at the second summit in 2010. scholars and thought leaders to meet. The T news is that if Asia continues to progress by 2015 and aim to reduce that number to In his address to the Water Summit, the summit will have a plenary session and three along its present trajectory, it will soon catch zero by 2025, through the adoption of new Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda informed the roundtables. I will chair the plenary which will up with the United States and the European and innovative sanitation systems that are meeting that Japan, as the host of the 2008 G8 focus on the nexus between good governance Union in the size of its economy. There is, not as water reliant as current methods; meeting, will ensure that water and sanitation and sustainable cities. however, a dark side to this happy picture. • Accord the highest priority to water will be on its agenda. The Beppu Message urged The three roundtables will focus on: The bad news is that 700 million Asians do and sanitation in our economic and the G8 to commit to support the developing a. The right environment for not have access to safe drinking water. The development plans and agendas and countries to achieve their Millennium water technologies; worse news is that 1.5 billion Asians do not to increase substantially our allocation Development targets on water and sanitation. b. The business of water; and have access to basic sanitation. The really of resources to the water and From 23 to 27 June 2008, Singapore will host c. Cities of the future. awful news is that some cities of Asia are sanitation sectors; three concurrent meetings: I hope that the discussions in the plenary becoming unliveable: with unhealthy air, • Improve governance, efficiency and equity a. The inaugural Singapore International and the roundtables will be substantive, polluted water, untreated sewage, bad in all aspects related to the management Water Week; intellectually rigorous and practical, and housing, worse transport, etc. of water, particularly as it impacts on poor b. A World Cities Summit; and will result in deliverables which will help us In December 2007, the Asia Pacific Water communities. We recognise that while c. A smaller meeting on Liveable Cities to make a difference to the lives of our people. Forum held the first Asia Pacific Water Summit in women are particularly vulnerable, they for the 16 member countries of the Beppu, Japan. It was a very successful meeting. are also resilient and entrepreneurial, East Asia Summit. The meeting adopted an inspiring and visionary hence, they should be empowered in all We will try to harness the synergy and The bad news is that Message From Beppu. In the message, the water-related activities; capture the commonalties between water and 700 million Asians participants agreed, inter alia, to: • Empower a high-level coordinating cities. The nexus is obvious: every good city do not have access to safe • Recognise the people’s right to safe mechanism in our cabinets and, where should provide all its citizens with safe drinking drinking water. The worse drinking water and basic sanitation as possible, appoint a minister in charge of water and basic sanitation. news is that 1.5 billion Asians a basic human right and a fundamental water to ensure that all issues related to I have been tasked to chair the Water do not have access to aspect of human security; water and sanitation would be dealt with Leaders Summit, one component of the • Reduce by half the number of people who in a holistic manner. Singapore International Water Week. The Water basic sanitation. do not have access to safe drinking water It is easier to adopt a message than to Leaders Summit will be an annual platform for by 2015 and aim to reduce that number implement it. The challenge is for all of us, who policy makers, ministers in charge of water, to zero by 2025; were in Beppu, to work hard to make our vision mayors of cities, leaders of industry, heads

08 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 0 9 Sustainable Urban Water Management – Issues and Perspective

Asit K. Biswas President Third World Centre for Water Management Atizapan, Mexico Distinguished Visiting Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore

Cecilia Tortajada Vice-President Third World Centre for Water Management Atizapan, Mexico Visiting Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore President International Water Resources Association Scientific Director International Centre for Water Zaragoza, Spain he importance of the provision of clean is still increasing. Urban water management, Goals (MDGs), one of which was to “reduce Are Urban Water Supply and drinking water and proper wastewater in the present context, means access to clean by half the proportion of people without Wastewater Problems Solvable? T management for the urban centres of drinkable water and proper wastewater and sustainable access to safe drinking water”, Analyses carried out at our Centre indicate the world has been known for centuries. As the stormwater management. by 2015. Surprisingly, and most curiously, the that there is absolutely no reason as to why urban urban centres started to proliferate, especially In retrospect, it is indeed a curious anomaly MDGs are silent on wastewater management. water management problems of the developing during and after the Industrial Revolution, that even though the importance of proper This was subsequently addressed by the world cannot be solved in the foreseeable provision of clean drinking water and safe urban water management had been known Johannesburg Summit in 2002. future in a cost-effective and socially acceptable disposal of wastewater and stormwater became for centuries, and the overall global situation Nearly midway of the MDG period, it now manner. However, the solution of these problems increasingly important social and economic in this area was steadily deteriorating since appears that it will require a real miracle if will require a new mindset, identification of the considerations in the West. By the early part of the mid-1950s, it did not receive serious international goals for clean drinking water real problems and their solutions, and societal the second half of the 20th century, these urban concerted international attention until around and proper wastewater management can demands for access to better services. Equally, water management problems for most of the 1976, when the United Nations Conference on be achieved by 2015. There is considerable some sacred cows need to slaughtered, and Western World had been solved. Human Settlements, held in Vancouver, flagged statistical data manipulation at present to show many of the current dogmatic debates on urban In contrast, urban water problems of the this issue. Subsequently, this was firmly and that significant progress is being made on both water-related issues have to be eschewed. This developing world have mostly worsened during directly addressed by the United Nations Water water supply and wastewater management may not be an easy task, but economically and the post-1960 period. Increasing population Conference, held in Mar del Plata, in 1977. This aspects. Unfortunately, the fact still remains technologically it is, most certainly, a double task. growth, rapid urbanisation, inadequate levels Conference proposed that the period 1981 – 1990 that from Mumbai to Mexico City, and Lagos to Much has been written and said in recent of economic development, social and political should be declared as the International Water Lahore, water supplied to the urban inhabitants years about the impending global crisis because apathy to urban water-related issues, and Supply and Sanitation Decade, with the objective is still not drinkable without additional of physical scarcity of water. This is sheer absence of appropriate management and of providing clean water and sanitation to every treatment by the consumers. In terms of nonsense. The world has enough water. If the technical capacities meant that an increasing person in the world by the end of 1990. wastewater management, the progress is even world faces a crisis it will not be due to physical number of the urban population did not There is no question that the promulgation worse. Studies carried out by our Third World scarcities of water, but, as the Asian Development have access to basic services such as clean of this Decade, for the first time, put the issue Centre for Water Management indicates that, Bank has correctly noted, it will be due to sheer drinking water, and adequate wastewater and of water supply and sanitation firmly in the in 2000, less than 10 percent of point sources mismanagement of water. stormwater management. While much progress international political agenda. While the Decade of wastewater generated in Latin America were In terms of urban water management, has been made in recent decades in this area, contributed to noteworthy progress, its goals properly treated and then disposed of in an the main reason for the current unacceptable the fact still remains that the number of people proved to be too ambitious to achieve. environmentally-safe way. The situation is likely situation is widespread mismanagement of the in the developing world who do not have Part of the challenge was subsequently to be no different in the African or the Asian water utilities, which means that these are not access to proper urban water management picked up by the Millennium Development developing countries. being run professionally. Regrettably, in most

12 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 13 of the urban centres of the developing world, For example, Singapore problem is an essential requirement if good Bibliography intermittent water supply of dubious quality is currently loses only five urban water management is to become a Asian Water Development Bank, 2007, the norm rather than exception. percent of its supply, making reality in the developing world in the near “Asian Water Development Outlook 2007: All the present data and analyses indicate it the best example in future. This is an issue that has been basically Achieving Water Security for Asia”, ADB, that for urban centres of more than one million the world. ignored completely by the water profession Manila, 51 p. population, there is absolutely no reason as and the relevant international organisations to why continuous supply of drinkable quality in the past. Cecilia Tortajada, Olli Varis, Jan Lundqvist and water cannot be provided. We already have from about 90 percent in 1993 to about eight It is unquestionable that the urban water Asit K. Biswas, 2006, “Water Management for enough knowledge, experience and technology percent at present. A very simple question thus problems of the developing world are solvable. Large Cities”, Routledge, London, 213 p. to make this possible. Physical availability of must be asked is if Phnom Penh can achieve If we do not, as Shakespeare has said: water is NOT a constraint. this “miracle” in only 15 years, why cannot Delhi, Asit K. Biswas, Cecilia Tortajada, Benedito P. The water profession and the international Lagos or Mexico City, especially as they have “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, F. Braga and Diego Rodriguez, 2005, “Water organisations have often said that the countries better financial conditions and better technical but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” Pricing and Public Private Partnership”, Routledge, do not have adequate investment funds for and management expertise? London, 223 p. proper urban water management, and the Second, it has to be accepted that water funding requirements are enormous. In some is both an economic and a social good. Consumers Asit K. Biswas, Eglal Rached and Cecilia ways, it is a chicken-and-egg situation. First, must pay for water services, and equally the poor Tortajada, 2008, “Water as a Human Right”, we need to improve urban water management must receive properly targeted subsidies which Routledge, London, 191 p. practices very significantly. For example, at should encourage efficient water use. The era present, majority of the urban centres in the when drinkable water can be provided free, or developing world lose 40 to 60 percent of water at a highly subsidised rate, has long been over. due to unaccountable losses. These need to be Third, it is essential that the urban reduced significantly. We have had the necessary populations of the developing world should knowledge for decades as to how these can start demanding better services from their be achieved, and it is not rocket science! utilities and politicians. As long as the For example, Singapore currently loses only populations continue to accept sub-standard five percent of its supply, making it the best services from their utilities, the problem is example in the world. A city like Phnom Penh unlikely to be solved. Thus, improving public has reduced its unaccountable for water losses awareness of an unacceptable but solvable

