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Bernard Tan
Managing Director
Singapore International Water Week (SIWW)
Water In The Resilient City
Singapore
• Introduced in 2002
• Primarily for industrial and
commercial use
• Small percentage added to
raw water reservoirs
• NEWater can meet 30% of
Singapore’s current water
supply
NEWater Building Resilience Into The System
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Closing the Water Loop Integrated Water Resource Management
sea rain stormwater
management
collection
of rainfall
in drains &
reservoirs treatment of
raw to potable
water
NEWater
collection
of used water
in sewers supply of
water to the
population &
industries
reclamation
of used water
desalination
Communications with stakeholders was key to success of campaign
• Key messages:
– NEWater is safe and meets WHO drinking water guidelines
– NEWater will make Singapore’s water supply more resilient
Media Leaders Public
Engagement of stakeholders
Developing A Vibrant Water Eco-System More than 180 companies; 26 R&D Centres
System
Integrators Desalination Wastewater
treatment Liquid separation Membrane
systems
Engrg Svcs/
EPC Feasibility studies Technical
consultancy Project Management EPC
Equipment
Suppliers Filtration equipment Disinfection equipment Control system providers
Component
Suppliers
Water Treatment
Chemicals Multilaterals and
Financiers
Research
CoEs
•Hyflux •Kurita •MHI •Veolia •Ecosoftt
•Evoqua •GE Water •Grundfos •Pentair •Suez
Environment •TriTech
•Triton Water •Veolia •Xylem
•Black & Veatch •Boustead Salcon •CDM Smith •CH2MHill •CPG
•Meinhardt
•Evoqua •GE Water •Nalco
•Dow Water and Process
•Hyflux •MRC •Nitto
•Toray
•Clifford Capital •Marubeni •World Bank, IFC
•Century Water •Hyflux
•PWN Technologies •Sembcorp •United Engineers •United Envirotech
Project
Developers &
BDO
* Non
exhaustive list of
companies •NEWRI •NERI
•Hyflux •GE Water •Sembcorp •Keppel
The Global Platform to Share and
Co-Create Innovative Water Solutions 10 – 14 Jul
Collocated with the World Cities Summit & CleanEnviro Singapore Summit 2016
Doubled in size
since inception in
2008
SIWW 2014 • > 20,000 participants
• >100 regions/countries
• > 800 participating
companies
SIWW 2008 • 8,500 participants • 79 regions/countries • >350 companies
Strong growth
Addressing Future Challenges
16 – 17 Jun 2015 SIWW Technology and Innovation Summit 2015
Developing the Global Water Solutions Blueprint
Bringing together water utility leaders, large water users and solutions providers
to discuss challenges and technology focus areas to develop a “Global
Blueprint for Water Solutions” in the global municipal and industrial sectors
Sharing & Co-creation of Solutions
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