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In September, one of India’s leading spiritual gurus Jaggi Vasudev, popularly called<br />
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depleting rivers of India. “Due to the pressures of population and development, our perennial<br />
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Pointing out that many of the smaller rivers had vanished while both floods and droughts<br />
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cricketers and thousands of followers. The main solution suggested by the guru was to legislate<br />
such that at least one kilometre along both banks of rivers would be covered by trees.<br />
A draft policy recommendation titled “Revitalization of Rivers in India” has been produced<br />
by Isha Foundation, the non-profit organisation founded by Sadhguru. It lays out that rivers<br />
should be regarded as national treasures and that the protection of rivers should encompass:<br />
a) ensuring full ecological/environmental flows; and b) preserving biological, chemical and physical characteristics<br />
of the water. It calls for all public land next to the major rivers to be converted into forest with native species. In<br />
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, another popular spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living Foundation which runs<br />
operations in over 156 countries, has been engaged in river rejuvenation projects in India for the past five years.<br />
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domain experts, social scientists, farmer groups and volunteers. Case studies of the small rivers revived in various<br />
states of India were presented.<br />
Prior to both these gurus, in 2004, there was Sri Sathya Sai Baba whose trust funded several major drinking water<br />
projects, one of which supplied water to 1.2 million people in 750 villages in drought-prone areas of India.<br />
Protection of water sources as well as the larger environment has been an important aspect of Hinduism, with<br />
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the cause of water, which has been so revered in the culture down the ages. The mass appeal of the gurus might<br />
help to restore some of the sanctity of India’s rivers and lakes but only if combined with the political will of the<br />
government. With the current government in India being more proactive and forward-looking than previous ones,<br />
there is certainly reason for hope.<br />
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WORLD NEWS<br />
WABAG to upgrade WTP in<br />
Metro Manila<br />
WABAG has been commissioned by Metro Manila to<br />
upgrade La Mesa-2, the world’s ninth largest drinking<br />
water treatment plant with a capacity of 900,000 m3 /day.<br />
WABAG was awarded a contract for the plant retrofit<br />
and upgrade with a value of US$ 60 million together with<br />
a joint venture partner. The La Mesa-2 Water treatment<br />
Plant (WTP) produces 900,000 m3 of water per day and<br />
is one of three Metro Manila drinking water plants, which<br />
ensure the safe supply of clean water to the megacity.<br />
The plant will be refurbished and receive a technical<br />
upgrade during continuous operation over the course of<br />
the next three years.<br />
The Angat River is the largest and most important<br />
water source for Metro Manila. The water is stored in<br />
reservoirs and then treated in the La Mesa 1 and 2 and<br />
Balara plants to make it potable. The plants employ<br />
four main treatment steps consisting of coagulation/<br />
flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection.<br />
However, over the years, the technology employed at<br />
La Mesa-2 WTP has become outdated and therefore<br />
requires refurbishment and modernisation. The new<br />
project also foresees additional features such as the<br />
handling of high raw water turbidity (2,000 NTU) and<br />
a structure capable of withstanding a 7.2 magnitude<br />
earthquake.<br />
During continuous plant operation, WABAG will<br />
convert the existing pre-treatment technology (Pulsator)<br />
into modern lamella clarification and single-layer sand<br />
filtration will be modified to provide highly effective dual<br />
media filtration. The scope of supply includes design and<br />
engineering, equipment, installation and commissioning.<br />
After completion, which is scheduled for the end of 2020,<br />
WABAG will also be responsible for process proving for<br />
one year.<br />
Founded in 2011, during the past seven years WABAG<br />
Philippines has completed a series of national water<br />
technology projects, including seven wastewater<br />
treatment plants. The La Mesa-2 WTP is the second<br />
project in the drinking water treatment field to be<br />
obtained following the refurbishment and upgrading of<br />
the Putatan WTP with a capacity of 150,000 m3/d using<br />
advanced WABAG filtration technology. Furthermore, the<br />
company has been commissioned by the Manila Water<br />
Company (MWC) to build and run a pilot plant for the<br />
Philippines’ first septic waste to energy (WTE) project. The<br />
WTE facility, which has already undergone successful<br />
testing, utilizes septage or waste materials removed from<br />
septic tanks, as a feed source.<br />
Coleridge Shelley, the WABAG Philippines CEO said:<br />
“We are very happy that our client, Maynilad Water<br />
Services Inc., has awarded this ambitious project to<br />
WABAG. As a technology leader we were able to provide<br />
an individual and optimal technological solution based<br />
on our comprehensive, multinational experience and<br />
the support of our international team of top technical<br />
experts.” <strong>AW</strong><br />
4 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
WORLD NEWS<br />
Delft University of Technology and<br />
Royal HaskoningDHV sign agreement<br />
for biopolymer recovery<br />
from wastewater<br />
Delft University and Royal HaskoningDHV sign MOU<br />
Royal HaskoningDHV and Delft University of Technology<br />
have signed an agreement stating that patented<br />
technologies used to extract valuable Biopolymers from<br />
Nereda® wastewater treatment sludge are transferred<br />
to Royal HaskoningDHV. This gives the company<br />
the worldwide rights to apply these technologies<br />
to wastewater treatment installations using Royal<br />
HaskoningDHV’s Nereda technology. This technology<br />
originated from research at the Delft University of<br />
Technology.<br />
In addition to its small footprint, energy and cost<br />
savings, and phosphate recovery, Nereda technology<br />
opens up the opportunity to recover a biopolymer mix<br />
produced by the bacteria purifying the wastewater. This<br />
new reusable substance can easily be harvested and<br />
has the potential to unlock economically interesting<br />
applications in the paper and textile industries, in the<br />
agricultural sector, but especially in the development<br />
of advanced nanocomposite materials.<br />
Karel Luyben, Rector Magnificus at Delft University of<br />
Technology said that the agreement signed on December<br />
8 included a provision for Royal HaskoningDHV to fund<br />
PhD research for the coming ten years. “Furthermore,<br />
the company pays for the made patent costs, which<br />
will enable the university to hire another PhD researcher,<br />
which will open up new fields of research for us,” she<br />
explained.<br />
René Noppeney, Global Director of Water Technology<br />
Products & Innovation at Royal HaskoningDHV said that<br />
Royal HaskoningDHV now not only has the patents for<br />
the Nereda technology, but also the patents to extract a<br />
valuable new raw material from Nereda process excess<br />
sludge.<br />
Delft University of Technology and Royal<br />
HaskoningDHV cooperate in a joint national research<br />
and development program together with Foundation<br />
for Applied Water Research STOWA, Dutch water<br />
authorities, global industrial ecosystem Simadan and<br />
ChainCraft biosobased innovators to investigate and<br />
develop the recovery and reuse of biopolymers derived<br />
from wastewater treatment processes. This development<br />
contributes to the further circularization of the economy,<br />
and the cost-effective treatment of wastewater. <strong>AW</strong><br />
Asian Water JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> 5
WORLD NEWS<br />
Heineken installs rainwater harvesting<br />
systems in Malaysia<br />
Source: NST<br />
In line with its global sustainability strategy of ‘Brewing<br />
a Better World’, Heineken Malaysia Berhad in<br />
collaboration with Kupikupifm have installed rainwaterharvesting<br />
systems at three centres in Sabah: Balai Raya<br />
Koidupan, Dewan Nagashiba in Penampang and Balai<br />
Raya Kampung Pinawantai in Kudat. This initiative will<br />
positively impact the lives of more than 2,300 people<br />
within the communities.<br />
Elaborating on the company’s approach to the<br />
initiative, Shagivarnam Ratnam, Head of Corporate<br />
Affairs, Heineken Malaysia, said: “We are as passionate<br />
about the quality of our products as we are about the<br />
communities and environment that surrounds us. The<br />
rainwater-harvesting project we are presenting today is<br />
a step forward in our commitment in Sabah, in the area<br />
of water conservation. Through this system, we are able<br />
to increase access to clean water for the communities<br />
in these areas”<br />
The company aims to empower communities to<br />
conserve water by providing them with an alternative<br />
source of potable water. The systems installed at the<br />
respective communities consist of two 800 gallons water<br />
tanks with a maximum storage capacity of over 6,000<br />
litres enabling potential savings of more than to 100,000<br />
gallons of water annually.<br />
“Today’s launch is just the first step in our efforts to grow<br />
with the communities here<br />
in Sabah and to protect<br />
water resources in East<br />
Malaysia. Stemming from<br />
this success, we are excited<br />
to announce that <strong>2018</strong> will<br />
see us expand upon this<br />
initiative to reach out to<br />
even more communities<br />
within the state,” Mr<br />
Shagivarnam added.<br />
Speaking at the<br />
launch, guest of honour,<br />
Yang Berbahagia Datuk<br />
Francis Goh, Division Head<br />
of MCA Penampang,<br />
said, “This collaboration<br />
demonstrates the power<br />
of smart partnerships and<br />
it is important that other<br />
organisation emulate this<br />
way of working for the<br />
benefit of developing<br />
local communities through<br />
meaningful initiatives.”<br />
Utilising pre-existing roofs as catchments for rainwater,<br />
the systems employ a two-stage filtration system to ensure<br />
clean and potable water for the communities that can<br />
be used in a variety of daily activities including cleaning,<br />
washing clothes, cooking and drinking. The rainwater<br />
harvesting systems will also function as a secure backup<br />
in the event of water scarcity and aid in decreasing<br />
stormwater runoff, thereby helping to reduce local<br />
flooding.<br />
Commenting on their involvement in the initiative,<br />
Lester Calvin Miol, Programme Manager, Kupikupifm,<br />
said: “As a Sabah-based organisation, we are steadfast<br />
in our commitment to the communities here. We have<br />
a growing track record of aiding the local communities<br />
through innovative and impactful initiatives and are<br />
proud to have partnered with Heineken Malaysia to<br />
successfully implement this rainwater harvesting initiative<br />
and bring greater access to water to the communities<br />
here.”<br />
In the past, Heineken Malaysia, through the flagship<br />
W.A.T.E.R (Working Actively Through Education and<br />
Rehabilitation) Project, adopted five rivers, invested close<br />
to RM7 million, and successfully reached out to over<br />
25, 000 Malaysians since 2010. <strong>AW</strong><br />
6 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
WORLD NEWS<br />
Black & Veatch Wins Innovation and<br />
Creativity Award in Hong Kong<br />
Black & Veatch has won the 2017 Hong Kong Awards<br />
for Industries: Innovation and Creativity Grand<br />
Award. The award recognises the company’s role<br />
as the hydraulic designer of the recently completed<br />
Happy Valley Underground Stormwater Storage Scheme<br />
(HVUSSS) for the Drainage Services Department of Hong<br />
Kong SAR (DSD).<br />
The HVUSS is an example of how Hong Kong is<br />