14 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 15 The Hope in Water

Professor Kishore Mahbubani Dean Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore t has become almost a cliché to say that In water, Singapore has reached another factor explains it. Technology certainly helped Despite being the wars of the future will be fought over peak of human civilisation. Despite being the but technology without good public policies the most densely I water. This cliché is wrong on two counts. most densely populated member state of the would not work. Singapore has over the years populated member state Wars have become a sunset industry. Water is United Nations (UN), Singapore is moving developed a remarkable capacity to pull of the United Nations a sunrise industry. The story of Singapore and towards achieving self-sufficiency in water. together public policies in many different areas (UN), Singapore is moving water illustrates how water can be a source of It is nothing short of a miracle that the world’s and integrate them to achieve comprehensive hope, not despair. only city-state should achieve self-sufficiency in positive results. From water pricing to water towards achieving self- Let us discuss war first. Europe has achieved water while one of the least densely-populated conservation, from treating sewage to damming sufficiency in water. a peak of human civilisation by achieving not countries in the world (and a developed one at rivers, from a comprehensive environmental just zero wars but also the zero prospect of war that), Australia is facing water woes. What is the strategy to high standards of public service, between any two European Union (EU) member key difference here? all of these factors explain the dramatic success states. This is a great breakthrough in the history Singapore began worrying about water from of Singapore in water. of human civilisation. It also provides hope the day it became independent in August 1965. Its success can now be a source of hope that what the EU has achieved today, the rest It knew that the water agreements with Malaysia for the entire world. This is one reason why the of the world can achieve tomorrow. The good (which had been ratified by the UN) had no Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy is setting news is that Asia is learning from Europe. The assurance of renewal upon their expiry in 2011 up an Institute of Water Policy (IWP). There Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and 2061. The water negotiations with Malaysia, is growing global interest in the subject of the second most successful regional organisation which I participated in personally, proved to be Singapore’s modern water miracle. The IWP will after EU, has achieved zero wars among member a major bone of contention in bilateral relations. help to share this Singapore story with the billions states but not yet zero prospect of war. But it is The major breakthrough came in 2003 when who can now only dream of drinking the clean moving in that direction. Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore announced that it could become water that Singapore produces daily. Singapore are setting an example by referring self-sufficient in water when the water territorial disputes to the International Court of agreements expired and if Malaysia decided Justice. Indeed, despite being the Balkans of Asia, not to renew them. Southeast Asia is ahead of Northeast Asia in this Personally, I was shocked when Singapore dimension. Witness the naval skirmishes between made this announcement. I couldn’t believe it Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan China, Japan and South Korea over disputed myself initially. When I checked and discovered Yew School of Public Policy, NUS, has just published islands. Eventually, all of Asia will have to copy it to be true, I realised that the story of Singapore The New Asian Hemisphere: the Irresistible Shift of Europe in abolishing war. and water was a true modern miracle. No single Global Power to the East.

18 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 19 Emerging Trends in Water Technology – Global Innovations and Future Directions

Dr David Garman President International Water Association Executive Director Environmental Biotechnology CRC Pty Ltd

20 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 21 ew technologies are providing new associated pressure losses have focused some The shifts in technology to treat the ‘new’ for improved oxidation is already proven in opportunities for water managers to water authorities to put more effort into sources of water include the widespread use of areas outside the water industry and it is only N cope with the global changes that are sustainability management including energy. membrane systems increasingly in combinations a matter of time before they are introduced. currently occurring. Some of the technological rather than as single technology options. Other applications include the development of changes that will influence present practices New Technologies One of the challenges for operators is the molecular methods that will supplant culturing are largely coming from outside the traditional The rate of introduction of new technologies integration of traditional technologies with new methods for microbial assessment so that areas of water and wastewater treatment. across the board is significant with development ones. This is not only a design and specification the speed of analysis will decrease to under The pressures on water utilities worldwide in technology being introduced in all areas problem; it also requires a significant upskilling 30 minutes – in the field. are increasing as impacts attributed to global from materials, to flow detection, measurement of the workforce at all levels from specifications Molecular methods in microbiology are warming take effect. These effects include an and leakage control, through water and engineers, to designers to operators and leading to new processes in wastewater treatment apparent increasing unreliability of rainfall as wastewater treatment, biosolids handling and maintenance. ranging from granulation of aerobic sludges to well as more extreme periods of drought and trace chemicals detection. For example, in some Sustainability has also become the improved removal of nutrients. flood. These coupled with increased urbanisation cases, IT improvements have led to significant new byword for leading edge utilities. So how long will it take to introduce these are placing utilities in difficult positions, with improvements in water monitoring and water Current challenges expand from energy use new technologies? While it took about 30 years calls for new efficiencies and pressures on all loss reduction. membrane-based desalination and wastewater for membranes to be widely adopted, I estimate aspects of management and operations. In many cases, changes have been incremental processes to the management of trace organics some of these newer technologies will be in These changes have had two major impacts rather than fundamental. There are exceptions. and micronutrients. place in under five years. The uptake of anaerobic – new water sources have to be accessed (often For example, developments in membrane Further development in the areas of digestion processes for sludges and the Annamox of poorer quality) and where these do not exist, technology have been the most widely adopted nanotechnology and biotechnology will lead process are examples where the industry need they have become non-traditional sources in water and wastewater treatment with the to improved controls in water and wastewater has driven a faster uptake of a new process. More such as stormwater, recycling and desalination. greatest impact. This has been closely followed treatment, changes to operations and general pressures such as the need for energy In most cases the use of traditional water by microbiology related to treatment processes. potentially better management of materials. efficiency, reduction in greenhouse gases and treatment processes alone – such as coagulation It is in these areas that many of the management The techniques require specialist research for improvement of operational efficiencies will drive and filtration are no longer appropriate. impacts will continue to be made beyond those the applications to provide maximum efficacy. the adoption of new technology. The challenge The questions of increased costs of energy incremental changes normally associated with Some of the novel applications include today is to make them all accessible – in every and the potential impacts of greenhouse gas new technology. The increased adoption of targeted removal of biofilms, pathogenic sense of the word. accounting are leading to other considerations. these technologies as ‘standard’ tools in water organisms and trace organics using biomimicry The energy used for pumping, high pressure treatment business is also making them more and model structures that resemble natural treatment systems and long pipelines with widely available and cost effective. removal processes. Use of nanomaterials

22 Singapore International Water Week Reflect 23 CurrentMain Events at Water Week Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Council Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Nominating Committee Chairman Dr Tony Tan Chairman Chairman, National Research Foundation, Mr Tan Gee Paw Singapore Chairman, PUB

Council Members Committee Members Professor Clayton Christensen Professor Bertil Andersson Professor of Business Administration Provost, Nanyang Technological University, Harvard Business School Singapore Mr Kenji Fujiyoshi Mr Daniel McCarthy President, Mitsui Chemicals President and Chief Executive Officer Lord Ronald Oxburgh Black & Veatch Water House of Lords Select Committee Mr Jean-Michel Herrewyn on Science and Technology, UK Chief Executive Officer Professor Tommy Koh Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Ambassador-at-Large Professor Norihito Tambo Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University Chairman and The Open University of Japan Asia-Pacific Water Forum Governing Council Professor Perry McCarty Chairman Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Singapore Millennium Foundation Engineering, Stanford University

The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is named after Singapore’s founding father Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew ( third from right), seen here at the construction commencement ceremony for the Marina Barrage. Water r Andrew Benedek, a researcher- Lee Kuan Yew supported by Temasek Holdings, is the sole turned-technopreneur, is the winner sponsor of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, Technopreneur D of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Water Prize pledging S$1.5 million over five years. Prize 2008. Dr Benedek is awarded the prize for Nominations for the Water Prize are only with pioneering the development of low-pressure accepted from experts in the water industry. membranes. Amongst the 39 international he highlight of the Singapore International This includes chief executive officers of multi- Groundbreaking nominations from 15 countries, Dr Benedek Water Week is the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew national companies and water utilities, leading Solution is First stood out as his groundbreaking solution in T Water Prize. A prestigious international academics in water research, policy and water treatment has enabled drinking water to water prize, it honours outstanding contributions management, and members of government. Lee Kuan Yew be produced from even highly polluted water by individuals or organisations towards solving The nominations go through two rounds sources. Today, many developed and developing the world’s water woes by applying revolutionary of rigorous selection and the winner of the Water Prize countries have benefited from Dr Benedek’s technologies or implementing innovative policies Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize is decided by a Winner innovative use of low-pressure membranes. and programmes which benefit humanity. council comprising individuals of high Low-pressure membranes use less energy, Named after Singapore’s founding father international standing from the academia, lower operating costs and enable greater ease Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, the recipient international organisations and multi-national of operation compared with conventional water of the prize will receive S$300,000, an award companies. The council is chaired by Dr Tony Tan, purification technologies. The widespread certificate and a gold medallion at the Singapore former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore adoption of low-pressure membranes has International Water Week. The Singapore who is also the Chairman of Singapore’s National made the technology even more affordable. Millennium Foundation, a philanthropic body Research Foundation. Utility providers in the United States, Europe, China, India, the Middle East, South America, Japan, Australia and Singapore have

26 Singapore International Water Week Current 27 Dr Andrew Benedek, a researcher-turned- technopreneur is the winner of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2008 for his work in pioneering the development of low-pressure membranes.

