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WATER & WASTEWATER ASIA CONTENTS SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019 3 Editor’s Note 4 News 44 SWA Newsletter 63 Events Calendar 64 Advertiser’s Index 11 MARKET REPORT 8 Looking beyond the Internet of Things: NB-IoT 14 19 24 MYANMAR WATER PORTAL 11 The Amarapura Project: Improving water service in Mandalay City IN PERSON 14 Silvertex: Sometimes, less is more FROM THE GROUND 16 Advanced radar technology optimises separation process performance 19 All Aboard! Landia’s BioMover Mixers head to Beijing 20 New perspective on sources with ozone treatment of wastewater INSIGHT 22 Continuous Microbial Monitoring: On site, real time & fully automated (Part One) 24 Effi cient sludge thickening and dewatering: How to fi nd the right parameters for choosing the ideal solution 28 The dock “thinks” for itself 32 Communicative trends in process automation 34 Balmoral Tanks expands APAC footprint 36 Improving water access intelligently with technology 38 Using the vortex layer of ferromagnetic particles in wastewater treatment (Part Two) OPINION 40 Business raising its ambition to meet the wastewater opportunity 42 Atmospheric Water Generators gaining prominence in water-scarce areas 28 32 COMPANY PROFILE 48 Digitising water with BEULCO 50 From Water-Wise Buildings to river clean-ups: Ecosoftt leads the way in water and social enterprise 52 Reaching new heights with Borouge TECH ROUND UP 54 “A high-rise apartment for bacteria”: How KURAGEL’s revolutionising the market 56 Tsurumi single-phase portable residue drainage pumps 58 Emerson introduces new 2-wire Coriolis fl ow meter 60 Show Previews
EDITOR’S NOTE LOOKING AT WATER’S EVER-CHANGING LANDSCAPE Much like the ebb and flow of the ocean’s waves, change is a constant occurence, and technology and innovaon never stay in one place for too long. It’s always interesng to see how technology evolves to meet changing demands, and how it makes the process of treang water and wastewater so much easier for plants and organisaons that deal with water. NATALIE CHEW Assistant Editor LET'S CONNECT! @waterwastewaterasia Take, for example, Emerson’s new 2-wire Coriolis flow meter (p.58), aimed at making it possible to replace exisng 2-wire flow devices with minimal effort, and the new NSL OilChem Waste Management (p.6) which is designed to treat a wide spectrum of industrial wastewater from industries such as petrochemicals, pharmaceucal, and automove. It was an interesng chat with Dr Low Chin Nam, execuve director of NSL Ltd, and Jeffrey Fung, chief execuve officer of NSL OilChem Waste Management, as they shared more about how they made sure NSL OilChem Waste Management stayed in line with the environmentally-sustainable pracces enforced by Singapore’s PUB, while staying ahead of its competors and on top of the game. Besides making work easier and more efficient, technology is also improving for another important reason: Alleviang the burden that water-scarce territories are currently facing, or will eventually face. Sumit Gunawant Kulkarni, research analyst at Adroit Market Research (p.42), talks about how atmospheric water generators (AWGs) are growing in popularity as soluons to counter water scarcity in places such as rain shadow areas, where there isn’t much proximity to aquac systems. Besides addressing both water and air polluon concerns, AWGs are also a likely low-cost alternave to convenonal electric power sources – read to find out more! On a similar note, the Amarapura Project (p.11) marks effort made towards improving the lives of those living in the Amarapura Township in Mandalay City. Supported by French NGO GRET, in consorum with French consulng firm Suez Consulng, the project aimed to communicate with the people living in the township and help households gain access to an improved water source. A company closer to home is also doing its part – local water soluons provider Ecosot (p.50) uses a unique business model to balance business and social enterprise, doing its part to bring sustainable soluons for water and sanitaon to underprivileged communies. The company seems to be on the right track so far with what it’s doing, if its recently-won Zayed Sustainability Prize is any indicaon! Technology as a whole is geng more and more advanced, but there are also those who set out to prove that innovaon doesn’t have to be complicated. Take Silvertex (p.14) as an example: Produced by Silvertex Aqua, Silvertex aids in the process of disinfecon in the water treatment process… And looks a lot simpler than one might imagine. Along the same vein is KURAGEL (p.54), produced by Japanese company Kuraray and made of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). How it works? Simply add it into any exisng aeraon tank and you’re all set. Change is a constant occurrence indeed – and the same can be said for technology. Whether complicated or simple, technology and innovaon are ever-changing, and ever-evolving, to suit our needs. Water & Wastewater Asia is the official publication of the Singapore Water Association All rights reserved. Views of writers do not necessarily reflect the views of the Publisher and the Singapore Water Association. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, without prior permission in writing from the Publisher and copyright owner. Whilst every care is taken to ensure accuracy of the information in this publication, the Publisher accepts no liability for damages caused by misinterpretation of information, expressed or implied, within the pages of the magazine. All advertisements are accepted on the understanding that the Advertiser is authorised to publish the contents of the advertisements, and in this respect, the Advertiser shall indemnify the Publisher against all claims or suits for libel, violation of right of privacy and copyright infringements. Water & Wastewater Asia is a controlled-circulation bi-monthly magazine. It is mailed free-of-charge to readers who meet a set of criteria. Paid subscription is available to those who do not fit our terms of control. Please refer to subscription form provided in the publication for more details. Printed by Times Printers Pte Ltd Water & Wastewater Asia • September / October 2019
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Page 8 and 9: NSL OilChem Waste Management has of
Page 10 and 11: 8 | MARKET REPORT Looking beyond th
Page 12 and 13: 10 | MARKET REPORT operators Vodafo
Page 14 and 15: 12 | MYANMAR WATER PORTAL regularly
Page 16 and 17: 14 | IN PERSON Silvertex: Sometimes
Page 18 and 19: 16 | FROM THE GROUND Advanced radar
Page 20 and 21: 18 | FROM THE GROUND reduce its hig
Page 22 and 23: 20 | FROM THE GROUND New perspectiv
Page 24 and 25: Continuous Microbial Monitoring: on
Page 26 and 27: 24 | INSIGHT Efficient sludge thick
Page 28 and 29: 26 | INSIGHT A wastewater plant in
Page 30 and 31: 28 | INSIGHT The dock “thinks”
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Page 34 and 35: 32 | INSIGHT Communicative trends i
Page 36 and 37: 34 | INSIGHT Balmoral Tanks expands
Page 38 and 39: 36 | INSIGHT Improving water access
Page 40 and 41: 38 | INSIGHT Using the vortex layer
Page 42 and 43: 40 | OPINION Business raising its a
Page 44 and 45: 42 | OPINION Atmospheric Water Gene
Page 46 and 47: 40 TH SINGAPORE WATER INDUSTRY NITE
Page 48 and 49: IndoWater 2019, Singapore Pavilion
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54 | TECH ROUND UP The Kuraray team
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The IWA Water and Development Congr
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ADVERTISERS INDEX WATER & WASTEWATE
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