rethinking stormwater management. A 60,000m3<br />
capacity underground storage tank was built below<br />
the famous Happy Valley Recreational Ground.<br />
The tank temporarily stores stormwater during peak<br />
times, relieving pressure on the drainage system and<br />
integrating real-time data of water and tidal levels.<br />
“The award reflects how DSD is embracing innovation<br />
and smart city technologies to overcome climate<br />
change and urban density challenges,” said Andy<br />
Kwok, Director, Black & Veatch in Hong Kong. “Rather<br />
than digging deeper drains, the scheme integrates realtime<br />
data to act like a release valve during rainstorms,<br />
and the new thinking saved the city money and avoided<br />
major public disruption along a busy highway.”<br />
Over the last 50 years, infill development and<br />
extension of the urbanised areas into Hong Kong’s<br />
foothills have significantly increased runoff and<br />
flood risks while rainfall intensity has become more<br />
unpredictable. In August 2000, April 2006 and June<br />
2008 severe flooding occurred in Happy Valley and its<br />
adjacent area during heavy rainstorm events.<br />
Black & Veatch and the Drainage Services<br />
Department of the Government of Hong Kong Special<br />
Administrative Region (DSD) also received the 2012<br />
Planning Award for International Water Association’s<br />
East Asia region for the HVUSSS. <strong>AW</strong><br />
Asian Water JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> 7
WORLD NEWS<br />
Western Water to digitalize<br />
water management<br />
Western Water<br />
Based on its recent analysis of the dry sanitation<br />
industry, Frost & Sullivan recognised Enviro Loo with<br />
the 2017 Southern African Company of the Year Award.<br />
The company has created a sustainable sanitation<br />
solution with no reliance on stretched water resources<br />
and eliminating pollution on the surrounding landscape<br />
through its zero-discharge system. One Enviro Loo can<br />
save between 300,000 to 650, 000 litres of water annually.<br />
“There is an ongoing sanitation crisis in the Southern<br />
African region, with groundwater contamination causing<br />
serious health fatalities on a daily basis. Furthermore,<br />
potable water is still often used for sanitation purposes,<br />
exacerbating already severe water shortages,” said<br />
Laura Caetano, research analyst at Frost & Sullivan.<br />
“Enviro Loo’s dry sanitation toilet system is a waterless,<br />
zero-discharge system that addresses these problems<br />
and can be deployed in rural and less-developed<br />
areas where such large-scale sanitation solutions are<br />
desperately required.”<br />
The containerized Enviro Loo toilet functions through<br />
an evaporation and dehydration process, and requires<br />
no pipes, drainage or flushing system.<br />
This provides communities with access to dignified,<br />
safe and effective sanitation. More than that, the<br />
company’s business model engages the community by<br />
furthering job creation through employing and training<br />
selected community members to service and maintain<br />
the units. These community members are supplied with<br />
mobile phones and the apparatus required to maintain<br />
locally installed systems.<br />
The company has developed the Loo Solve app<br />
which provides a maintenance schedule, buyer<br />
information, GPS location of each system, and a live<br />
asset management tracking tool to access information<br />
about the installed systems at any time. Workers are<br />
required to take photos of each system and complete<br />
a maintenance checklist while at each location. As<br />
part of its bottom-up approach, Enviro Loo uses a social<br />
facilitation team to achieve community buy-in into the<br />
technology.<br />
“Enviro Loo has developed a visionary product that<br />
highlights a potential future where water-borne sewage<br />
processing systems—and all their incumbent issues—are<br />
no longer the norm. The company now has over 150,000<br />
units installed in 52 countries, and has allowed more than<br />
2 million people to contribute to the socioeconomic<br />
development of their communities,” Caetano said.<br />
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of<br />
the Year award to the organisation that demonstrates<br />
excellence in terms of growth strategy and<br />
implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high<br />
degree of innovation with products and technologies,<br />
and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value<br />
and market penetration. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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Dry toilet system is awarded for<br />
environmentally sustainable solution<br />
(Photo: Enviro Loo)<br />
Based on its recent analysis of the dry sanitation<br />
industry, Frost & Sullivan recognised Enviro Loo with<br />
the 2017 Southern African Company of the Year Award.<br />
The company has created a sustainable sanitation<br />
solution with no reliance on stretched water resources<br />
and eliminating pollution on the surrounding landscape<br />
through its zero-discharge system. One Enviro Loo can<br />
save between 300,000 to 650, 000 litres of water annually.<br />
“There is an ongoing sanitation crisis in the Southern<br />
African region, with groundwater contamination causing<br />
serious health fatalities on a daily basis. Furthermore,<br />
potable water is still often used for sanitation purposes,<br />
exacerbating already severe water shortages,” said<br />
Laura Caetano, research analyst at Frost & Sullivan.<br />
“Enviro Loo’s dry sanitation toilet system is a waterless,<br />
zero-discharge system that addresses these problems<br />
and can be deployed in rural and less-developed<br />
areas where such large-scale sanitation solutions are<br />
desperately required.”<br />
The containerized Enviro Loo toilet functions through<br />
an evaporation and dehydration process, and requires<br />
no pipes, drainage or flushing system.<br />
This provides communities with access to dignified,<br />
safe and effective sanitation. More than that, the<br />
company’s business model engages the community by<br />
furthering job creation through employing and training<br />
selected community members to service and maintain<br />
the units. These community members are supplied with<br />
mobile phones and the apparatus required to maintain<br />
locally installed systems.<br />
The company has developed the Loo Solve app<br />
which provides a maintenance schedule, buyer<br />
information, GPS location of each system, and a live<br />
asset management tracking tool to access information<br />
about the installed systems at any time. Workers are<br />
required to take photos of each system and complete<br />
a maintenance checklist while at each location. As<br />
part of its bottom-up approach, Enviro Loo uses a social<br />
facilitation team to achieve community buy-in into the<br />
technology.<br />
“Enviro Loo has developed a visionary product that<br />
highlights a potential future where water-borne sewage<br />
processing systems—and all their incumbent issues—are<br />
no longer the norm. The company now has over 150,000<br />
units installed in 52 countries, and has allowed more than<br />
2 million people to contribute to the socioeconomic<br />
development of their communities,” Caetano said.<br />
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents a Company of<br />
the Year award to the organisation that demonstrates<br />
excellence in terms of growth strategy and<br />
implementation in its field. The award recognizes a high<br />
degree of innovation with products and technologies,<br />
and the resulting leadership in terms of customer value<br />
and market penetration. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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Fluence gets more orders in China<br />
Fluence Corporation Limited, a global leader in<br />
decentralized water and wastewater treatment<br />
solutions, has signed a framework agreement to deliver<br />
six Smart Packaged wastewater treatment plants based<br />
on Fluence’s MABR technology (C-MABR) with partner<br />
Jiangsu Jinzi Environmental Science and Technology<br />
Company.<br />
The wastewater treatment projects are part of a<br />
public/private partnership in China’s Guizhou province.<br />
The agreement encompasses a total of six wastewater<br />
plants designed to deploy Containerized Smart<br />
Packaged MABR (C-MABR) technology ranging between<br />
600 to 1,000 m3/day. The plants, which are part of a<br />
multi-million-dollar order, are expected to be delivered,<br />
installed and become operational during <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
Hailing the project as a landmark one that Henry<br />
Charrabé, Managing Director and CEO of Fluence said it<br />
was the outcome of a number of factors, which Fluence<br />
had worked on since it entered the Chinese market,<br />
including the signing of a distribution/deployment<br />
partnership in November 2016, the successful operation<br />
of demonstration plants and close collaboration with<br />
Jinzi. He announced that Jinzi was his company’s<br />
preferred partner for Guizhou Province and Changzhou<br />
City.<br />
Further Mr Charrabé said: “This multi-plant agreement<br />
is evidence that our partners are now ramping up<br />
deployment of our MABR treatment solutions and is further<br />
proof of our strategy to deploy Smart Packaged C-MABR<br />
systems in China. It also continues to demonstrate the<br />
appeal of our Smart Packaged MABR Plants, since these<br />
enable rapid deployment of cost- and energy-efficient<br />
standardised solutions, and provides confidence that we<br />
can expect additional orders moving forward.”<br />
“We remain focused on capitalizing on the enormous<br />
market opportunity in China for Fluence MABR solutions.<br />
We intend to leverage our standardized MABR technology<br />
and global distribution footprint to offer compelling<br />
wastewater treatment solutions to markets around<br />
the world. Jinzi is a great partner to work with and is<br />
committed to the MABR technology and Fluence.”<br />
“The project signing between Jinzi and Fluence<br />
indicates a new milestone in the strategic cooperation<br />
between both parties,” said Mr. Xiaodong XIE, Chairman<br />
of JINZI Enterprise Group.<br />
The Chinese Government’s 13th five-year plan<br />
targets improved water quality nationwide by 2030,<br />
and mandates that local city officials improve sewage<br />
capacity and treatment, from currently 10% of treated<br />
rural wastewater to 70% treated rural wastewater.<br />
Fluence’s agreement with Jinzi is the latest in a string<br />
of strategic deployments of decentralized wastewater<br />
treatment units in collaboration with local Chinese<br />
authorities and companies. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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Spanish company FCC Aqualia<br />
buys back its stake from Japanese<br />
conglomerate Mitsui<br />
FCC Aqualia, FCC Group’s subsidiary for the water<br />
market, has agreed to buy back from Mitsui its 49%<br />
stake in FCC Aqualia’s water business in the Czech<br />
Republic according to a company press release. In 2013,<br />
FCC Aqualia sold the abovementioned stake to Mitsui,<br />
following the cash generation strategy of FCC Group for<br />
2013. After the deal, FCC Aqualia has continued running<br />
the day-to-day operations of the Czech business, with<br />
Mitsui as a relevant minority partner.<br />
Mitsui’s exit is triggered by a change in the Japanese<br />
Group’s strategy for water business in Europe and the<br />
transaction consists of the divestment of all of Mitsui`s<br />
share in SmVaK and Aqualia lnfraestructuras Inženýring.<br />
As the acquisition is of a minority stake, such acquisition<br />
has no significant impact in the earnings of FCC Aqualia.<br />
Severomoravské vodovody a kanalizace Ostrava<br />
a. s. (“SmVaK”) is the largest water supply company in<br />
the Moravian-Silesian region and one of the leaders in<br />
the water market in the Czech Republic, as part of FCC<br />
Aqualia group. Its core business is production and supply<br />
of drinking water as well as discharge and treatment of<br />
wastewater.<br />
FCC Aqualia S.A is the water management subsidiary<br />
of FCC Group, one of the largest infrastructure and<br />
environmental services groups in Europe. FCC Aqualia is<br />