Press conference to announce the winner of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2008.

Sciences, and Life Sciences. The SMF’s partners include the universities in Singapore as well as incorporated Dr Benedek’s membranes into five global membrane companies are research institutes like Temasek Life Sciences their water treatment processes. The technology competing in this lucrative market. Laboratory, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, was instrumental in Singapore’s development of Dr Benedek divested his shares in Zenon About the National Neuroscience Institute and the Institute reclaimed water, branded NEWater. in 2006. He continues to be active in water of Mental Health. In addition, low-pressure membranes research and in funding water-related R&D Sponsor To date, the SMF has awarded 202 research are also used in the pre-treatment stage in sea projects at universities. His interest has now scholarships to multi-national research talent water desalination. This makes the process expanded to include environmental issues from 15 countries including Singapore. Apart more cost-effective and therefore more viable in oceanography, climate change and earth The Singapore Millennium Foundation (SMF) was from the award of scholarships, the SMF has in many countries. sciences. A philanthropist, he has led missions jointly set up in 2001 as a non-profit organisation been sponsoring its scholars to enhance their The affordability of low-pressure membranes bringing the benefits of his membrane by Singapore Technologies Private Limited and research skills through participation at is a boon to small towns and villages in dire technology to developing countries in need Temasek Holdings. prestigious overseas conferences. need of clean potable water. Portable water of clean water and better public health. The SMF’s primary mission is to promote treatment units can be assembled to treat water Dr Benedek’s outstanding innovation in research, development of human capital and the for small communities affordably. membranes has provided a sustainable water enhancement of Singapore as a centre for research. The Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Ceremony & Banquet Dr Benedek started out as a Professor in solution to the world. It is a big leap that The SMF sponsors scholarships and will be held at the Shangri-la Hotel on 25 June 2008. McMaster University, Canada in 1970. In his early benefits mankind, both for those in developed fellowships for outstanding research scientists The event will begin with a dialogue with Minister research days, he discovered the great potential and developing countries. from various countries, supporting their Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and culminate with the and benefits of low-pressure membranes that full-time research efforts at Singapore-based presentation of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2008 can replace existing water and used water Dr Benedek stood out universities and research institutes at the PhD to the inaugural winner, Dr Andrew Benedek. treatment processes. as his groundbreaking and post-doctoral levels. The SMF also focuses Directed by Dick Lee, one of Singapore’s best- Later, he founded Zenon Environmental Inc, solution in water treatment on cutting edge technology in niche areas known artistes, there will also be performances a company that developed and marketed and cross-discipline research. by the Singapore Pop Orchestra, a team of harpists the use of low-pressure membranes, has enabled drinking water The fields of research supported include as well as a special rendition of the Singapore demonstrating its reliability, efficiency and to be produced from Environmental Sciences, Renewable Resources International Water Week theme song. ease of operation. It spawned a market for even highly polluted and Water, Engineering, Physical and Material low-pressure membranes and today, at least water sources.

28 Singapore International Water Week Current 29 © Urban Redevelopment© Urban Authority, 2007 Artist’s impressionBay, of Marina Singapore Water effective policies related to key issues such as water, energy and environmental sustainability. Leaders Summit It will also examine issues such as urban 24 – 25 June 2008 leadership, capacity development as well as technological innovations which can provide cost-effective solutions (such as water reuse and he Water Leaders Summit is an annual desalination) to the masses, if proper governance meeting of top policy makers, ministers, structures are in place. T mayors, leaders of industry, international organisations such as the Asian Development Roundtable 1: Bank and the World Bank as well as top academics. The Right Environment This is a high level, ’by-invitation-only’ event for Water Technologies targeted at about 200 – 300 participants. Technology has always featured strongly Comprising four separate panel sessions, alongside good governance in solving urban the Water Leaders Summit aims to achieve active water problems. Desalination and water reuse exchanges amongst the panel as well as with are increasingly seen as effective solutions to environment cost of production and delivery. What are some successful examples of this the top water leaders from the floor, moderated meet the demand for water and to manage But business is essential to provide the hardware, around the world? How can they be replicated in by the chairperson. As part of the programme, water supply amid uncertain rainfall patterns. software and contracting services. The anti- other countries to allow both the businesses of water there will also be a Singapore Water Lecture Industries have also been quick to identify the privatisation lobby has been misinformed and companies and the economies of countries to flourish? delivered by Dr Andrew Benedek, the winner potential business opportunities. In recent years, unhelpful. Businesses can provide technology of the inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2008. advances in membrane technology and solutions but cannot function without predictable Roundtable 3: The Water Leaders Summit is organised distillation have seen costs come down to enable markets, customers willing to operate in partnership, Cities of the Future by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, more desalination and water reuse being adopted and the support of the ultimate customers – the As urbanisation broadens the boundaries of and supported by its strategic partners, the not just in the Middle East but also in Asia and general public. There have been successful cases cities, proper water resource planning becomes International Desalination Association and Australia. Research and development by both the around the world such as in Europe about how even more crucial to ensure that the entire the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. public and private sectors are critical to ensure the public and private sectors have worked well water cycle is appropriately managed. In recent that new technologies are effectively harnessed in partnership. years, weather patterns have changed, and Plenary Forum: to solve urban water problems, for example, Public-private partnerships (PPP) operated there is mounting scientific evidence linking Good Governance, Sustainable Cities the use of biotechnology, nano-technology and with transparency can also provide these linkages this to climate change. The use of energy in The plenary forum is a joint session information technology. These new technological such as in the Middle East and Asia. Privatisation and providing water services will become increasingly between the Singapore International Water breakthroughs need to flourish continually and leveraging on clean tech funds open up different important. At the same time, water-sensitive Week, the World Cities Summit as well as the the benefits passed on to humanity. possibilities. And while technology has a cost, there urban design has become a key consideration in East Asia Summit Conference on Liveable How can governments, industry and research are ways to surmount this cost and economically the development of cities. Energy efficiency and Cities. The forum discussion will centre upon establishments work together to facilitate a process sustain the partnerships. The introduction of PPP use of renewal energy will have an increasing the importance of good governance in of joint strategic effort, leveraging on the strengths of in water infrastructure development has already role in minimising the impact of water reuse and sustainable development. industry to develop effective desalination and water spawned a variety of innovative and successful desalination on the global climate. More than half the world’s population are reuse solutions to water shortages? financing, risk sharing and partnership models. On the softer side, city inhabitants also have living in urban areas. With increasing urbanisation, The success of the partnership requires a huge greater expectations of water features as part of cities today face challenges very different from Roundtable 2: amount of willingness and commitment by both their living environment – clean rivers teeming those of the past. Good governance plays a critical The Business of Water the sponsor and the government – a commitment with fish, waterbodies where sport and recreation role in urban sustainability and the long-term Water is a public service. But with a proper based not just on legalistic documents but on can be conducted or just serene water features success of cities. What are the success factors governance structure and the right environment mutual trust and respect. Above all there must aesthetic to the shared living environment. for developing cities that are liveable (i.e. good for water technologies, the provision of water be openness and transparency to give the public How will these factors shape the growth of infrastructure, clean environment, good quality of infrastructure can be a viable business. Water confidence in the integrity of the operations, cities in the future? As cities expand into mega- life) and vibrant (i.e. economic competitiveness)? pricing should take into account the intrinsic while cultivating a paradigm shift of mindsets to cities, how will future generations sustain our The session will discuss the formulation of value of water and the full economic, social and best sourcing of services. living environment?

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NEWater, Singapore’s own brand of high grade reclaimed water will be distributed for sampling at the Singapore Pavilion.

Water Expo wide range of participating companies 24 – 26 June 2008 and organisations. At its pavilion, the national water agency of Singapore, PUB, will share its successful he Water Expo is a major water trade integrated water management experience and show that focuses on innovations, expertise with cities looking for sustainable water T products and services, as well as best solutions. Visitors can get a taste of NEWater, the practices, successful case studies and practical country’s own brand of high-grade reclaimed Water • Water Technology Solutions applications of water technologies. water, which will be distributed for sampling • Operational Experiences that Matter More than 150 participating companies in attractive bottles. Convention – Learning & Sharing from 18 countries from the US, Europe, Middle The Water Expo will also include the New 24 – 26 June 2008 • Water – Quality & Safety East and the Asia-Pacific have signed up for the Product/Innovation Corner, presenting exhibitors • Cities of the Future Water Expo. The 4,000m2 exhibition space will an exclusive area to stage the launch of new • Business of Water also feature national pavilions showcasing water products and solutions. In addition, there will be the

ith a special focus on technology technologies from China, Germany, Malaysia, H2O Biz Stage, a platform that spotlights research and practical delivery, the Water These topics revolve around the five key Netherlands, Japan, and Singapore as well as a projects which are ready for commercialisation. W Convention will see water industry thrusts of the Singapore International Water experts, practitioners, researchers and academics Week: technological solutions which are gather to share the latest advances in water and applicable to the water industry today, used water treatment technologies, and examples operational best practices and lessons learnt, Water Festival of the applications of such technologies in the water quality issues, water management in urban environment. There will be more than 100 cities and the business aspects of water. These oral presentations on various tracks covering areas are all interdependent and crucial for robust hroughout the Water Week, vibrant such as newly commercialised technologies, and sustainable water management. festivities will be organised at various innovative solutions in technology, infrastructure T reservoirs around Singapore to encourage financing, and sustainable applications for the international visitors and Singaporeans to urban environment. Log on to www.siww.com.sg to register for the enjoy a wide range of water activities; explore Jointly developed by PUB and the International Water Convention. Early bird registration closes the city’s gardens and water attractions and be Water Association, the convention tracks include: on 30 April 2008. entertained by arts performances.

