Water & Wastewater Asia March/April 2022

FROM THE EDITOR
WORLD WATER DAY
World Water Day is celebrated on
LuminUltra Technologies, which
22 March of each year, and this year, the was tasked to gate data from up to
United Nations (UN) is commemorating 500 wastewater treatment plants
this occasion with a particular focus on across the US to test for SARS-CoV-2
groundwater with the theme “Groundwater: in wastewater. To find out more, flip
Making the invisible visible”.
to page 36.
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William Pang • Publisher
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Josephine Tan • Senior Editor
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Pang YanJun • Business Development Manager
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Goh Meng Yong • Graphic Designer
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Shu Ai Ling • Circulation Manager
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Groundwater is one of the world’s most
important natural resources and is a vital
water supply for humanity. More specifically,
The Groundwater Project revealed that
2.5 billion people worldwide depend
solely on groundwater resources to
satisfy their basic daily water needs. That
said, groundwater is depleting due to an
increase in human activity which then
leads to pollution, degrading the quality of
groundwater and posing a threat to human
and ecological health. It is then critical to
then not to overexploit but to preserve and
use groundwater more sustainably.
Echoing support to this year’s World Water
Day theme is De Nora. On page 16 of this
issue, Dr Mirka Wilderer, CEO of De Nora
Water Technologies, provided an overview
of today’s groundwater situation and the
impact of the exploitation of groundwater.
She said: “More than 30% of the earth’s
freshwater resources are made up of
groundwater. As such, protecting the supply
and safety of our groundwater is key to
ensuring a sustainable future for all moving
forward.”
Besides issues on depleting groundwater,
the world is still very much under the loom
of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly
when the Omicron is now found to be
more infectious than its predecessor Delta.
For the US Centers for Diseases Control
and Prevention (CDC), the agency has
been carrying out the national wastewater
testing programme since the outbreak
of the pandemic. A partner the CDC has
been working with on this programme is
And more countries have now embraced
the concept of Living with Covid by
completely scrapping all COVID-19
restrictions like in the UK and Denmark.
In Singapore, although the government
adopts a more conservative approach
to transitioning out of the pandemic, the
city-state has been taking further steps
to extend the vaccinated travel lane to
its citizens and vaccinated travellers to
enter the country quarantine-free. This will
open the doors to more visitors attending
the Singapore International Water Week
(SIWW) 2022, which will be taking place
from 17-21 Apr 2022 at the Marina Bay
Sands. Flip to page 53 for more highlights
of the event.
We have also curated a SIWW2022
Special on page 55 of this issue which
showcases some of the solutions and
technologies that will be demonstrated on
the exhibition floor during the event.
All in all, happy World Water Day and may
water be used more sustainably.
Cheers,
Josephine Tan
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