Europe’s third- largest water company and the seventhlargest<br />
in the world, according to the latest ranking by the<br />
specialist journal Global Water Intelligence (GWI), serving<br />
22.5 million users, and meets the needs of all parties,<br />
private and public, at all stages of the water cycle,<br />
providing water for human, industrial, and agricultural<br />
uses. Its main activity is the management of municipal<br />
water services.<br />
The company currently provides services in 1,100<br />
municipal districts in 22 countries: Spain, Italy, Portugal,<br />
Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Montenegro, Bosnia,<br />
Mexico, Chile, Uruguay, Algeria, Egypt, UAE, Saudi<br />
Arabia, Serbia, Tunisia, Qatar, Colombia, Ecuador,<br />
Panamá and Oman. In 2016, the company’s billings<br />
totalled €1.01 billion (US$1.23 billion), with an order book<br />
approaching €15 billion. <strong>AW</strong><br />
Spanish company FCC Aqualia<br />
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CCRO module for desalination and<br />
purification of water<br />
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has added a<br />
new module to its LewaPlus software suite of reverse<br />
osmosis (RO) and ion exchange (IX) system dimensioning<br />
capabilities. The new module provides system modeling<br />
with Desalitech’s Closed Circuit Reverse Osmosis (CCRO)<br />
technology and enables the dimensioning of RO systems<br />
using the latest available water treatment technology,<br />
helping system designers bring their water treatment<br />
footprint closer to zero liquid discharge (ZLD) or minimum<br />
liquid discharge (MLD) goals.<br />
Reverse osmosis is used for the desalination and<br />
purification of water and has been growing rapidly in<br />
industrial, municipal and waste water reuse applications.<br />
The technology is widely used, especially in areas of<br />
water stress such as the American West. The traditional<br />
reverse osmosis process is sometimes limited to recovery<br />
levels of 75 to 85%, wherein 15 to 25% of the feedwater is<br />
not purified and becomes waste.<br />
In contrast, the CCRO process now available for<br />
modeling in LewaPlus offers recovery rates of up to 98%.<br />
This high recovery is achieved by incorporation of a<br />
recirculation pump that returns the brine to the membrane<br />
feed and provides a high crossflow velocity through the<br />
membrane array.<br />
The system operates in two alternating modes: Closed<br />
Circuit (CC) mode at 100% recovery and Plug Flow (PF), or<br />
flushing mode, at 10 to 50% recovery. During CC operation,<br />
permeate is produced at a rate equal to the flow rate from<br />
the high-pressure pump.<br />
When a desired recovery percentage is reached,<br />
the operating mode is switched to PF mode in which<br />
concentrated brine is purged from the system and<br />
displaced by feed water from the high-pressure pump in<br />
a single plug-flow sweep.<br />
The new software module was developed cooperatively<br />
by LANXESS Sybron Chemicals and Desalitech, Inc.<br />
(Newton, MA, USA). Until now, the modeling of the<br />
CCRO process was based on experience values without<br />
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energetic optimization, which generally limited CCRO<br />
projections for recovery rates and system capabilities.<br />
Rapid and Accurate RO system Designs<br />
“The new CCRO module inside LewaPlus allows for rapid<br />
and accurate reverse osmosis system designs utilizing<br />
the existing performance algorithms and computational<br />
techniques that support the good performance of the<br />
Lewabrane elements in the reverse osmosis process,” says<br />
Firuza Mir, President of LANXESS Sybron Chemicals.<br />
This new module replaces the prior calculation<br />
protocol using multiple Excel spreadsheets to approximate<br />
system performance. It incorporates the existing graphical<br />
user interface, user-friendly layout and linear process logic<br />
that is the hallmark of the LewaPlus design software.<br />
In addition, the new module includes tabs for power<br />
consumption, post-treatment and cost analysis. These<br />
additional analyses are available “within a second,” Mir<br />
emphasizes.<br />
The new CCRO software module follows the same<br />
stringent reverse osmosis membrane design guidelines<br />
as traditional reverse osmosis modules. The process uses<br />
conventional reverse osmosis elements, such as the<br />
industry-standard 8-inch diameter x 40 inch long spiralwound,<br />
polyamide-type thin film composite elements<br />
as offered in LANXESS’s proven Lewabrane portfolio.<br />
Desalitech assembles these standardized parts to create a<br />
unique system configuration which autonomously adapts<br />
to feed water changes, unlike the linear, constant filtering<br />
process of traditional reverse osmosis.<br />
Desalitech’s CCRO process reaches much higher<br />
recoveries by recycling water through a single-stage<br />
membrane array until no further recovery is possible,<br />
at which time it discharges the concentrated waste.<br />
Constant variations in flow and salinity inhibit fouling and<br />
scaling, extending membrane lifespans. Furthermore, the<br />
process automatically adapts to variations in feed water<br />
conditions in order to maintain set recovery goals.<br />
Nadav Efraty, Chief Executive Officer at Desalitech,<br />
explains, “Desalitech is helping many Fortune 500<br />
companies and some of the most sophisticated water<br />
users on the planet substantially reduce their water<br />
consumption and operating costs.<br />
We are very excited about working with LANXESS to<br />
provide an easy to use and intuitive design software that<br />
will enable many organizations to take control of their own<br />
water future and do it with a membrane company that<br />
is as committed to technical excellence and leadership<br />
as themselves.” <strong>AW</strong><br />
(Photo: Lanxess)<br />
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Holistic approach for water<br />
management across the globe<br />
By Prem Kumar Nair<br />
(Photo: Grundfos)<br />
Emerging economies across the world depend on the<br />
adequate availability of water for the generation of<br />
energy, drinking, irrigation and food production.<br />
Improving the management of water resources,<br />
integrating and improving the multiple uses, flexibly<br />
allocating water to different users and investing in public<br />
sanitation such as sewage collection, resolving sanitary<br />
problems of waterborne diseases is one of the most<br />
important forms of economic and social development,<br />
because improving the quality of life promotes the<br />
generation of jobs and income and expands the ability to<br />
supply water for multiple uses and stimulates the economy<br />
for any country.<br />
This is also crucial for ensuring that sustainability of<br />
water management must be kept high on the agenda<br />
for conglomerates and organisations involved in water<br />
technologies and its related services.<br />
Grundfos, the world’s leading pump manufacturer<br />
has been steadfast in its approach to offer its solutions in<br />
growing economies across the world and is positioning<br />
itself on the forefront in providing sustainable water<br />
management especially in rural areas in Asia, Central<br />
America and Africa. Grundfos brings innovative<br />
technology to the water utility market.<br />
The company’s innovative resources are fully focused<br />
on its commitment to sustainability. Grundfos continually<br />
strive to set new standards for water and energy use.<br />
Water supply and wastewater require practical solutions<br />
at a level closest to the consumers of water and energy,<br />
in cooperation with all interested parties.<br />
Grundfos engages in debates on a local, regional and<br />
global level and adds value to the process by contributing<br />
its knowledge and vision for sustainability. The global<br />
Grundfos Water Utility competency network ensures that<br />
complex projects get the expertise they require for an<br />
optimised project execution, making sure that deliveries<br />
at all stages of the project are timely, correct and within<br />
budget.<br />
Focusing on the water cycle and energy efficiency<br />
Product leadership and optimised solutions and services<br />
complement an unrivalled focus on resource efficiency,<br />
design verification, and project consultancy and<br />
execution.<br />
With Grundfos, one can optimise, treat and pressure<br />
manage water supply all the way to the end user, and the<br />
company offers reliability and modularity for collecting,<br />
transporting and treating wastewater.<br />
The Danish based company, known for its high<br />
technology pump products has a long-standing track<br />
record of innovation for optimising water and energy use<br />
for pump systems and solutions. These include: Efficiencygenerating<br />
tools that range from optimising the pump to<br />
the entire groundwater well field and fully optimised water<br />
supply systems – combining market-leading pump, motor,<br />
protection or control and remote management for the<br />
optimisation of groundwater abstraction.<br />
The Water2Life Project - A Journey across continents<br />
With more than €540.000 donated since 2010 and<br />
sustainable clean water solutions provided for more<br />
than 40.000 people, Water2Life is a powerful employeeinitiated<br />
and employee-driven program that works to<br />
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bring clean water to communities in need on every<br />
continent.<br />
In 2013, the program wrapped its first 3-year project<br />
providing access to clean water to 16,000 people in Kenya,<br />
before making its way to Vietnam to help another 27,000.<br />
It is now launching on its third continent – the Americas.<br />
Aside from making a tangible difference for lowincome<br />
communities across the globe, the program<br />
helps strengthen its sustainable mind-set and engage its<br />
employees in living the Grundfos values: Being sustainable,<br />
focused on people, and creating partnerships.<br />
Water2Life in Vietnam<br />
In 2013, Water2Life started its second project in Vietnam<br />
where water is everywhere but it’s undrinkable. This water<br />
challenge was the next for Grundfos employees and with<br />
a goal of providing clean water to ten communities within<br />
3 years, the company strives to continue its great success.<br />
Vietnam is a country of water paradoxes with the<br />
biggest being: there is not a lack of water, but a lack of<br />
clean water. There is basically water everywhere because<br />
of all the rivers and canals form the Mekong River. These<br />
are for many people, the only source of water but the<br />
water is heavily polluted by heavy metals, chemical and<br />
bacteria. The only alternative is rainwater caught off the<br />
rooftops and kept in big jars. Rainwater is seen as being<br />
the cleanest drinking water and is kept for a long time.<br />
Buying bottled water is not considered an alternative for<br />
poor people as it is too expensive.<br />
During dry seasons, the concentration of chemicals in<br />
the water rises and forces the day labourers to wear rubber<br />
boots to avoid burning their skin. Also, clothes washing<br />
and taking bath in the river during dry seasons burn the<br />
skin and leaves it itching and damaged skin. Moreover,<br />
water borne diseases are everywhere and are causing<br />
huge problems for the locals.<br />
Within three years, it brought safe water to 27,000<br />
people and 19,404 cattle in ten local communities. In<br />
(Photo: Grundfos)<br />
(Photo: Grundfos)<br />
addition to that, around 109,685 meters of pipelines<br />
were laid out to deliver clean water to households<br />
and contributed to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% after<br />
installing solar panel system to local waterworks.<br />
In cooperation with its local NGO partner Thrive<br />
Networks, Grundfos also engaged locals and children<br />
in the handling, usage and disposal of water to avoid<br />
contamination.<br />
Clean water to more than 16,000 people in Kenya<br />
Grundfos’ Water2Life programme started in Kenya in 2010,<br />
where thousands of people did not have access to clean<br />
water. Within three years, Grundfos employees provided<br />
access to clean water to more than 16,000 people with<br />
a total of 11 Lifelink water systems.<br />