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The Water & Crouching Tiger Concerto (Tan Dun & the Singapore Festival Orchestra) 24 June 2008, Esplanade Concert Hall In this concert organised specially for delegates of the Singapore International Water Week, multi-faceted composer and conductor Tan Dun recreates two works from his creative repertoire spanning the boundaries of classical, multimedia, Eastern and Western musical traditions – the Water and Crouching Tiger Concerto. The Water Concerto, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for Kurt Masur and percussionist Christopher Lamb, received its world premiere at Lincoln Center on 3 June 1999. Many instruments made for this piece, from film scores, this concerto is unique in dinner and beautiful scenery on the green including the hemispherical transparent water that it brings the collaborative creative process roof of Marina Barrage, Singapore’s newest basins which Tan Dun discovered in 1990, are full circle. water project. A dam built across the Marina hallmarks of Tan’s longtime experimental voice Tan’s film score, written to strengthen Channel, the Marina Barrage is a unique and art installations: Jo-Ha-Kyu (1992), American and complement the viewing and dramatic project that will not only boost Singapore’s Dream (1993), Ghost Opera (1995), The Gate experience of the film, was profoundly water supply, but also alleviate flooding in (1999), and Water Passion after St. Matthew influenced by the film’s poetic imagery, complex the low-lying city areas and become a lifestyle (2000). Among the other water instruments emotions, and exotic landscapes. In the creation attraction. From the rooftop of the visitor centre, used in this work are water bottles, water tubes of this concerto, the filmmakers were put into one can indulge in the breathtaking view of the with foam paddles, water shakers, water drums the composer’s chair where Tan’s evocative city skyline. Regional (floating wooden salad bowls), water gong, music inspired the reshaping of their images water agogo bells, slinkyphone (the toy for to accompany and enhance the concert Golf @ Sentosa Island, Business children, with styrofoam attached to one end), listening experience. Tanjong Course and waterphone. In addition to the percussive As a conductor, Tan Dun has led many of the 23 June 2008, Sentosa Forums sounds created by instruments agitating water, world’s most renowned orchestras including Water Leaders Summit and Water Convention 25 – 26 June 2008 the present water instruments can play a the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Boston delegates can sign up for a game of golf at one chromatic melody. Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de of Singapore’s most scenic courses on Sentosa The Crouching Tiger Concerto is a concert France, Philadelphia Orchestra, BBC Symphony Island. The par-72 Tanjong Course features Six regional business forums will provide work based on Tan Dun’s original score for Lee Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, NHK natural hazards, freshwater lakes, towering trees, water industry players with a platform for Ang’s film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – a Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de mounds and bunkers as well as undulating discovering opportunities in emerging markets. film which joins the quintessential Asian genre Lyon, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the fairways with narrow landing areas. Play at the These forums, covering markets in China, India, of martial arts cinema with the drama of a London Sinfonietta. Tanjong Course will be more memorable against Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe and Middle western romance. the alluring South China Sea backdrop and East, will invite conference delegates, trade The concerto is in six movements with Dinner by the Bay a majestic finishing at Hole #18, on its newly visitors and exhibitors to exclusive networking five erhu cadenzas (two of which are duets), 26 June 2008, Marina Barrage rooftop refurbished greens. Look out for more details sessions with potential business partners in connecting the orchestral movements. Although The closing of the Singapore International on the Singapore International Water Week these regions. numerous concert works have been developed Water Week will be marked by a delightful webpage at www.siww.com.sg.

36 Singapore International Water Week Wave 37 brainstorming and discussion on new research UNESCO-IHE Workshop on New Symposium for ideas of common interest. The meeting also Concepts in Integrated Management Young Water Talents seeks to identify new research projects for of the Urban Water Cycle 23 June 2008 collaboration, as well as knowledge sharing on 22 June 2008 Targeted at graduate students in water technologies and water quality concerns among Held for the first time in Singapore, the science and technology, this one-day symposium its members. Singapore was invited to join the workshop aims to introduce participants from aims to encourage scientific enquiry and GWRC in 2005. This is the first time that the regional Southeast Asia countries (e.g. Indonesia, interaction amongst young, budding scientists meeting is being held in Asia. Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and engineers in the water industry. Organised by Malaysia) to the state-of-the-art concepts in urban Nanyang Technological University in conjunction 8th ASEAN Working Group water management and the adaptation and with the Singapore International Water Week, for Water Resources Meeting technology transfer of these concepts to regional the symposium offers graduate students an 23 – 24 June 2008 mega-cities. Jointly organised by UNESCO-IHE, opportunity to learn from renowned international Under the ASEAN Working Group for Water Asian Development Bank and PUB, the topics researchers and key industry players while Resources, a group of water leaders from the 10 explored in this workshop will span technologies, allowing industry players to identify and recruit ASEAN countries will gather to discuss the state infrastructure, modeling, integration, alternative talents at the same time. The Symposium will focus of water resources management in the region sources/reuse, technology transfer, and primarily on the technical aspects of water science and plan programmes for knowledge exchange economic/financial aspects. and technology, with topics including membrane Co-located among its members. technology, biotechnology, advanced treatment IWA Project Innovation technologies, water quality analytics, water Events PUB External Awards Ceremony resources management and aquatic sciences. Audit Panel Meeting 25 June 2008 27 June – 3 July 2008 The IWA Project Innovation Awards Singapore Junior Water Prize 2008 Expert Consultation for 4th edition The PUB External Audit Panel, formed programme seeks to recognise excellence Jointly organised by Ngee Ann Polytechnic of the World Health Organisation in 2003, consists of a group of international and innovation in water engineering projects and the Lien Foundation with support from (WHO) Guidelines on Drinking Water water experts who are tasked to audit the throughout the world. The programme is PUB, the Singapore Junior Water Prize aims to Quality (GDWQ) Meeting water quality in Singapore. Under the open to applicants who may be individuals, encourage students to come up with innovative 19 – 23 June 2008 comprehensive water quality monitoring companies, organisations, governmental bodies ways to solve water problems. Open to all The meeting brings together over 20 WHO programme which allows the tracking of or a combination of the above, regardless of students between 15 and 20 years of age, the experts to review the 4th edition of WHO water quality from source to end users whether they are a member of IWA. shortlisted projects will be displayed during the Guidelines on Drinking Water Quality for 2008. (households and industries), test results as Singapore International Water Week. As a proactive partner in WHO, the meeting well as the water supply systems are regularly MWH Asia Pacific Management Meeting The winner of the Singapore Junior Water will reinforce Singapore’s commitment in her audited by the External Audit Panel. 30 June – 1 July 2008 Prize 2008 will represent Singapore in the work to improve water management and MWH, a leading global provider of consulting, Stockholm Junior Water Prize 2008. public health, globally through the publication EU-Water Reclaim Workshop engineering, construction and management of rolling revisions of the WHO Guidelines for 23 June 2008 services in water, natural resources, and Drinking Water Quality. Jointly organised by the German Academic infrastructure sectors, brings their Asia and Asia Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Institute Pacific Managers together for a meeting every Global Water Research Coalition of Science and Technology (GIST) and PUB, half-yearly. This management meeting generally Board of Directors Meeting the EU Project RECLAIM Workshop aims to foster discusses topics on performance, strategy, 22 – 23 June 2008 interaction and to promote R&D co-operation cooperation, resources and business development. Formed in 2002, the Global Water Research among the international scientific community Attendees include all the country managers from Coalition (GWRC) promotes cooperation and in the area of water reuse and water reclamation. MWH’s Asia Pacific offices (China, Taiwan, Brunei, coordination among 14 leading water research Held in Singapore for the first time, the workshop Singapore, Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand), organisations in the world. The GWRC Board of will strengthen the R&D co-operation among function group leaders (e.g. HR Managers, Directors Meeting, held twice-yearly, aims to the scientific community from Europe, Singapore Finance Managers, BSG Managers etc), together update on projects in progress and facilitate and the region. with some of their global senior executives.

