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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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