The northern part of Kenya is severely hit by frequent<br />
droughts and water shortages which made it a natural<br />
place for Water2Life to start up the first project.<br />
In this area, Kenyans were forced to collect dirty<br />
water from rivers and other water sources that often<br />
dried out completely during dry seasons. They walked<br />
long distances only to carry back dirty water<br />
with them and at the same time waterborne<br />
diseases were a constant challenge - but this<br />
has changed due to Water2Life.<br />
From 2010 to 2013 Grundfos employees<br />
collected funds through different activities,<br />
from celebrating UN World Water Day, selling<br />
cakes, arranging water races, competitions,<br />
raffle dazzles, tombola, auctions, and many<br />
more activities. A common denominator for all<br />
activities was to combine fun with socialising<br />
and sustainability awareness. In that way, both<br />
the colleagues and Water2Life would benefit<br />
from the initiatives.<br />
More than 16,000 people have access to<br />
clean water now. 11 water systems have been<br />
established. The children are given time to<br />
concentrate on their education because of<br />
a better health. The families are given the<br />
possibility of growing crops and running a<br />
sustainable business. The women are given<br />
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(Photo: Grundfos)<br />
more time to attend other duties than collecting water.<br />
The local people now have to treat the clean water<br />
properly.<br />
Grundfos employees help relieve world water<br />
shortage<br />
In 2008, a Grundfos employee suggested that as Grundfos<br />
is producing pump systems designed for developing<br />
countries, why don’t they as employees collect funds to<br />
give fellow human beings living in the poorest areas of<br />
the world access to clean water?<br />
This led to the creation of its employee programme;<br />
Water2Life. Global climate changes and imbalances are<br />
putting a continuously stronger strain on the world’s water<br />
situation. Floods, drought and pollution are some of the<br />
challenges that poor people in particular are facing on a<br />
daily basis. Its employees want to take responsibility and<br />
help alleviate some of these water challenges in order to<br />
give these people access to one of the fundamentals of<br />
life; clean water.<br />
Partnerships with local NGO’s<br />
Water2Life is based on partnerships with local NGOs,<br />
local businesses and the local people. Working through<br />
partnerships is one of the key factors for Water2Life and<br />
for making Water2Life so well received by the locals in the<br />
areas where Water2Life operates. It ensures a sustainable<br />
and long termed development. The company partnered<br />
with Red Cross in Kenya, Thrive Networks in Vietnam.<br />
The TradeWater model by Grundfos<br />
TradeWater is an innovative model for sustainable private<br />
water service delivery developed by Water Missions<br />
International (WMI), a non-profit and non-governmental<br />
organisation focused on providing safe water to people<br />
in developing countries and disaster areas.<br />
Since early 2012, WMI has pioneered the TradeWater<br />
model with 7 water projects in Uganda, and additional<br />
projects in Haiti and Malawi. The TradeWater model was<br />
designed to transform and sustain water service delivery<br />
across rural and urban areas in developing countries.<br />
It builds on a distinct combination of innovative<br />
technology, a unique model for financial viability, and<br />
a strong organisational set-up to support the ongoing<br />
operation and maintenance of water supply projects. The<br />
technical solution includes WMI’s Living WaterTM Treatment<br />
System and Grundfos Lifelink<br />
water solution with solar driven<br />
pumps, water dispenser and<br />
water management system for<br />
revenue collection and remote<br />
monitoring of operations.<br />
In some conventional<br />
community-based water<br />
projects, local water<br />
committees struggle to keep<br />
water projects operational<br />
and meet desired water quality<br />
standards. The typical water<br />
committee is faced with a<br />
multitude of technical and financial challenges that are<br />
often insurmountable, leading to potential project failure.<br />
Establishing viable models for rural water supply by<br />
water service providers has so far been a challenge.<br />
Remote locations and manual solutions make it hard<br />
to operate and manage a professional water service<br />
operation from a distance.<br />
With the TradeWater approach, WMI pioneers a<br />
new model for operating a low-cost, non-profit water<br />
service delivery in settings where community-based<br />
management isn’t viable, but where a sustainable private<br />
water-service operation can be established.<br />
By using the innovative technology of the Grundfos<br />
Lifelink solution, WMI is able to operate, manage and<br />
monitor the water service delivery in clusters of water<br />
projects.<br />
The project design in a TradeWater project is based<br />
on water supply from either groundwater or surface<br />
water, delivered by solar driven Grundfos pumps. WMI<br />
furthermore adds the Living WaterTM Treatment System<br />
to ensure the water quality is safe for drinking.<br />
The water is dispensed and revenue collected through<br />
Grundfos water dispensers, placed in the centre of the<br />
community or connected in a mini-grid of several water<br />
points from the same water source, bringing the water<br />
closer to each household.<br />
As part of the TradeWater business model, WMI - in<br />
close collaboration with the communities - takes on the<br />
role of a long term committed non-profit water service<br />
operator and maintains the responsibility for all financial<br />
management and administration.<br />
A locally recruited ‘water agent’ is trained to be<br />
responsible for daily operations and customer service<br />
with ongoing support from WMI. Furthermore, additional<br />
community services and revenue streams have been<br />
added by introducing solar charging of mobile phones<br />
and solar lamps to the projects.<br />
The TradeWater projects are providing reliable<br />
water supply access to 44,000 people in rural and suburban<br />
areas. The projects are creating new jobs in the<br />
community for the water agents and from additional<br />
income generating activities. Furthermore, the health<br />
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Whatever is measured and monitored, can be<br />
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(Photo: Grundfos)<br />
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The mission of Grundfos’ approach is based on proper<br />
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sectors. Education of all levels of the community and the<br />
dissemination of new approaches must be necessary<br />
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Grundfos appoints new head for<br />
Asia Pacific region<br />
Grundfos, a leading pump manufacturer has announced<br />
the appointment of Kim Jensen to the role of Group<br />
Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director of<br />
Grundfos Asia Pacific region.<br />
In his new role, Kim will lead the company’s business<br />
across 22 countries including 13 wholly-owned sales<br />
companies IE5 and local assembly plants Grundfos operates in<br />
the region. He will also be spearheading opportunities<br />
for the company’s development and expansion in Asia<br />
Pacific.<br />
Prior to his Asia Pacific role, Kim was Group Senior<br />
Vice President and Regional Managing Director for the<br />
Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets since<br />
2015, where he oversaw 2,800 employees in areas of<br />
sales, marketing and customer service.<br />
Kim has been with Grundfos for more than 25 years,<br />
working across Europe and the Middle East. Having<br />
held numerous senior management positions within<br />
Grundfos, Kim assumed the role of Group Senior Vice<br />
President in 2006, where he was in charge of developing<br />
Grundfos’ global Water Utility business, after which<br />
he served the Central and Eastern Europe (CEREG)<br />
markets in 2010.<br />
Kim succeeds Okay Barutçu, who held the role<br />
since 2014 and will be moving to Dubai to take the<br />
role of Senior Vice President and Regional Managing<br />
Director of Grundfos East Europe, Western Asia and<br />
Africa (EEWAA) markets. EEWAA is a newly defined sales<br />
region together with Western Europe (WEREG), which<br />
made up the original EMEA markets before the split<br />
effective 1 January <strong>2018</strong> to support Grundfos’ global<br />
growth ambition. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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INTERVIEW<br />
9th Global Leakage Summit<br />
In the run up to the 9th Global Leakage Summit <strong>2018</strong> which will held from March 13-14 in London, the London Business<br />
Conferences Group (LBCG) recently conducted an exclusive interview with Bob Taylor, Operations Director, Drinking Water<br />
Services, South West Water, UK in which they discussed water leakage and more.<br />
LBCG: You have worked in a senior position for water<br />
utilities in UK, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Middle East,<br />
so you have a wide experience of the range of topics<br />
we are discussing at the <strong>2018</strong> Summit. You are chairing a<br />
Keynote Panel on Day 1 of the <strong>2018</strong> Summit, echoing the<br />
Summit theme - ‘efficiency, resilience and sustainability’.<br />
What do you see as the biggest influence on achieving<br />
these three goals in water scarce areas and countries<br />
with less developed infrastructures? Is it better utilisation<br />
of new technologies and best practices, or is it more about<br />
‘working with what you have’ but increasing the awareness<br />
of senior utility staff to the significance of controlling water<br />
loss in a world where water supplies are diminishing?<br />
From a strategic perspective it is vital that key policy<br />
and decision makers understand the challenges we are<br />
facing globally with climate change, population growth,<br />
urbanisation and the scarcity of water resources. In<br />
addition the value of water, its importance to the living<br />
environment and the vital role water plays in human and<br />
economic development should underpin any strategy to<br />
ensure water is used wisely and water loss and wastage is<br />
minimised. Once these high level drivers are understood<br />
the next challenge is for water management senior<br />
level practitioners to understand the range of tools and<br />
technology available and the experiences gained globally<br />
over the last 30 years in the battle to minimise water losses<br />
and conserve this valuable but finite resource. Water loss<br />
management has been an area of evolving technology<br />
and know-how and it is important that people are aware<br />
of what is available and what will be appropriate and<br />
effective in their local environment.<br />
LBCG: There are some interesting and relevant panel<br />
discussion topics for both the UK audience and international<br />
delegates. From a UK water company viewpoint, do you<br />
see the regulatory drivers of a 15% reduction in leakage<br />
by 2020 - and a standard reporting structure across the<br />
UK – as feasible and practicable?<br />
These challenges have emerged as a result of an<br />
understanding of customer priorities and a desire from both<br />
water companies and regulator to inject new impetus into<br />
the British water industry’s long record post privatisation<br />
24 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
INTERVIEW<br />
in reducing leakage. The standardised reporting was<br />
initiated by the industry itself in order to make it easier for<br />
our customers to make direct performance comparisons<br />
and judge how well their own supplier is delivering in this<br />
area. Both requirements are challenging in different ways<br />
particularly as they are hitting the industry at the same<br />
time – but in both cases the changes were planned and<br />
companies have sufficient time to prepare.<br />
LBCG: What do you see as the single most important<br />
change that could be implemented by UK water<br />
companies to drive down their own network leakage – and<br />