38 Singapore International Water Week Wave 39 NEWater Visitor Centre.

SingSpring Desalination Plant. Technical supply, it will also alleviate flooding in the low- lying areas in the city and be transformed into a Seghers NEWater Development Company sea via a 5km outfall. It will also feature a sludge Tours lifestyle attraction offering a host of recreational Pte Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel drying system which will reduce the sludge possibilities for all to enjoy. When completed, it Integrated Engineering Limited). In this DBOO disposal volume by up to 70%. will create Singapore’s 15th reservoir and its first arrangement, Keppel Seghers will finance, For insights into the amazing story reservoir in the city. Together with two other new design, build, own and operate the Ulu Pandan Completed in January 2007, the Membrane of Singapore’s water management, reservoir schemes, it will also help increase the NEWater Plant for a period of 20 years. PUB Bioreactor Plant located within the Ulu head for these state-of-the-art existing water catchment areas from half to two- will purchase the NEWater from Keppel Seghers Pandan Water Reclamation Plant is part of PUB’s water facilities: thirds of Singapore’s land area. during this period. The Ulu Pandan NEWater continuous investments in R&D and technology Plant employs the same stringent purification to ensure water sustainability in Singapore. The The NEWater Visitor Centre is the pillar of The Chestnut Avenue Waterworks and multiple-barrier 3-stage treatment process membrane bioreactor bridges the used water PUB’s public education efforts on Singapore’s is the first membrane water treatment plant that comprises micro-filtration, reverse osmosis treatment with the NEWater production process, water management, and NEWater in particular. in Singapore. The waterworks comprises two and ultra-violet light disinfection technologies combining three steps into one. The membrane Through interactive exhibits and multimedia separate but interconnected treatment plants. to produce NEWater. bioreactor does away with the aeration and final displays, the centre offers visitors a learning The first is a conventional water treatment plant sedimentation steps in used water treatment journey through NEWater technology and whilst the second is an immersed ultra-filtration The Changi Water Reclamation Plant and the microfiltration/ultrafiltration step in Singapore’s water story. Since its opening in membrane plant. Commissioned in 2003, the is the heart of the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, NEWater production. 2003, it has drawn more than 500,000 visitors ultra-filtration membrane plant was constructed a new and innovative system that will meet and has even won some awards. It was named to increase the treatment capacity of the Singapore’s long-term used water needs. With The SingSpring Desalination Plant is Best Sightseeing/Leisure/Educational Programme waterworks and to produce potable water an initial design capacity of 800,000m3/day, the Singapore’s first seawater desalination plant, at the 2005 Singapore Tourism Awards and highly of high quality using the raw water from the Changi Water Reclamation Plant will be able to and the largest RO seawater desalination plant commended in the 2006 International Water future Marina Reservoir. treat used water conveyed by the deep tunnel in Asia. This is a 20-year Design-Build-Own- Association – Marketing and Communication sewers from the eastern half of Singapore when Operate (DBOO) project, undertaken by Hyflux Award for School Information Programme. The Ulu Pandan NEWater Plant is currently the system is fully operational in 2008. The plant Ltd for PUB. The project is also Singapore’s first the biggest NEWater plant in Singapore with features a compact and covered design to reduce public-private partnership initiative. Completed The Marina Barrage is a unique project a production capacity of 148,000m3/day (32 space. Advanced treatment processes treat the in September 2005 with a daily capacity of that will enhance the landscape of Singapore’s mgd). It was developed under a Design-Build- used water to international standards before it is 136,380m3, the plant supplies drinking water to waterfront. Besides increasing the island’s water Own-Operate (DBOO) arrangement with Keppel reclaimed as NEWater or is discharged into the the western part of Singapore.

40 Singapore International Water Week Wave 41 SolutionThe Sponsors with Answers Technology Pooling for Life the Talent in Singapore s an extremely diversified chemical company covering everything from A chemicals and petrochemicals, fibers ne company is bullish on Singapore’s and textiles, pharmaceutical and medical water industry and has been since products and systems, electronics, and even O the 1920s. That’s when Black & Veatch construction materials and housing, Asahi Kasei He hopes that the Water Week will convince first got involved in water-related projects here. talent pool, Black & Veatch also became the is a household name in Japan. policy makers from other countries that they Technology – and indeed the face of first company to participate in Singapore’s Its basic credo says that the company will should follow a model of water management Singapore – has changed tremendously in National Research Foundation (Environment contribute to human life and human livelihood similar to Singapore’s. the intervening years, but this multi-national and Water Technologies) Company through constant innovation and advances Such kind words aside, Asahi Kasei is pinning corporation is still supporting Singapore with Scholarships programme. Under this scheme, based in science and the human intellect. some commercial hopes to the event. The company its expertise. talented engineers will receive funding to And few things in the world are more has successfully started a business in used water In 2007 alone, Black & Veatch established pursue postgraduate degrees in civil or relevant to human life than water. Thus, when reclamation in Asia, and its specialty is Microza, the following in Singapore: its Asia-Pacific environmental engineering. PUB invited Asahi Kasei to be a sponsor of the a state-of-the-art membrane. “At the Water Week Headquarters, its Global Design Centre and Water professionals might also want inaugural Singapore International Water Week, we would like to talk to visitors about Microza a Centre of Excellence in Desalination. to take note of business – and possibly career the company immediately accepted. products and technologies,” Dr Komiya says. Singapore was chosen as the location for – opportunities at the Centre of Excellence “Since long we have been observing “In addition to that, we would like to present the Global Design Centre because the Black & in Desalination. As the use of desalination as a that PUB represents the best model of Asahi Kasei’s commitment to contribute in Veatch office here already had the expertise to water treatment process gains ground worldwide, public organisation tackling environmental solving water issues in Asia by utilising Microza implement world-class engineering projects. Black & Veatch will continue to build its capabilities issues. It leads a nice integration of long- products and technologies.” “There is excellent talent in Singapore,” says right here in Singapore. The Centre has worked on term governmental strategies, effective In his opinion, the Water Week will be the Ralph Eberts, Regional Managing Director for exciting projects in Southeast Asia, Australia, US and pragmatic regulations, challenging but most effective place for this to happen. “Only in the Asia Pacific region. and South America, and will play a significant role surefooted R&D, and fair and stimulating Singapore can we present ourselves at once to And as the company continues to grow in future projects in other parts of the world. business schemes,” says Dr Kyosuke Komiya, people coming from all the major and exciting rapidly, it plans to widen the base of skilled Given the strength of the company’s General Manager of the company’s Microza markets for water processing – China, India, the professionals here. Mr Eberts believes that the historical ties and long-term commitment & Water Processing Division. Middle East, Southeast Asia, Oceania, etc.” opening of the Global Design Centre itself will to Singapore, it’s not surprising that Black & attract more Singapore-based professionals Veatch is a founding sponsor of the Singapore who want to work on exciting global and International Water Week. One might say leading-edge projects. To add further to the it’s maintaining a proud tradition.

44 Singapore International Water Week Solution 45 A Vision Thinking with a Big Mission his is a company that’s used to thinking BIG. Even its name is routinely spelled out very company has a vision. At CDM, T in capital letters. they call theirs “Cities of the Future”. It’s Its range of projects and services is E a vision that calls for a holistic approach enormous, from chemical plants in Buenos to planning, engineering and management Aires to super cleanrooms in Japan and nuclear of infrastructure, and broad engagement cleanup in Colorado. It’s the company that is John Quarendon, Managing Director for with communities. technology innovation and best emerging currently commissioning Singapore’s largest ASEAN/India. “To us, the Singapore International This holistic approach spills over into CDM’s practices, and of course forming and used water treatment plant at Changi, which Water Week represents an unparalleled venue work with non-profit organisations. As a sponsor deepening relationships. naturally includes leading-edge instrumentation for policymakers, water experts, industry of Engineers Without Borders and Water for Meanwhile, Mr Furman can’t wait for and control technology. It’s also working as the leaders, and practitioners from around the People, CDM is committed to helping people in delegates to see for themselves Singapore’s program manager for the world’s first carbon- world to meet and exchange technology ideas developing countries improve their quality of Marina Barrage. neutral city, currently being developed in and synergies.” life through locally sustainable drinking water CDM was involved in the initial feasibility Abu Dhabi. He sees the event as a platform to learn resources, sanitation facilities and health and study in 1985 and developed the detailed And as if these weren’t enough, it’s also from peers and discuss water challenges, to hygiene education programs. design of the barrage in 2003. “We can’t managing the project to widen the Panama showcase CH2M HILL’s capabilities, and of Thomas D. Furman Jr., CDM’s Chairman and be prouder of our partnership with PUB,” Canal, a historic infrastructure upgrade of course to discover potential business prospects. Chief Executive Officer, is quick to point out that Mr Furman declares. a massive scale, essential to support the Sponsorship, Mr Quarendon adds, is the the central theme of the Singapore International To him, the barrage is truly a world- sustainability of world commerce, no less. company’s way of helping “put Singapore’s best Water Week – “Sustainable Water Solutions for class project transforming Marina Bay into It therefore bodes well for Singapore’s foot forward on the global stage”. Cities” – resonates beautifully with CDM’s vision a multi-purpose water resource. Besides its environmental and water sector, that And with such help from companies that of “Cities of the Future”. very practical functions of flood control and CH2M HILL has set up its international think big, there’s every good chance that the “That theme alone helps to set the Singapore water supply, Marina Barrage will be fully headquarters here – and that it should inaugural Singapore International Water Week International Water Week apart from other water integrated with the upcoming Gardens by the decide to be a founding sponsor of the will create a huge impact on the world’s water conferences and trade shows,” he says. There was Bay. Mr Furman sees this as an ideal example Singapore International Water Week. scene, for big and small players alike. therefore never any doubt in his mind that his of sustainable water solutions enhancing the “CH2M HILL did not need much time at So, anyone else thinking big should make company would be a founding sponsor of the event. quality of life in a city. all to consider this great opportunity,” says their way here in June. The CDM folks are looking forward to seeing That’s something the world definitely can creative thinking at the policy level, sharing have more of.

