Water & Wastewater Asia March/April 2024

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EDITOR’S NOTE Blue gold In the next two months, the water sector has many upcoming events like the World Future Energy Summit in UAE, Ozwater in Australia and IE expo in China. Here at home, we are gearing up for the pulsating Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) in June. These events bring stakeholders together to tackle the sector’s biggest issues, ranging from climate change to sustainability. This issue, we tap on the theme of climate resilience in water utilities. Veolia Water Technologies CEO Arnaud Valleteau sums it up when he said that “water is blue gold and we need to take care of it”. Water resiliency requires a shift of perspective for this CEO, when asked about Veolia’s ecological transformation. Read all about it on page 22. Founder and CEO of Hydroleap Mohammad (Moh) Sherafatmand also echoes the same sentiments when he writes about the urgency to decarbonise the wastewater industry, as a shared environmental objective requires all stakeholders to come together to change pre-existing infrastructural frameworks (p. 45). Outside the water industry, automotive manufacture Audi and a green startup everwave have combined forces to save water with climate-resilient strategies (p. 17). They exhibited at the Greentech Festival in Singapore last November, and we feature them in this issue to shed light on their innovative collaboration that involves a long-term mission and artificial intelligence (AI). In the climate change era, addressing both flooding and water scarcity is a challenge. Singapore-based GPS supplier Tack has a palm-sized flood monitoring system equipped with AI-powered smart data analytics in water crisis management (p. 40). This unique innovation helps safeguard communities and bolster disaster readiness especially in flood-prone South East Asia. Binnies is digging deep for flood mitigation as well, and Singapore’s own novel approach in urban stormwater management may pave a new way forward in its solutions (p. 32). This challenge is operationally demanding, but water is indeed “much more valuable today, than it was two or three or five years”, according to Valleteau. “What we see now is action,” the CEO said, and he cannot be more apt. While these challenges are daunting, they open doors for innovation and collaboration. The industry is brimming with ideas that will take off as products, strategies and even revolutionary shifts in current frameworks. These profound ripple effects of today will make waves for tomorrow. See you at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for the upcoming AsiaWater in April! Amira Yunos Amira Yunos Assistant Editor PABLO SINGAPORE William Pang • Publisher williampang@pabloasia.com Amira Yunos • Assistant Editor amira@pabloasia.com Pang YanJun • Business Development Manager yanjun@pabloasia.com Goh Meng Yong • Graphic Designer mengyong@pabloasia.com Shu Ai Ling • Circulation Manager ailing@pabloasia.com PABLO BEIJING Ellen Gao • General Manager pablobeijing@163.com PABLO SHANGHAI Daisy Wang • Editor pabloshanghai@163.net Published by PABLO PUBLISHING & EXHIBITION PTE LTD 3 Ang Mo Kio Street 62, #01-23 Link@AMK Singapore 569139 Tel: (65) 6266 5512 • E-mail: info@pabloasia.com Company Registration No: 200001473N Singapore MICA (P) No: 059/11/2023 REGIONAL OFFICES (CHINA) PABLO BEIJING Tel: +86 10 6509 7728 • Email: pablobeijing@163.com PABLO SHANGHAI Tel: +86 21 5238 9737 • Email: pabloshanghai@163.net 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 incorporates the official newsletter of Singapore Water Association Let's connect! @waterwastewaterasia 4 Water & Wastewater Asia | January-February March-April 2024 2023
NEWS New Hong Kong desalination plant begins delivering fresh water to 137,000 homes The new Tseung Kwan O desalination plant is said to be the first to use reverse osmosis (RO) technology in Hong Kong. Construction of the first stage plant began in December 2019, and four years later, it began supplying fresh water to homes throughout the territories. 1 The Water Supplies Department (WSD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government engaged Binnies — an RSK group company — to deliver a feasibility study for the project in December 2012. Subsequently, the Binnies Hong Kong team provided investigation, design and construction supervision for the first stage of the project up to its commissioning on 22 Dec 2023. 2 “It is now delivering drinking water to 137,000 homes across Hong Kong and represents a step towards a climate-proof and sustainable water supply,” Binnies Hong Kong managing director Andy Kwok said. “As the region faces increasing demand as the population grows, we are seeing more erratic rain patterns and severe drought exacerbated by climate change. With the plant in action, we have a more stable and safe fresh water resource.” This first of the two-staged plant will provide fresh water to a population of around 370,000 and has a production capacity of 135 million litres per day, representing about 5% of Hong Kong’s daily demand, according to Kwok. He added that the commissioning of the plant meant that the team has achieved its goal of supporting the WSD in diversifying its drinking water supplies with a new ‘tap’ that is climate-resilient. The Tseung Kwan O project is a key initiative in the government’s water management strategy and route map to achieve water sustainability and security while supporting development in Hong Kong. Adopting seawater desalination supports these objectives and provides a supply of potable water that is not susceptible to the effects of climate change. “When running at 100% capacity, the plant will take around 2hrs to desalinate water from the point of intake to product. The plant can draw around 340 million litres of seawater per day to produce 135 million litres of fresh water,” Kwok said. “The Binnies team was able to draw on expertise from colleagues across the business in the UK and Singapore to support the delivery of the works.” Desalination is reportedly an energy-intensive process, and attention has been given to introducing measures to reduce raw resource use and to prevent waste. During the plant’s operation, solar panels will be used to provide renewable energy, resulting in a 16.2% reduction in grid-supplied energy for building services. Water recycling and reuse processes will also reduce freshwater consumption by 36.6%, and installed water saving devices will reduce freshwater use by 53%. Rainwater harvesting systems have also been installed to reduce water consumed for irrigation purposes by 67%. The WSD has started the preliminary design for the second stage of the plant, and the adjacent site is also earmarked for future expansion, with a water production capacity that will meet around 10% of the overall fresh water demand in Hong Kong. 1 Commissioning ceremony for Tseung Kwan O desalination plant (Image: Binnies) 2 RO technology at Tseung Kwan O desalination plant (Image: Binnies) Water & Wastewater Asia | March-April 2024 5
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