that of their customers - to such a level? Are more robust<br />
demand management measures needed, particularly in<br />
water-scarce areas of the UK?<br />
Speaking for my own company, South West Water<br />
which covers a large mainly rural area with wide variations<br />
in topography, we are planning to modernise and improve<br />
our pressure management infrastructure which we believe<br />
will help us reach the new targets. This is only one part of<br />
a multi-faceted strategy. Certainly in resource stretched<br />
areas the combination of demand management measures<br />
needs to be as strong and effective as possible along with<br />
education of customers to promote less wastage and more<br />
efficient water use.<br />
LBGC: Another agenda topic is ‘upstream losses’ - Large<br />
diameter trunk (transmission) mains have always been the<br />
‘bête noire’ of water networks, as some of the most difficult<br />
pipes to monitor and manage cost-effectively. Do you<br />
see any upcoming technologies or practices, particularly<br />
those to be disseminated in the Summit agenda that can<br />
best address this scenario?<br />
In the UK high impact trunk mains failures are becoming<br />
more frequent driven by extremes in climate and asset<br />
deterioration. It is therefore even more vital that water<br />
companies become more capable in monitoring trunk<br />
main leakage performance in order to identify small leaks<br />
before they develop into catastrophic bursts. There are<br />
some interesting emerging technologies in this area such<br />
as satellite imagery, infra-red drones and fibre optics.<br />
LBGC: Innovation – another panel session topic on Day<br />
1 - clearly plays a large part in improving efficiency and<br />
bringing down the costs of technology. But who should<br />
encourage innovation – the water utility or the supply<br />
chain? And where does the funding come from?<br />
Innovation should be driven by business need<br />
particularly in delivering improved outcomes for customers<br />
– and the solution can be developed by companies<br />
themselves or the supply chain or whoever is best placed<br />
to do this. In reality some of the best innovations result from<br />
collaborations – companies understanding the need and<br />
suppliers developing solutions. The evolution of modern<br />
leakage management knowhow and technology has<br />
followed exactly this path. Can innovation also be applied<br />
to the workforce – to change mind-sets and encourage<br />
upskilling? What can both water companies and regulators<br />
do to promote and influence a culture of innovation?<br />
Innovation in terms of skills, capability and training is<br />
probably an area that has not had enough emphasis<br />
historically but with the onset of the digital revolution<br />
and the age profile of our industry this is becoming an<br />
increasingly key area. Promoting a culture of innovation<br />
implies a wide range of actions but it is important to<br />
recognise that innovative products and process often fail<br />
and this is not necessarily a bad thing provided the reasons<br />
are understood and different improved approaches<br />
emerge as a result. Recognising that failure is part of the<br />
process is a key attribute of successful innovators.<br />
LBGC: What do you think are the primary ‘nuggets’ of<br />
information from the Day 1 agenda that can be taken<br />
away by our international delegates?<br />
The global leakage conference has always provided<br />
delegates with the opportunity to stress test their own local<br />
leakage strategies by comparing and contrasting with<br />
case studies from around the world. If recent conferences<br />
are anything to go by I am expecting to hear some great<br />
success stories of real life strategies delivering in the field<br />
and conserving water resources around the world.<br />
(Bob Taylor will be Chairing the 9th Global Leakage<br />
Summit in March. The global leakage conference has<br />
always provided delegates with the opportunity to stress<br />
test their own local leakage strategies by comparing and<br />
contrasting with case studies from around the world. For<br />
more information, visit: www.global-leakage-summit.<br />
com). <strong>AW</strong><br />
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SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
Dependence on scarce water puts<br />
India’s electricity supply at risk<br />
New analysis finds over one third of India’s thermal power generation faces high water risk.<br />
By Leah Schleifer<br />
Although thermal power plants generate most of India’s<br />
electricity, they are not required to disclose how<br />
much water they consume. A new paper from the World<br />
Resources Institute, “Parched Power: Water Demands,<br />
Risks and Opportunities for India’s Power Sector”, analyses<br />
all of India’s 400+ thermal power plants and finds that<br />
India’s power supply is increasingly in jeopardy due to<br />
water shortages, costing power generation and revenue.<br />
Using a new methodology that WRI developed,<br />
researchers discovered that 90 percent of India’s thermal<br />
power plants depend on freshwater for cooling. This is<br />
significant because thermal power plants—which include<br />
coal, solar thermal, geothermal, waste incineration,<br />
petroleum and some natural gas power plants—generate<br />
almost all of India’s electricity. Combining this with WRI’s<br />
Aqueduct water risk analysis, the researchers found<br />
that nearly 40 percent of India’s freshwater-dependent<br />
thermal power plants experience high water stress. These<br />
plants are increasingly vulnerable, amidst India’s ongoing<br />
commitment to expanding electricity access for all.<br />
“Water shortages shut down power plants across India<br />
every year,” said O.P. Agarwal, CEO, WRI India. “When<br />
power plants rely on water sourced from scarce regions,<br />
they put electricity generation at risk and leave less water<br />
for cities, farms and families. Without urgent action, water<br />
will become a chokepoint for India’s power sector.”<br />
The Indian energy sector’s dependence on increasingly<br />
scarce water resources has serious consequences.<br />
From 2013 to 2016, 14 of India’s 20 largest thermal utility<br />
companies experienced one or more shutdowns due to<br />
water shortages. WRI calculates that shutdowns cost these<br />
companies over INR 91 billion ($1.4 billion) in potential<br />
revenue from the sale of power. And water shortages<br />
cancelled out more than 20 percent of India’s growth in<br />
electricity generation between 2015 and 2016.<br />
This problem is only set to worsen as India’s thermal<br />
power sector expands and competing water demands<br />
increase. Parched Power shows that by 2030, 70 percent<br />
of India’s thermal power plants are likely to experience<br />
increased competition for water from agriculture, industry<br />
and municipalities.<br />
“Our lack of knowledge about how much water India’s<br />
power sector is using makes the problem harder to solve,”<br />
said Dr Ivaturi N Rao, Head-Corporate Environment &<br />
Climate Change for Tata Power, India’s largest integrated<br />
power company. “The Government of India has recently<br />
mandated limits for specific water consumption at thermal<br />
power plants, which is a critical step forward. However,<br />
they should also create policy incentives for water<br />
conservation. This will help encourage water efficiency<br />
and innovation across the power sector.”<br />
The power sector’s dependence on limited water<br />
resources also carries risks for investors. Currently, power<br />
plants located in dry areas constitute stranded assets<br />
for investors, as they struggle to perform. WRI found that,<br />
on average, freshwater cooled thermal power plants<br />
located in areas of high water stress had a 21 percent<br />
lower average capacity factor than their peers in low and<br />
medium stress regions.<br />
“Investors like PGGM want to reduce exposure to<br />
risks across their portfolio and power plants are a critical<br />
part of this,” said Piet Klop, Senior Advisor for Responsible<br />
Investment, PGGM. “Water risks to power utilities are<br />
undeniable, and it’s time that power plants and their<br />
investors evaluate and mitigate their exposure.”<br />
The report offers solutions: mandate disclosure of water<br />
usage data; implement advanced cooling technologies;<br />
improve plant efficiency; and shift toward solar and wind<br />
energy. Current regulations by the Ministry of Environment,<br />
Forests and Climate Change (MOEF-CC) and the Ministry<br />
of Power (MoP) call for increases in plant efficiency and<br />
set maximum bounds for water intensity, which should be<br />
enacted and enforced.<br />
India already has a robust target that 40 percent of<br />
its power supply will come from renewable sources by<br />
2030, under the Paris Agreement on climate change. WRI<br />
found that meeting this target, along with implementing<br />
proposed efficiency mandates, can save India’s power<br />
sector 12.4 billion cubic meters of freshwater withdrawals.<br />
By prioritizing solar photovoltaic and wind energy in areas<br />
of high water stress, India can boost its resilience, save<br />
water, and reduce carbon.<br />
“Renewable energy is a viable solution to India’s waterenergy<br />
crisis,” said Deepak Krishnan, Manager, Energy<br />
Program, WRI India and co-author of the report. “Solar<br />
PV and wind power can thrive in the same water-stressed<br />
areas where thermal plants struggle, so accelerating<br />
renewables can lower India’s water risk while meeting<br />
our NDC.”<br />
The paper was released during Abu Dhabi Sustainability<br />
Week at the World Future Energy Summit, together with<br />
a joint WRI-IRENA policy brief, “Water Use in India’s<br />
Power Generation: Impact of renewables and improved<br />
cooling technologies to 2030,” which details pathways for<br />
India’s power sector to reduce water usage and carbon<br />
emissions by 2030.<strong>AW</strong><br />
26 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
SPECIAL FEATURE<br />
PUB invites technology providers and<br />
researchers to develop solutions<br />
US$23 million grant call to develop solutions in water and used water treatment, industrial water, and smart technologies.<br />
Singapore’s water needs have spurred many innovative<br />
solutions, and R&D has been the key to achieving a<br />
robust and sustainable water supply. In continuing to<br />
cultivate R&D, Singapore’s National Water Agency PUB,<br />
has launched three Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to<br />
invite industry technology providers and researchers to<br />
develop solutions that will improve the effectiveness of<br />
water treatment processes and operations, and ensure<br />
water sustainability.<br />
Water demand is expected to double by 2060, with<br />
the non-domestic sector making up 70% of demand<br />
then. More energy-intensive sources such as NEWater and<br />
desalinated water will meet up to 85% of Singapore’s water<br />
needs then too. It is important to maximise water efficiency<br />
and lower energy use in water and used water treatment.<br />
Mr Harry Seah, PUB’s Assistant Chief Executive (Future<br />
Systems and Technology), said, “Investing in R&D is<br />
important for PUB to develop innovative water solutions<br />
that can improve the efficiency of water treatment and<br />
keep our water supply sustainable. Through continuous<br />
R&D over the years, we have identified several promising<br />
technologies. We want to work with technology providers<br />
and researchers to develop these technologies further<br />
and demonstrate their commercial viability.”<br />
The first RFP targets specific technologies in enhancing<br />
energy efficiency of the water and used water treatment<br />
process. For water treatment, it aims to reduce the energy<br />
consumption of desalination and NEWater through<br />
biomimicry. This involves exploring water channels or<br />
transporters that use very low energy, such as aquaporins<br />
derived from specific species of microorganism, fish<br />
and mangrove plants, as well as synthetic channels, for<br />
incorporation into biomimetic membranes.<br />
For used water treatment, the RFP targets to achieve<br />
energy self-sufficient water reclamation plants through<br />
Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors incorporating the<br />