46 Singapore International Water Week Solution 47 Mixing Oil Help on an and Water? Olympic Scale

rom a modest two-engineer company hat do the Beijing Olympics and servicing PUB contracts in 1986, Dayen Singapore International Water F has grown from strength to strength W Week have in common? Both are into a specialist environmental engineering international events, happening in 2008, taking company, focusing on providing integrated place in Asia – and Dow Water Solutions has a This is seen as a significant step towards systems for waste and water treatment. hand in both. making clean water accessible and affordable In the early 1990s, its management saw member of the Singapore Water Alliance Given its scale and the desire to host to everyone. It’s also in line with Dow’s vision: the long-term potential in the environmental and a leading Singapore water engineering an event that will make one billion people “People and technology putting quality water engineering business and set out to carve a niche company is wholly supportive of promoting the proud, the Beijing Games is providing a major within your reach”. for the company. It has since taken on projects capabilities of Singapore water companies.” environmental impetus in China. Dow is lending As a country that appreciates the importance related to Singapore’s ambitious Deep Tunnel All homegrown water companies would its expertise to treat and reclaim used water. of people and technology, Singapore is not only a Sewerage System; it has redeveloped the used naturally appreciate the importance of the It has installed FILMTECTM reverse osmosis regional hydrohub, but is building a reputation as water treatment facilities at Kim Chuan Water Singapore International Water Week. “Dayen is membranes in three plants to help treat the a world leader in solving the global water crisis, Reclamation Plant; and more recently, it has secured particularly excited,” says Mr Huen, “about the largest volume of municipal used water in says Charles Martz. the design-and-build contract for a membrane prospects of its proprietary Oil-Water Separation Olympic-related projects in the city. Among these Dow’s Global Marketing Director adds: water treatment plant at Sungei Tampines. technology, in helping oil companies to meet the is the recycling of water to help meet the daily “Singapore International Water Week’s statement It is no exaggeration to say that the urgent increasingly stringent environmental standards water needs of Beijing’s international airport. – ‘the global platform for water solutions that water challenges that Singapore has faced in imposed for handling the water produced from Meanwhile, the next generation, 16-inch brings together policy makers, industry leaders, the past allowed local companies like Dayen oil extraction activities both on land and off-shore.” FILMTECTM membranes have been undergoing experts, practitioners to address challenges, to cut their teeth. Dayen already has a successful test-bedding in Singapore since October 2007, showcase technologies, discover opportunities “Singapore’s unique situation has oil-water separation pilot plant in Oman under an agreement between Dow and PUB. and celebrate achievements’ – echoes what we spawned a world-class water industry in and is presently pursuing other opportunities The joint research effort is expected to validate want to achieve in the region.” a small country,” observes Stephen Huen, in the Middle East. This adds to the company’s preliminary data indicating that Dow’s newer And just as the Olympics has been a catalyst Dayen’s Managing Director. “And the Singapore portfolio of environmental projects in Malaysia, 16-inch membrane modules are more efficient for various projects in Beijing, the Singapore International Water Week showcases this to China, and even Uzbekhistan, Cambodia than the current standard 8-inch modules, saving International Water Week will spur on water international visitors. Dayen as a founding and Albania. on maintenance, operation and capital costs. players in Singapore and the region.

48 Singapore International Water Week Solution 49 Seeking a Sustainability Match Made is Key in Singapore t Keppel, sustainability is the name of the game these days. And the o Singaporeans, the name “Hyflux” Acompany is committed to developing connotes many things. The environmental technologies that will enable communities to T solutions company has been cited as a enhance their sustainability levels, whether it glowing example of how an enterprising spirit is by producing energy from waste or recycling and some sheer grit can transform a humble used water into potable and process water. start-up into a player with international presence. it to move into other sectors, such as the recycling Through its environmental engineering Named Water Company of the Year at the of used oil, the processing of bio-ethanol, and the business, Keppel is able to provide complete Global Water Awards 2006, the company owns production of specialty materials for lactic acid solutions for large municipal projects throughout the country’s only desalination plant and supplied and crude palm oil production. the world. In the area of solid waste treatment, challenges. But Keppel thinks that these process equipment for two of PUB’s NEWater As anyone following the Hyflux story the company is responsible for the majority are surmountable. plants and one raw water treatment plant. Last knows, the company’s journey mirrors that of imported technology for China’s waste- “With effective governance, implementation December, Hyflux marked another first by listing of its founder and Group CEO, President and to-energy market. It is also behind the first and investment in water technology, we believe the Hyflux Water Trust on the main board of Managing Director Olivia Lum. Ms Lum herself integrated solid waste treatment facility in the that cities can overcome and effectively manage the Singapore Exchange. This is the first pure- personifies the Singapore dream. While not a Middle East (a S$1.7 billion contract signed their water resource challenges,” explains play global water trust to be listed in Asia, and is Singaporean by birth, it was here that she found with the government of Qatar). Keppel is also Wong Boon Kong. Hyflux’s primary financial platform for investing opportunities and ultimately, success. currently developing Singapore’s fifth waste-to- As Chairman of Keppel Integrated in water infrastructure in high-growth markets And it is opportunities – and ultimately, energy plant, scheduled for completion in 2009. Engineering (a member of the Keppel group), like China, India, the Middle East and North Africa. success – that she is keeping an eye out for at As for water, the company has an excellent Mr Wong sees Keppel’s proprietary water Hyflux prides itself on having grown into the Singapore International Water Week. track record in designing, building and operating technology offering solutions for this. At the more than just a water treatment company. “We will have a platform to meet prominent treatment plants. Two recent additions to its same time, there is scope for the company to It is now a provider of integrated solutions technologists and researchers in our fields of portfolio are the Doha North Sewage Treatment learn and leverage on other organisations. covering the whole spectrum of research and interest,” she notes, “and hopefully get to know Works – the biggest used water and sludge “The Singapore International Water Week development, process design, manufacturing related new water technologies which can be treatment facility in the Middle East – and presents a unique opportunity for Keppel to and systems assembly, engineering, procurement commercialised quickly.” Singapore’s fourth and currently, largest NEWater meet, exchange ideas and share experiences and construction, operation and maintenance for With the event as ‘matchmaker’, there’s plant at Ulu Pandan. with government officials, industry leaders water treatment and liquid separation projects. no telling who else might find their partners It is clear that urbanisation and and water specialists on water management, Its focus on membrane technology has enabled in Singapore. industrialisation present cities with formidable technology and solutions.”

50 Singapore International Water Week Solution 51 Engineering Singapore Solutions International Water Week ” evitalising the world’s water resources” as Showcase is how Salcon likes to describe its work. R Whether it’s in oil and gas, chemicals, power generation, electronics manufacturing, ingaporean in its roots, Sembcorp was F&B, agro-industry or tourism, the company one of the pioneers of the water recycling finds ways to demonstrate its expertise in Sbusiness here in 1999 with its first water water and used water engineering. recycling plant, producing high-grade industrial Both Sembcorp’s high concentration used In fact, outside of Japan, Salcon is the “We think that the Singapore International water for customers on Jurong Island, the water treatment facility and the new industrial leading Asian specialist in the field of water Water Week is a very prestigious event petrochemical hub of Singapore. water recycling project will be part of the and environmental engineering. It enjoys the internationally,” says Group Executive Chairman Since then, Sembcorp has become the demonstration project under the Memorandum distinction of being the only Singapore specialist Yeo Ker Kuang, pointing to the full week of country’s largest water company, with over four of Understanding between China’s Ministry of to be a pre-qualified vendor to several of the interesting and thought-provoking programmes million cubic metres of water under management Construction and Singapore’s Ministry of the world’s largest engineering, procurement and designed to attract and cater to technocrats, and in development globally. Just this January, it Environment and Water Resources. These water construction firms, especially for power plant entrepreneurs, captains of industry and won the award to design, build, own and operate facilities will serve as a showcase of Singapore’s and petrochemical plant projects. decision-makers in the world of water. Singapore’s fifth and largest NEWater plant. This experience in integrated water resource To date, the company has designed and Naturally, from a commercial point of view, will have an initial capacity of 15 million gallons management, with cities all over China looking constructed more than 800 industrial and it’s all about building the brand name and per day in 2009, to be ramped up to 50 million to learn from them. PUB will assist in conducting municipal water and used water treatment raising international awareness. gallons per day by 2010. When completed, it will feasibility studies, providing technical support plants in 56 countries globally. In Singapore “We believe that exhibiting at the Water Week be one of the largest water recycling plants in the and facilitating co-ordination between the alone, it was responsible for building the first will give Salcon the exposure that we have never world, producing 50 million gallons per day of governments of Singapore and China. dual membrane sea water desalination plant had before,” explains Mr Yeo, “and allow us to NEWater over a term of 25 years. The Singapore International Water Week for Senoko Power and the expansion of PUB’s showcase Salcon’s capabilities to the world.” Home-grown it may be, but the company is, among other things, a way for Sembcorp to Bedok NEWater factory. But he is also looking forward to the is anything but homebound. With a strong demonstrate its expertise to a wider audience. Being one of the water treatment pioneers inaugural Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, seeing international presence, Sembcorp’s water “We expect the who’s who in the water in Singapore, Salcon strongly supports efforts it as another important part of the Singapore operations include projects in the Middle East industry to be attending the Water Week as it to put the country on the world map for water International Water Week that distinguishes it and China, two plum markets for water industry coincides with the award of the Lee Kuan Yew technologies. from other water tradeshows and conferences. players. In the UAE, its Fujairah water and power Water Prize,” says Tang Kin Fei, Group President plant has a hundred million imperial gallons & CEO of Sembcorp. “The Singapore International of desalination capacity. Meanwhile, in China Water Week will not only be a showcase for there’s growing recognition of Sembcorp’s Singapore as a nation, but will also allow Sembcorp specialist capabilities in treating used water. to profile our capabilities to the global market.”