Anammox process, and/or other innovative nutrients<br />
removal/recovery process. This aims to minimise the<br />
energy needed to treat used water and recover more<br />
energy from the process, such that used water treatment<br />
uses only as much energy as it generates.<br />
The second RFP aims to enhance water efficiency<br />
in industries through water recycling or reducing water<br />
consumption. Proposals are to be submitted by the<br />
industrial or commercial host, in collaboration with an<br />
identified technology provider. The third RFP looks at<br />
enhancing operational efficiency by leveraging on smart<br />
technologies such as robotics, drones, automation, data<br />
analytics and informatics, and video analytics, to minimise<br />
manpower required in operations and maintenance.<br />
An amount of S$30 million (US$22.7 million) has been<br />
allocated for the three RFPs. The RFPs are part of the<br />
Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2020 Plan under<br />
the Competitive Research Programme (Water).<br />
In 2006, water was identified as a key growth industry,<br />
and funding of S$670 million from the NRF has been<br />
committed over 15 years (2006 – 2020) to foster leadingedge<br />
technologies and create a thriving and vibrant<br />
research community in Singapore.<br />
Companies that can bring the proposed water<br />
technology to market can submit their proposals. Institutes<br />
of Higher Learning (IHLs) or Research Institutes (RIs) can<br />
also collaborate with an industrial partner that could<br />
accelerate the commercialisation/translation of the<br />
project and submit a joint proposal. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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EVENT REVIEW<br />
Biogas and solar panels to<br />
generate electricity<br />
IWK adopts cutting-edge green technologies that benefitted the environment.<br />
The Pantai 2 RSTP (P2RSTP),<br />
the first underground<br />
treatment plant in Malaysia<br />
and the largest in Asia Pacific<br />
region is a good example<br />
where the government has<br />
successfully incorporated<br />
community friendly facilities<br />
within its critical infrastructure<br />
of sewage treatment plant.<br />
Industry leaders, experts and<br />
practitioners can learn from<br />
this to exchange ideas and<br />
experience for a sustainable<br />
and brighter future in water<br />
industry development.<br />
As sustainable development<br />
goals has been one of the<br />
most challenging agenda,<br />
the government will continue<br />
to invest heavily in both clean<br />
water and sanitation services<br />
for all to match the increasing<br />
demand for an efficient water<br />
and sewerage services due to<br />
rapid urbanization and economic development.<br />
With all strategies implemented, the government’s aim<br />
is to ensure 99% access to clean and treated water, 85%<br />
coverage of sewerage connected services in the urban<br />
areas and reduction of non-revenue water (NRW) to 31%<br />
by 2020.<br />
The P2RSTP which was upgraded to accommodate<br />
the needs of 1.423 million people in the Pantai catchment<br />
area and surrounding areas of Kuala Lumpur and Petaling<br />
Jaya, has been further designed to maximise green<br />
energy recovery through installation of solar panels and<br />
biogas utilization. Apart from that, the plant is equipped<br />
with rainwater harvesting and final effluent reuse for nonpotable<br />
use.<br />
Speaking during the second ASI<strong>AW</strong>ATER <strong>2018</strong> site<br />
visit to P2RSTP recently, Ms. Eliane Van Doorn, Business<br />
Development Director of United Business Media (M) Sdn<br />
Bhd (UBM), said the overall objectives of the technical<br />
visit is to get a better understanding of the importance<br />
of good sewerage services and to highlight the need for<br />
community engagement and support to further improve<br />
the sewerage system in the country. The first ASI<strong>AW</strong>ATER<br />
<strong>2018</strong> visit was to Lembaga Air Perak (LAP) in August last<br />
year.<br />
“P2RSTP is a fine example of a good sewerage system”,<br />
she said.<br />
The largest of eight catchment areas within Kuala<br />
Lumpur covering an area of over 6,700ha, the main<br />
sewerage plant is built below the ground level while the<br />
sludge treatment facility is located above the ground level<br />
spanning over 1 7ha which also includes a recreational<br />
park and public amenities.<br />
Indah Water Konsortium Sdn Bhd (IWK) which operates<br />
the P2RSTP plans to rationalise about 3,000 small and<br />
inefficient sewage treatment plants with larger capacities<br />
through the construction of regional and centralised<br />
plants with the incorporation of new green technologies.<br />
As for P2RSTP, its chief operating officer Mohamed<br />
Haniffa said because of the comprehensive technology<br />
that is being adopted now, IWK needs more energy to<br />
run the plant.<br />
The use of bio-effluent for landscape cleaning and<br />
irrigation purposes as well as the use of biogas and<br />
solar panels to generate electricity to support the<br />
plant operation and rainwater harvesting are among<br />
the cutting-edge green technologies adopted that<br />
benefitted the environment and was more user-friendly.<br />
The construction of the P2STP plant commenced on<br />
July 27, 2011, and completed in July 2015, costing RM983<br />
million. <strong>AW</strong><br />
28 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
EVENT REVIEW<br />
GAB Foundation adds spark for<br />
greater change<br />
Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon, SPARK Foundation chairman<br />
GAB Foundation has rebranded to identify itself as<br />
Spark Foundation after ten years of continuously<br />
enriching communities in Malaysia. With its new identity,<br />
its focus now is to increase fostering strategic partnerships<br />
and fostering millennials in the areas of environmental<br />
conservation and education to bring about greater<br />
change.<br />
The foundation, which was established to support<br />
corporate social responsibility activities for Heineken,<br />
comes with a renewed vision to grow with local<br />
communities in the areas of environmental conservation<br />
and education through strategic partnerships for a better<br />
tomorrow.<br />
Spark foundation chairman Tan Sri Saw Choo Boon<br />
highlighted the new focus towards developing strategic<br />
partnerships.<br />
“We believe in the power of collaboration as effective<br />
change does not happen in isolation. Our W.A.T.E.R<br />
Project and English Enrichment Training Programme are<br />
exemplary programmes, evident that smart partnerships<br />
entail sustainable positive impact. In Malaysia, more than<br />
90% of our water supply comes from rivers, yet only 58% of<br />
our rivers remain clean. We hope to get other like-minded<br />
partners on board to ignite greater change. Through<br />
innovation and passion of our people and communities,<br />
most importantly millennials, we can spark a change for<br />
a better environment,’’ he added.<br />
Renuka Indrarajah, trustee of the foundation and<br />
corporate affairs and legal director of Heineken added<br />
that the key successes in the last 10 years for the W.A.T.E.R<br />
project include transforming water quality of Sungei Way<br />
from Class IV-V to Class III and establishing River Care<br />
communities along five rivers in Malaysia - Sungei Way,<br />
Sungai Penchala, Sungai Senam, Sungai Buntong, Sungai<br />
Kledang. The English Enrichment Training Programme,<br />
which reaches out to educators in seven states, saw an<br />
improvement of between 40% - 60% to their beneficiaries<br />
in the areas of reading, listening and writing within three<br />
years. More than 465 educators from 230 schools were<br />
trained over the last six years.<br />
Reiterating further, she said with the recent and<br />
alarming study of the deficiency of global water supply by<br />
2030 the foundation places water and river conservation<br />
as one of its core pillars.<br />
The foundation will focus on four core strategies as its<br />
way forward for the W.A.T.E.R project. It will promote the<br />
use of water conservation technologies to reduce stress on<br />
rivers, enhance improvement of wastewater management<br />
on project site, partner with relevant government<br />
agencies for the River of Life Public Outreach programme<br />
and empower stakeholders on project sites, especially<br />
millennials. The project sites are Sungai Penchala, areas in<br />
need East Malaysia, and Sungai Selangor in the pipeline.<br />
The foundation will continue to provide future generations’<br />
access to learning opportunities and invest in educationbased<br />
projects across the nation.<br />
Indrarajah spoke of the iconic brewerys significant<br />
connection to the foundation via its sustainability strategy,<br />
“Brewing a Better World” (BaBW).<br />
One of the six pillars of our BaBW strategy is growing<br />
with communities. This is the mission of the fondation,<br />
and this is why the company has committed more than<br />
RM16 million over the last 10 years, and will continue to<br />
support its activity with additional RM1.5 million for this<br />
year, she said.<br />
With the official launch of the SPARK Foundation,<br />
members of the public can now sign up as volunteers<br />
or become a partner via the foundation website www.<br />
sparkfoundation.com.my. The foundation has released a<br />
compelling 1-minute #betheSPARKnow video to give the<br />
cause a supporting voice, featuring notable names Zher<br />
Peen, emcee and content creator, Ryan Matjeraie, radio<br />
host & content creator and Alena Murang, indigenous<br />
artist, musician and cultural activist. <strong>AW</strong><br />
Guests interacting with SPARK Foundation installations<br />
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IE expo China <strong>2018</strong>: the must-attend<br />
event in Asian environmental industry<br />
As Asia’s leading trade show for environmental<br />
technology solutions in water, waste, air and soil,<br />
IE expo China <strong>2018</strong> is undoubtedly the ideal platform<br />
for professionals in the industry to develop business,<br />
exchange idea and do networking.<br />
This year, the 19th edition will take place on May 3-5<br />
at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC). To<br />
meet the rising demands, there will be twelve halls as<br />
compared to last year with eight halls, including co-event<br />
and outdoor exhibition area. Over 1,000 companies<br />
have submitted applications in the areas of water and<br />
wastewater treatment, waste management, air pollution<br />
control and soil remediation.<br />
Industry leaders like Poten, SUEZ, Sound Group, Xylem,<br />
Veolia, KSB, Wilo, Aoja, Zoomliom. Huber, Andritz, Durr,<br />
EISENMANN, Durr, Heraeusare, BHS, ENSA, TITECH, ALLU<br />
chose to exhibit with IE expo China again.<br />
Beside individual exhibitors, international and regional<br />
pavilion from Italy, Germany, USA, Japan, the Netherlands,<br />
South Korea, Taiwan, Switzerland, more new pavilions from<br />
UK, Nordic region and Hong Kong will join to present their<br />
latest environmental technology solutions.<br />
Multiple programs will be highlighted to make IE expo<br />
China a must-attend event with more than 30 summit<br />
forums, conferences and exhibitor presentations covering<br />
a wide range of topics in Asia.<br />
Some of the new hot-spots features topics such as<br />
industrial dust, volatile organic compound (VOCs),<br />
sanitation, biogas and rural sewage.<br />
The organizers are collaborating with experienced<br />
organizations to present the 4th IE expo China innovation<br />
pavilion and forum as well as 2nd matchmaking events,<br />
which will bring cutting-edge technologies suitable for<br />
the Asian market and help domestic enterprises find their<br />
overseas strategic partners. <strong>AW</strong><br />
For more information, go to: http://www.ie-expo.com/conference<br />
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10th edition of ASI<strong>AW</strong>ATER<br />
The 10th edition of<br />
ASI<strong>AW</strong>ATER is expecting<br />
more than 1,000 exhibiting<br />
companies and 11 regional<br />
and international pavilions<br />
which includes Austria,<br />
China, Denmark, EU,<br />
Germany, Germany, Korea,<br />
Singapore, Switzerland,<br />
Taiwan, The Netherlands<br />
and USA.<br />
To be held from April<br />
10-12 at the Kuala Lumpur<br />
Convention Centre (KLCC),<br />
the event welcomes over<br />
19,000 trade visitors and<br />
delegates from 48 countries.<br />
This is region’s largest water<br />
and wastewater solutions<br />
industry. It will showcase<br />
innovations and solutions<br />
in water management,<br />
sewerage, industrial<br />
wastewater, purification,<br />
irrigation and water resource<br />
management. The three-day<br />
event is accompanied with<br />
more than 30 free-to-attend<br />
conference and seminars<br />
with the central theme of<br />
(Photo: AsiaWater)<br />
“Partnership for Growth and a Sustainable Future”.<br />
The other conference topics include ‘Efficient & Sustainable Water Resources’,<br />
‘Water Future Partnerships’, Water Policy & Governance’ and Water Resources’. The<br />
conference and seminars are supported by Malaysian Water Association (MWA),<br />
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water (KeTTHA), Ministry of Natural Resources<br />
and Environment (NRE). <strong>AW</strong><br />
(Photos: AsiaWater)<br />
For more information or to pre-register for free, log on to : www.asiawater.org<br />
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Trenchless Asia <strong>2018</strong> expects<br />
big turnout<br />
Paul Harwood<br />
Trenchless Asia <strong>2018</strong>,<br />
the 10th event in this<br />
series will take place for<br />
the second time at the<br />
Kuala Lumpur Convention<br />
Centre from May 7-8.<br />
The Trenchless Asia<br />
by the Westrade Group<br />
is a must visit event for all<br />
engineers, consultants<br />
and contractors<br />
involved in any aspect<br />
of the installation<br />
or refurbishment of<br />
underground utilities.<br />
Trenchless Asia <strong>2018</strong><br />
follows up on the success of the last event in 2016,<br />
which attracted over 1200 visitors from across Malaysia,<br />
Philippines, Singapore, Australasia, China, Hong Kong,<br />
Japan, Korea, India and Thailand. The full conference<br />
programme is available to view at www.trenchlessasia.<br />
com.<br />
The event is free of charge for all delegates and<br />
exhibition visitors to attend, therefore pre-registration is<br />
highly recommended.<br />
Trenchless Asia has also recently announced that it<br />
has secured support from The Ministry of Energy, Green<br />
Technology & Water (KeTTHA), Jabatan Perkhidmatan<br />
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Pembetungan (JPP), The Malaysian Water Association<br />
(MWA), Construction Industrial Development Board (CIDB)<br />
and Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) in supporting<br />
Trenchless Asia <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
“The decision by KeTTHA to once again support<br />
Trenchless Asia demonstrates the Malaysian government’s<br />
continued commitment to further improving the country’s<br />
infrastructure in a commercially and environmentally<br />
sustainable manner. With the event now only 3<br />
months away and the exhibition almost fully sold, we<br />
are experiencing huge interest from delegates and<br />
visitors from across the world, who are keen to realise<br />
the potential of the Malaysian and broader Southeast<br />
Asian market,’’ said Event Director/Managing Director of<br />
Westrade Paul Harwood.<br />
Following the success of the inaugural event in KL, IWK<br />
(Indah Water Konsortium), and the company entrusted<br />
with the task of developing and maintaining a modern<br />
and efficient sewerage system for all Malaysians, is the<br />
official partner of Trenchless Asia <strong>2018</strong>.<br />
“This move speaks volumes about the value IWK’s<br />
attendees placed on their attendance at the 2016 show,’’<br />
added Paul.<br />
Paul said to have the support of IWK cements Trenchless<br />
Asia’s reputation as the premier event in the trenchless<br />
technology calendar and IWK’s decision to become the<br />
official partner only enhances Westrade’s reputation in<br />
this high-growth market and remains the only trenchless<br />
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show in Asia to be supported by the International<br />
Society Trenchless Technology (ISTT).<br />
Trenchless Asia is once again supported by<br />
ISTT and is the only Trenchless event in Asia to gain<br />
IWK’s support. GSTT (German Society for Trenchless<br />
Technology) will also be hosting the largest German<br />
Pavilion ever to be exhibited at Trenchless Asia. The<br />
German Pavilion will sit alongside those secured by<br />
China and Singapore<br />
Westrade has also attracted some big-name<br />
Platinum Sponsors to the event, namely: Tangxing,<br />
USAE, Viva Complete, Vermeer, XCMG, Goodeng,<br />
JBP and Guilin Huali completes the line-up as their<br />
Gold Sponsor.<br />
This year’s event will present a blend of over 100<br />
global and local companies showcasing machinery,<br />
products and methods which are available to aid<br />
the installation and refurbishment of underground<br />
utilities and pipelines without disruption to the<br />
surface. These include: Horizontal Directional Drilling<br />
(HDD), Auger boring, CCTV, Micro-tunnelling, Pipe<br />
Bursting, Underground Detection Equipment Inspection<br />
Systems, Digital Mapping, Ground Probing Radar,<br />
Cleaning Equipment, Pipe Jacking, CIPP, Pipe Lining<br />
Materials, Surveying Tools and Safety Equipment.<br />
Planning and construction of utilities is often difficult<br />
due to ageing infrastructure and service area congestion,<br />
therefore the need for trenchless technology has never<br />
been greater. This has only served to further fire up<br />
industry support surrounding the event. The programme<br />
will once again boast some of the sector’s leading<br />
innovators, pioneers and though leaders, such as: Utility<br />
personnel – water, sewerage, telecoms, electricity, oil and<br />
gas contractors, government officers, civil engineering<br />
consultants and research organizations.<br />
WHY MALAYSIA?<br />
The decision to move the event to Kuala Lumpur in 2016<br />
proved a major success with exhibitors and visitors,<br />
attracted by the significant investment being made in the<br />
use of trenchless technology in Southeast Asia in recent<br />
years. This looks set to continue as pressure increases from<br />
governments and local authorities to use these modern<br />
engineering methods to minimise disruption during the<br />
installation and refurbishment of underground services,<br />
and to reduce impact on the environment.<br />
Huge strides have been made in the use of trenchless<br />
technology in Malaysia in recent years, and pressure<br />
from authorities has been placed on contractors to<br />
use the modern engineering methods to minimise<br />
disruption during the installation and refurbishment<br />
phase of projects, as well as reducing the impact on<br />
the environment. Across Malaysia, major projects are<br />
completed every day, proving that trenchless techniques<br />
provide economic solutions and reduced environmental<br />
impact. The social costs are reduced, benefitting<br />
business communities, as well as the travelling public. A<br />
budget of RM 5.6 billion (approximately US $1.7 billion),<br />
has been allocated by KeTTHA to improve the sewerage<br />
infrastructure of the Greater Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley.<br />
This funding will enable the construction of regional<br />
sewage treatment plants, sewer networks and upgrading<br />
the existing sewerage facilities and is due to be completed<br />
by September 2020. There is also the Malaysia Plan that<br />
has over RM80 Billion of projects including tenders in<br />
public transport, oil & gas downstream infrastructure and<br />
water-related jobs.<br />
HISTORY OF THE EVENT<br />
Trenchless Asia has a reputation for attracting top<br />
quality audiences to this highly-focused exhibition and<br />
conference and since its inception, the Trenchless Asia<br />
brand has more than tripled in value. The event was first<br />
held in Singapore in 1995 and has subsequently been<br />
held in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. In May<br />
2017, Westrade Group announced that the exhibition<br />
would move from a bi-annual to an annual event due to<br />
overwhelming market demand.<br />
In 2019, the event will be held for the first time in Jakarta,<br />
Indonesia and then in 2020, the event will return to KL, its<br />
home on a bi-annual basis.<br />
“We are thrilled have finalised the line-up for Trenchless<br />
Asia <strong>2018</strong>. As the modernisation of utilities continues<br />
to develop at pace, we see this sector continuing to<br />
experience exceptionally high growth. Harnessing<br />
the commercial and environmental benefits of noninvasive<br />
technology, enables governments and private<br />
companies across Asia to develop a robust and scalable<br />
infrastructure. We feel proud to be playing our part in<br />
building a greener world,’’ reiterated Paul.<br />
WESTRADE GROUP<br />
Westrade Group Organised the very first No-Dig exhibition<br />
held in London in 1985. This led to the formation of the<br />
International Society for Trenchless Technology (ISTT) in<br />
1986, with whom Westrade continues to maintain a close<br />
working relationship. Westrade has subsequently gained<br />
more than 33 years’ experience successfully promoting<br />
trenchless and No-Dig shows in countries all across the<br />
world. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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WEX Global <strong>2018</strong> is coming back after<br />
two years<br />
WEX Global <strong>2018</strong> will be back this year in Lisbon with its personalised exchanges between delegates in the fields of water and energy.<br />
Keep your calendars free on March 13 and 14.<br />
After a gap of two years, WEX Global <strong>2018</strong> is coming<br />
back to Lisbon. It will be packed with meetings,<br />
presentations and networking just like other events, but<br />
with a difference: it will be personalised for you.<br />
Once again, pre-selected meetings will form the<br />
centrepiece of WEX Global, unlike the gatherings where<br />
power point presentations take precedence. WEX<br />
organisers send a complete list of attendees to delegates<br />
before the event and enable them to prioritise their choice<br />
of one-to-one meetings and seminars. A customized<br />
schedule is given to every delegate on registering at<br />
the event. The meetings typically happen in a large hall<br />
with numbered tables. The organisers monitor timelines<br />
rigorously.<br />
Circular Economy Strategies for Water & Energy is the<br />
theme for this year’s WEX Global, which is in line with the<br />
themes of previous years. “We believe that the circular<br />
economy is an idea intrinsic to the whole concept of<br />
the water-energy nexus, and enables us to provide a<br />
framework to examine many interesting ideas such as<br />
water reuse, energy efficiency, smart technology and<br />
energy from waste which are currently at the leading<br />
edge of thinking in the water sector,” explained Mark<br />
Barker, CEO of WEX Global. “Clearly the circular economy<br />
represents both an obligation and an outstanding<br />
opportunity for many actors in the water sector,” he<br />
added.<br />
This year, the format will be broadly similar to previous<br />
events, but there will be more interactive round table<br />
discussions as a means of promoting higher levels of<br />
debate. A number of networking events have been lined<br />
up as usual, including the Gala Dinner, which features the<br />
WEX Global Innovation awards ceremony to highlight the<br />
most innovative projects, technologies and companies in<br />
various categories of the water sector.<br />
An enjoyable highlight of WEX Global is the Innovations<br />
Forum, sponsored by Aqualia, which features short<br />
presentations by innovators in the water sector. The<br />
innovators are subjected to intense questioning by a<br />
panel of experts after which the best innovation is given<br />
the top award.<br />
“WEX is a tremendous event because you get such<br />
high quality people, intensive interactions, in-depth talks,”<br />
said Frank Rogalla, Director of Innovation & Technology<br />
at Aqualia.<br />
Sludge is an important part of the water-energy nexus.<br />
Cambi, the Norwegian headquartered company with its<br />