52 Singapore International Water Week Solution 53 Sponsoring Learning a Unique from Water Show Listening

hen a company has more than 1,500 lot of companies are heading to patents, just for water technologies, Singapore International Water Week W you know that it takes R&D very A to present their latest technologies, seriously. And when it’s a global conglomerate to speak at forums and to talk to potential with almost half a million employees working business partners. In India, Suez subsidiary Degrémont is on applications ranging from electronics to fruitful relationship between PUB and Siemens. Suez Environnement is going to do all that too. building two major plants: one to produce electrical engineering and medical solutions, The partnership has already seen them work But, says CEO Jean-Louis Chaussade, the company drinking water for Mumbai’s four million the possibilities are even more exciting. After together to build used water treatment systems is also going to the Singapore International Water inhabitants, and one to treat 136,500m3/day all, ideas for inexpensive water treatment such as the pre-treatment system at the Kranji Week with the aim of listening – to its customers of Delhi’s used water. These are in addition to methods are already coming from seemingly NEWater Plant. in this region, and to the world’s government more than 100 projects in greater China, from unrelated areas, such as membrane, biological “We have made Singapore the regional officials as well. drinking water projects in Macao and Tianjin, to and nano technologies. HQ for Asia in terms of our water business,” says “Exchanging ideas with them is key for us industrial water reuse in Wuhan, and used water As Rao Haygriva Jagannath, President of Mr Rao. And taking on a major role in the in order to invent and develop the appropriate treatment in Chongqing. Siemens Water Technologies (Asia), explains: Singapore International Water Week is a natural technologies and solutions to answer their future The company is no stranger to the Middle “We invest anything between 6 – 10% of our extension of this. needs,” Mr Chaussade points out. “I hope the East either. In the 1970s, Degrémont built Saudi annual revenues, which exceed seven billion Indeed, he is enthusiastic about the basic Suez Environnement teams will come back Arabia’s first reverse osmosis desalination plant. euros, into R&D.” premise of the Singapore International Water from this event with many new ideas to test and Just recently, it was awarded the contract to Now the company is pumping resources Week. “Most conferences and trade shows are develop, since we want to stay at the leading edge design, build and operate a 220,000m3/day used into its Global Water Research and Development dedicated to certain topics, certain sectors, of technologies and services.” And in this way, water treatment and reuse plant in Dubai. Center in Singapore. The latest of Siemens’ certain segment of players in the industry and the company hopes to help find new sustainable So enthusiastic is Suez about the Singapore 15 locations for water R&D worldwide has do not keep the global water community in water solutions for ever-growing cities. International Water Week that it’s signed up to 60 water professionals under its auspices. The mind. Also they are organised often by vested Listening to customers has worked well sponsor the event. “The Singapore International centre is the initial step in Siemens’ 25 million interest groups which makes the environment for Suez. It has a presence in more than 50 Water Week is very ambitious for water,” says euro investment into water R&D in the Asia less productive.” countries, including recent contracts in Asia Mr Chaussade, “and we are proud to be part of Pacific, announced in 2006. In contrast, Mr Rao describes the Water Week and the Gulf states. this ambitious programme.” The centre is located at PUB’s Waterhub, as “perhaps the only comprehensive water show and is clearly the result of a longstanding and in the world.”

54 Singapore International Water Week Solution 55 A Monumental A Holistic Sponsorship Approach

ne of the oldest companies in hen a group of French people get Singapore still in existence today, together for tasting, you might expect O United Engineers has witnessed and Wthem to be sampling wine, not water. participated in many historical milestones. But in Toulouse, volunteers have been doing Formed in 1912, the company was just that since last year. It’s part of Veolia’s efforts instrumental in constructing landmarks and to ensure that the drinking water it provides is monuments like the former Supreme Court, pleasant to drink. The volunteers are drawn from Cavenagh Bridge, OCBC Centre and the Veolia’s customers and have been trained in PUB has partnered Veolia Water Solutions Shangri-la Hotel. So it is fitting that such a detecting the various tastes and smells of water. & Technologies in several projects to date, company should now have a role in a new Over in Germany, fish is the order of the day including the design and construction of PUB’s chapter of Singapore’s development – as a and geographical boundaries, United Engineers – not at a restaurant, but in two rivers in Lower NEWater demonstration plant in Bedok in global hydrohub. is keen to expand its network of contacts. The Saxony. There, Veolia has been reintroducing 1999 and the Kranji NEWater plant. The Kranji And like the structures it has built, United company sees the Singapore International Water salmon, a species that had previously NEWater plant contract was awarded in 2002, Engineers believes in building a business that Week as a way to this, with “the convenience of abandoned the habitat. and the plant was built to produce 40,000m3/day will weather the test of time. The company home ground”. These are just some of Veolia’s more unusual, of NEWater. Since then, Veolia Water Solutions has evolved over the years, venturing into the Its Group Managing Director and CEO, community-based initiatives, which tie in with & Technologies has been contracted to design environmental engineering business, where Jackson Yap, explains why United Engineers its overall role in providing water services. In fact, and build extensions to the plant. The most it sees immense opportunities stretching into decided to sponsor the event: “Naturally, the company designs technological solutions, recent extension in 2007 increased the plant’s the future. we would like to play a part in shaping and builds facilities and also operates water services production capacity to 82,000m3/day. Aside from its water engineering business, promoting the Singapore water industry. under management contracts in numerous The company has been actively supporting it has established a sizeable business in treating Co-operation through numbers is key.” countries worldwide. the development of Singapore’s water scene medical waste in China. This has led to a joint He is particularly excited by the scale of Singapore is one of the cities that has for more than 20 years and is now partnering venture with a World Bank subsidiary, to construct the Singapore International Water Week. “The benefited from the group’s expertise and holistic PUB in the Singapore International Water Week more than 20 new medical waste treatment sheer size of exhibitors and delegates it will be approach towards water. The company takes a as a founding sponsor. The Lee Kuan Yew Water plants throughout China over the next four years, attracting seems phenomenal for a water event clear stance that water is a precious and scarce Prize is a highlight of the event, and Jean-Michel in partnership with municipal governments. being held for the first time.” resource and that every drop counts. This is Herrewyn, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Having experienced the benefits of working Which is a huge compliment from a company perfectly in sync with PUB’s own strategy for Water Solutions & Technologies, is a member with partners across the public-private divide that’s used to building grand monuments. managing Singapore’s water. of the Nominating Committee.

56 Singapore International Water Week Solution 57 QuenchSate Your Curiosity about Singapore Image courtesy of MICA courtesy Image Dip Your Chopsticks

In this culinary capital of Asia, you can throw a stone from almost anywhere and hit a fine eatery. Start your gastronomical adventure on the 70th floor of Singapore’s tallest hotel – Swissotel The Stamford– or sail over the emerald waters in a cable car that transports you from Mount

Faber to Sentosa, a popular resort. of MICA courtesy Image For cool, romantic waterfront dining, there are eclectic restaurants situated near the lapping waters at Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, and the Esplanade. You can also opt for a seaside dining experience at any of the beach bars and restaurants at Sentosa. And, don’t even think about leaving the friendly island without immersing yourself in the quintessential Singapore experience – the hawker centre. Must-visit food places such as Newton Hawker Centre enshrine local fare. Very simply, the ubiquitous hawker centre is the perfect solution for those who want to stick their chopsticks into every local dish.

Plunge into top international fashion labels as well as locally made brands. Shopping Next, move on to Singapore’s prime An Oasis of Fun It is a country of exotic colours with a blend southern waterfront and stop at VivoCity, the of different cultures, races and religions. Its largest single shopping complex. Here, retail and Surprises Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian influences If shopping gets you going, you’d paradise comes in the form of 300 shops, attribute a variety of sightseeing, shopping and better get comfortable shoes. tempting shoppers with everything from culinary opportunities to the country. You are just in time for the Great Singapore accessories and designer apparels to electronics Singapore is a small island, Pleasantly balmy all year round, the Sale, which takes place between 23 May and and knick-knacks. Inspired by the habour front but note the fine print: it makes temperature on the sunny island ranges from 20 July 2008. This is the veritable hunting season location of the development, it has a water a big splash. 22 °C to 34 °C, making Singapore an attractive where shopping climaxes in Singapore and you sky park that is as large as four Olympic-sized At just 682 square kilometres, surrounded by holiday destination. So whether you are a food can bag great deals home. swimming pools on the roof. To create an sunlit turquoise water and strategically located buff, party animal, shopaholic, arts enthusiast, First, head straight to the city center. About artistic feel in the air, a series of extraordinary at the crossroads of the world, the island is a souvenir hunter, city explorer or night owl, you a mile long and graced with as many as 35 sculptures by six international artists are thriving port of business opportunities. are in for some unforgettable memories. shopping malls, Orchard Road parades a host of displayed all around the mall.

60 Singapore International Water Week Quench 61 Image courtesy of Singapore courtesy Image Tourism Board Thirst for Immerse 9,000 exotic birds from 600 species. Not forgetting the inquisitive butterflies: if you are decked out Nightlife in Nature colourfully, one or two of them might just rest on your clothes. Singapore’s beautiful, tranquil parks Can’t sleep? Jet lag? Step out into Singapore is not just about hustle and and nature reserves comprise Botanic Gardens, the bright lights, big city. bustle. There is a gentler side to it. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, East Coast Park, Shake things up in Zouk discotheque at At the award-winning Singapore Zoo, you Fort Canning Park and Sungei Buloh Jiak Kim Street as a stream of international guest can savour breakfast with our friendly orang Wetland Reserve. DJs dish out pulsating house music. You can also utans, take a snapshot with a giant python And what about luxuriating in a spa amidst check out the vibrant Clarke Quay, with over around your shoulders (if you dare), and feed a verdant ambience? Spa Botanica at Sentosa is 30 food and beverage outlets and nightclubs, the adorable otters. Singapore’s first tropical garden destination spa. including clubs such as Ministry of Sound, Get acquainted with our feathered friends; It offers the region’s first mud pool, float pool,

Image courtesy of courtesy Image The Esplanade Co Ltd Barfly and Kandi Bar. Then there’s St James take flight to the Jurong Bird Park and behold meditation haven and Turkish steam baths.

Power Station: It has nine chambers of live of Singapore courtesy Image Tourism Board entertainment and music styles for diehard club zombies to choose from. For an equally uplifting experience, hop onto the Singapore Flyer, a giant observation wheel located at Marina Bay, to take in 360-degree views of the city lights at different levels. You can book your bird’s eye view (S$29.50 per ticket) by logging on to singaporeflyer.com.sg.

Reflections Sniffing around for quaint ethnic handicrafts, souvenirs, and keepsakes? It is easy to stumble of Culture on quintessential shops here. Just comb through Arab Street, Bugis Street, Chinatown, Geylang Serai, Jalan Besar or Little India, and you will In Singapore, there is no shortage of find plenty of antique watches, batik fabric, silk well-run art centres and museums, cheongsams, as well as affordable precious and which are very affordable (some are semi precious trinkets. even free). Turn back time and learn more about our Nicknamed “The Durian” (after Singapore’s history in the biggest and oldest museum king of tropical fruit), Esplanade – Theatres on the – National Museum of Singapore. You can also Bay, is an architectural icon nestled at Marina Bay. bring home some historical knowledge of the One of the world’s busiest arts centres, it hosts an rich cultures that make up this multi-ethnic eclectic range of programmes including popular society by visiting Asian Civilisations Museum, acts from the international performing arts Chinatown Heritage Centre and Malay Heritage scene. Settled strategically near the mouth of Centre. Take a stroll down memory lane and Singapore River, it holds engaging free outdoor find familiar toys in MINT, the first toy museum performances by the water. in Singapore.

62 Singapore International Water Week Quench 63 Image courtesy of National Arts Council of National Arts courtesy Image Singapore International Water Week at a Glance Theme: Sustainable Water Solutions for Cities Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre 23 – 27 June 2008

23 June 2008, Monday Time Event Venue 0900 – 1700 Symposium for Young Water Talents Suntec 1000 – 1600 Site Visits 1200 – 1730 Golf Game Sentosa Golf Club 1800 – 2100 Welcome Reception

24 June 2008, Tuesday Time Event Venue 0900 – 1230 Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session Suntec Splashing known for their ingenious theatrical performances Guest-of-Honour: H.E. Mr Lee Hsien Loong, in unexpected venues –marshlands, jungles and Prime Minister of Singapore Good Time even deserts, will make you look at water like never Welcome Address: Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister before. Their latest water fantasy Hydro Sapiens will for the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore take audiences through a series of explorations into Keynote Address: H.E. Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Take a trip on the fun side of the Singapore questions such as why sweat doesn’t taste sweet, Prime Minister of Singapore International Water Week with Water Fools, a how water can make you weak and why humans one-of-a-kind performance by the French street still need water even though 80 per cent of our Plenary Forum: theatre group, ilotopie, held over two days on bodies are made up of it. Good Governance, Sustainable Cities 23 and 25 May 2008 at Boat Quay. Straight after its world premiere in New York, Chair: Prof Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large,

Organised in conjunction with the the world-class Water: H2O = Life exhibition is Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Chairman Singapore Arts Festival, Water Fools is a visually coming to Singapore. To be held at the Science of the Asia Pacific Water Forum Governing Council spectacular performance that revolves around Centre Singapore from 28 May 2008, it is a the seemingly ordinary journey of a man to the partnership between the Science Centre and 1400 – 1530 Inaugural Singapore Water Lecture by Singapore River. That journey soon takes a turn PUB, the national water agency, in collaboration Dr Andrew Benedek, winner of the inaugural for the mystical, as his car breaks down and the with the American Museum of Natural History. Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2008 sky explodes in fireworks, massive sets fill the The five-month-long exhibition will also feature Chair: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, land with fantastical machines and the river the story of how Singapore turned its water Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy teems with water creatures beyond imagination. challenges into a strategic strength. ilotopie has performed in cities across the It will offer an in-depth look at water – where it 1400 – 1530 World Cities Summit / East Asia Summit Suntec world for over 28 years. Its performers live and comes from, how it shapes the planet and the lives of – Breakout Session A work together in what they call a “manufacturing people, plants, and animals. For more details, please • Urban Planning and Conservation and experiencing laboratory”, based in Port- log on to www.science.edu.sg from May 2008. “Planning for a Distinctive and Vibrant City” Saint-Louis-du-Rhone, France. They specialise Taking place at the same time as the Singapore • Solid Waste Management in multi-disciplinary performances that blend International Water Week from 23 to 25 June 2008 “Sustainable Waste Management Choices” living images with poetical situations, plastic arts, is the World Cities Summit and East Asia Summit. • Land Transportation theatre and dance. Overseas city mayors, senior government officials, • Design and Management of Green Spaces Over at Bedok Reservoir, The Lunatics, an experts and business leaders will be putting their • Innovation and Research Hub award-winning group from The Netherlands, heads together for a stimulating conference.

64 Singapore International Water Week Quench 65 24 June 2008, Tuesday (cont’d) 25 June 2008, Wednesday (cont’d) Time Event Venue Time Event Venue 1600 – 1730 Water Leaders Summit Suntec 1400 – 1700 World Cities Summit – Learning Journeys Suntec Roundtable 1: The Right Environment for Water Technologies 1400 – 1700 East Asia Summit – Plenary Sessions Suntec

World Cities Summit/East Asia Summit Suntec Middle East Business Forum – Learning Journeys Southeast Asia Business Forum

Water Convention Suntec 1000 – 1800 Water Expo Suntec Level 4 Track 1: Water Technology Solutions Track 2: Operational Experiences that Matter 1730 – 2200 Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize Award Ceremony and Banquet – Learning and Sharing Dialogue with Singapore’s Minister Mentor Track 3: Water – Quality and Safety Mr Lee Kuan Yew Track 4: Cities of the Future Moderator: Prof Kishore Mahbubani, Dean, Track 5: Business of Water Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

1200 – 1800 Water Expo Suntec Level 4 26 June 2008, Thursday Time Event Venue 1830 – 2200 The Water & Crouching Tiger Concerto Esplanade 0900 – 1230 Australia Business Forum (Tan Dun and the Singapore Festival Orchestra) China Business Forum

25 June 2008, Wednesday 0900 – 1730 Water Convention Suntec Time Event Venue Track 1: Water Technology Solutions 0900 – 1230 Water Leaders Summit Suntec Track 2: Operational Experiences that Matter Roundtable 2: The Business of Water – Learning and Sharing Roundtable 3: Cities of the Future Track 3: Water – Quality and Safety Track 4: Cities of the Future World Cities Summit / East Asia Summit Track 5: Business of Water Plenary Session 2 : Collaboration between the Public and Private Sectors for Urban Development 1400 – 1730 India Business Forum Europe Business Forum Breakout Sessions B • Environmental Sustainability “Implications of 1000 – 1800 Water Expo Suntec Level 4 Environmental Sustainability for Cities” • Sustainability in the Built Environment 1830 – 2100 Dinner by the Bay Marina Barrage • Biodiversity and Sustainable Cities • Management of Sustainable Cities 26 June 2008, Thursday Time Event Venue 0900 – 1700 Water Convention Suntec 1000 – 1600 Site Visits Track 1: Water Technology Solutions Track 2: Operational Experiences that Matter For more information on the speakers please log on to www.siww.com.sg – Learning and Sharing Track 3: Water – Quality and Safety Track 4: Cities of the Future Track 5: Business of Water All information is accurate at time of print.

66 Singapore International Water Week Quench 67 About the For Enquiries, please contact: Lee Kuan Yew Singapore International Water Week Michael Toh, General Manager Water Prize Sponsor: The Singapore International Water Week Singapore International Water Week is the global platform for water solutions. 40 Scotts Road #22-01, Singapore 228231 It will bring policymakers, industry leaders, Tel: +65 6731 3160 experts and practitioners together to address Fax: +65 6731 9456 Founding Sponsors: challenges, showcase technologies, discover email: [email protected] opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world. For Sales & Marketing Information, Comprising the Water Leaders Summit, please contact: Water Convention, Water Expo and Water Lloyd Tan, Director Festival, it culminates in the presentation of Singapore International Water Week the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, a prestigious Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 international award to recognise outstanding Level 4, #046-065, Singapore 819643 contributions in solving global water issues. Tel: +65 6542 8660 ext 153 The inaugural Singapore International Water Fax: +65 6542 8683 Week will be held from 23 to 27 June 2008. The +65 6546 6062 theme is Sustainable Water Solutions for Cities. email: [email protected] Platinum www.siww.com.sg Insurance Partner:

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