patented thermal hydrolysis process (THP) has sponsored<br />
many interesting panel discussions on biosolids in WEX over<br />
the years. “It’s very important to have an event where<br />
the people on the water side meet the people on the<br />
energy side, and together try to find the best pathway<br />
forward for a less energy and carbon-based footprint in<br />
our industry,” said Harald Kleiven, Senior VP of Business<br />
Development at Cambi.<br />
“WEX Global is at the forefront of the water and energy<br />
sectors in bringing together public and private entities to<br />
consider ways to meet targets in the most efficient way<br />
and to create business relationships at the same time,”<br />
said consultant Jim Southworth. “WEX is almost a family<br />
with many people returning each year, and it is this friendly<br />
aspect which makes WEX extraordinary,” he added. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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designed to purify both water and wastewater. Blue-<br />
White ® offers a full spectrum of the highest quality<br />
products.<br />
Blue-White ® product lines include: Peristaltic and<br />
Diaphragm Style Chemical Metering Pumps, Variable Area<br />
Flowmeters, Ultrasonic Flowmeters, Digital Paddlewheel<br />
Flowmeters and Chemical Metering Systems. At Blue-<br />
White ® we pride ourselves on innovative engineering that<br />
includes keeping the customers’ needs foremost in both<br />
the development and production of our products.<br />
Because CHEM-FEED ® has earned the reputation<br />
as the BEST small metering pump in the business, other<br />
manufacturers may try to confuse you by using the<br />
name CHEM-FEED ® . Only Blue-White® manufactures the<br />
genuine CHEM-FEED ® metering pump. <strong>AW</strong><br />
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LISTING<br />
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES<br />
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX<br />
AUSTRALIA ● The Globe Bridge Company<br />
1, Middle Road, Exeter, NSW 2579, Australia.<br />
Tel: 61-2-48834109 ● Fax: 61-2-48834107<br />
Contact: Gordon Durnford ● Email: durnford@bigpond.com<br />
FRANCE ● Defense & Communication<br />
48 Bd Jean-Jaurès, 92110 Clichy, France<br />
Tel: 331-4730-7180 ● Fax: 331-4730-0189<br />
Contact: Emmanuel Archambeaud<br />
Email: earchambeaud@wanadoo.fr<br />
ITALY ● MediaPoint &Communications SRL<br />
Corte Lambruschini<br />
Corso Buenos Aires, 8<br />
V° piano - interno 7<br />
16129 Genova - Italy<br />
Tel: 39-010-5704948 ● Fax: 39-010-5530088<br />
Contact: Fabio Potesta ● Email: info@mediapointsrl.it<br />
MALAYSIA/REST OF THE WORLD ● SHP Media Sdn Bhd<br />
1203, 12th Floor, Block E, Phileo Damansara 1,<br />
9, Jalan 16/11, 46350 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.<br />
Tel: 603 7960 1148 ● Fax: 603 7960 1152<br />
Contact: Syed Mohd Fazilla, Prem Kumar Nair, Adeline Woon<br />
Email: prem@shpmedia.com<br />
adeline@shpmedia.com<br />
UNITED KINGDOM ● Media Network Europe<br />
Lower Ground Floor, University House<br />
11-13 Lower Grosvenor Place , London SW1W 0EX,<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Tel: 44 020 78347676 ● Fax: 44 020 79730076<br />
Contact: Richard Rozelaar<br />
Email: media@alain.demon.co.uk<br />
USA ● Tom Renich<br />
17804 W. 69th Street,<br />
Shawnee, Kansas 66217, U.S.A.<br />
Tel: +1 913 940 1150<br />
Contact: Tom Renich<br />
Email: trenich@me.com<br />
JAPAN ● Media Communications Inc<br />
Urban Hills Building 1F, 5-2-22 Nishi-Gotanda,<br />
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0031 Japan,<br />
Tel: 81-3-6417-9011 ● Fax: 81-3-6417-9012<br />
Contact: Kimihiro Tsuyuki<br />
Email: tsuyuki@mcijapan.com<br />
EUROPE ● Eisenacher Medien<br />
Welckerstr. 22<br />
D-53113 Bonn<br />
Tel. 0228-2499860 ● Fax 0228-650076<br />
Contact : Sabine Rabus<br />
E-Mail: sabine.rabus@eisenacher-medien.de<br />
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EVENTS<br />
<strong>2018</strong><br />
Exhibitions &<br />
Conferences<br />
JANUARY <strong>2018</strong><br />
Jan 15-18 ● International Water<br />
Summit <strong>2018</strong><br />
Abu Dhabi National Exhibition<br />
Centre, UAE<br />
Contact Person: Hussam Yared (Mr.)<br />
Tel: +971 2 409 0365<br />
Email: hussam.yared@reedexpo.ae<br />
www.internationalwatersummit.com<br />
FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong><br />
Feb 14-16 ● INTERAQUA JAPAN <strong>2018</strong><br />
Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan<br />
Tel: +81 3 5657 0757<br />
Fax: +81 3 5657 0645<br />
Email: interAqua@jtbcom.co.jp<br />
www.interaqua.jp<br />
MARCH <strong>2018</strong><br />
Mar 13-14 ● WEX GLOBAL <strong>2018</strong><br />
Fax: +44 (0) 207 403 2773<br />
Email: info@wex-global.com<br />
www.wex-global.com<br />
13-15 March ● FILTECH <strong>2018</strong><br />
Cologne, Germany<br />
Contact Person: Suzanne Abetz (Ms.)<br />
Email: info@filtech.de<br />
www.filtech.de<br />
APRIL <strong>2018</strong><br />
April 10-12 ● ASI<strong>AW</strong>ATER <strong>2018</strong> and<br />
<strong>AW</strong>ARE <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kuala Lumpur Convention Center,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Contact Person: Ms Vicky Tan/Ms Haza<br />
Tukimin<br />
Tel : +603 2176 8788 Ms.Vicky Tan<br />
/Ms. Haza Tukimin<br />
Fax : +603 2164 8786<br />
Email : asiawater-my@ubm.com;<br />
vicky.tan@ubm.com;<br />
haza.tukimin@ubm.com<br />
www.asiawater.org<br />
24-27 April ● MeteringChina <strong>2018</strong><br />
DEHAN Hotel, Zhuhai City, China<br />
Contact Person: Kelly Ma (Ms.)<br />
Tel: +86 10 6800 3684<br />
Fax: +86 10 6800 1673<br />
Email: event@meteringchina.com<br />
www.meteringchina.com<br />
30 April – 2 May ● Oman Energy and<br />
Water Exhibition & Conference <strong>2018</strong><br />
Oman Convention & Exhibition Centre,<br />
Muscat, Oman<br />
Contact Person: Ahmed Sayed (Mr.)<br />
Tel: +968 24660128<br />
Fax: +968 24660125<br />
Email: info@energyandwateroman.com<br />
www.energyandwateroman.com<br />
MAY <strong>2018</strong><br />
May 3-5 ● IE EXPO SHANGHAI <strong>2018</strong><br />
Shanghai New International Expo,<br />
Shanghai, China<br />
Contact Person : Ketty Zhang (Ms)<br />
Tel: + 86 21 23521128<br />
Fax: 86 21 23521088<br />
Email: ketty.zhang@mm-sh.com<br />
www.ie-expo.com<br />
7-8 May ● TRENCHLESS ASIA <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre,<br />
Malaysia<br />
Contact Person: Paul Harwood (Mr.)<br />
Tel: +44 (0) 1923 723 990<br />
Email: pharwood@westrade.co.uk<br />
www.trenchlessasia.com<br />
JUNE <strong>2018</strong><br />
11-15 June ● ACHEMA <strong>2018</strong><br />
Frankfurt am Main, Germany<br />
Contact Person: Dr. Rolf Lenke<br />
Tel: +49 69 7564 – 750<br />
Email: HYPERLINK “mailto:visitor@achema.<br />
de” visitor@achema.de<br />
www.achema.de<br />
27-29 June● Indo Water <strong>2018</strong><br />
Expo & Forum<br />
Grand City Convex Surabaya,<br />
Surabaya, Indonesia<br />
Contact Person: Devintha Megasari (Ms.)<br />
Tel: +62 21 865 0962<br />
Email: corcomm.napindo@gmail.com<br />
www.indowater.com<br />
JULY <strong>2018</strong><br />
Jul 8-12 ● Singapore International<br />
Water Week (SIWW <strong>2018</strong>)<br />
Sands Expo and Convention Centre,<br />
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore<br />
Tel: +65 6595 6303<br />
Email: info@siww.com.sg<br />
www.siww.com.sg<br />
AUGUST <strong>2018</strong><br />
Aug 29-31 ● AQUA TAIWAN <strong>2018</strong><br />
Kaohsiung, Taiwan<br />
Contact Person: Lilyan Kao (Ms.)<br />
Tel: +886 2 2725 5200<br />
Fax: +886 2 2725 1959<br />
Email: aqua@taitra.org.tw<br />
www.aquataiwan.net<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>2018</strong><br />
Sep 18-20 ● IE EXPO GUANGZHOU <strong>2018</strong><br />
China Import and Export Fair Complex,<br />
Guangzhou, China<br />
Contact Person: Ketty Zhang (Ms.)<br />
Tel: +86 21 2352 1128<br />
Fax: +86 21 2352 1088<br />
Email: ketty.zhang@mm-sh.com<br />
www.ie-expo.com<br />
Sep 25-27 ● East Africa Utilities Expo<br />
Kenyatta International Convention<br />
Center, Nairobi, Kenya<br />
Contact Person: Indrajeet Kumar (Mr.)<br />
Tel: +968 24660124<br />
Fax: +968 24660125<br />
Email: indrajeet.kumar@omanexpo.com<br />
www.africautilitiesexpo.com<br />
40 JANUARY/FEBRUARY <strong>2018</strong> Asian Water
ASIAN WATER VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE<br />
DISCUSSION SPONSORSHIP<br />
Asian Water (<strong>AW</strong>) would like to invite international<br />
companies/current advertisers in the water industry and<br />
government authorities to be part of a virtual round table<br />
discussion which will be featured in <strong>AW</strong> magazine. This<br />
is NOT a live event. Every <strong>AW</strong> issue in <strong>2018</strong> will focus<br />
on various issues. Each round table discussion will<br />
feature panelists from the government authority/regulator/<br />
association and selected companies/sponsors involved<br />
in water utility supplies, hardware, OEM’s, consulting<br />
services, products etc. Each round table discussion can<br />
only be sponsored exclusively by only one company or<br />
a combination of only 2 with more benefits offered to the<br />
exclusive sponsor.<br />
Exclusive Sponsor (only 1) will entitle<br />
the sponsor to the following benefits:<br />
Cost US$12,000<br />
● Exclusive invitation to be a panelist in the round<br />
table discussion (one company only)<br />
● One full page advertisement in between the round<br />
table discussion pages.<br />
● Exclusive company logo placed on all pages in the<br />
round table discussion.<br />
● Mention of the exclusive sponsor for the round table<br />
discussion on the introduction.<br />
● Half page editorial dedicated to the exclusive sponsor<br />
that can include their company profile, achievements<br />
and other relevant information at the end of the round<br />
table discussion pages.<br />
● Three pictures/photos of products from the sponsor<br />
in the discussion pages.<br />
● Exclusive sponsor will also receive 100 printed copies<br />
of the <strong>AW</strong> magazine for their marketing purposes.<br />
● All participants of the round table discussion will<br />
receive a soft copy (PDF) of the <strong>AW</strong> magazine which<br />
featured them.<br />
● A soft copy of the round table discussion will also be<br />
emailed to our database of subscribers and<br />
recipients separately.<br />
● The round table discussion will also be featured on<br />
the e-newsletter for the <strong>AW</strong> magazine subscribers.<br />
Part Sponsor (max 2) will entitle the<br />
sponsors to the following benefits:<br />
Cost US$6,000 each<br />
● One full page advertisement in between the round<br />
table discussion pages.<br />
● Mention of the part sponsor for the round table<br />
discussion on the introduction.<br />
● Quarter page company profile at the end of the round<br />
table discussion pages.<br />
● All participants of the round table discussion will<br />
receive a soft copy (PDF) of the <strong>AW</strong> magazine which<br />
featured them.<br />
● One picture/photo of one product from the sponsor<br />
in the discussion pages.<br />
● A soft copy of the round table discussion will also be<br />
emailed to our database of subscribers and<br />
recipients separately.<br />
● The round table discussion will also be featured on<br />
the e-newsletter for the <strong>AW</strong> magazine subscribers.<br />
Want to be featured in a Round Table<br />
Discussion?<br />
A panel consisting of 4 or 5 distinguished individuals from<br />
the water industry (government/regulator & companies)<br />
will be contacted/invited by <strong>AW</strong> to be part of a virtual<br />
discussion to be featured in a particular issue of <strong>AW</strong><br />
(questions to be prepared prior by the <strong>AW</strong> editorial team<br />
via email and given to the all the individuals for them to<br />
prepare their answers in advance with a set deadline<br />
given to reply). Each individual will be given the same<br />
questions (4 or 5 questions) for the topic in a particular<br />
issue. All answers will be edited for clarity, space and<br />
to ensure that it does not exceed 6 pages as dedicated<br />
for the round table discussion. Sponsors will receive all<br />
the benefits and they will be featured prominently in the<br />
pages where specified.<br />
For more information and details on how you<br />
can be part of the round table discussion,<br />
please contact Prem Kumar Nair at<br />
prem@shpmedia.com