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10 Feb 2021 SINGAPORE, Singapore

New Singapore Desal Plant Can Treat Sea Water And Reservoir Water

Singapore has opened its fourth desalination plant in an effort to enhance water security measures across the country as daily water consumption rates reach 430 million gallons per day, with an expected two-fold increase in the next thirty years. The Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP) is Singapore’s first ever large-scale dual-mode plant which has the ability to treat both seawater from the coast and fresh water from the Marina Reservoir...

28 Nov 2020 GENEVA, Switzerland

World Is "Alarmingly Off-track" To Deliver Sanitation Goals

On World Toilet Day, 19 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF launched a report on global sanitation conditions and provided an assessment of investment required in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.2 in the next 10 years.In 2015, Member States committed to achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations, by 2030...

15 Sep 2020 SYDNEY, Australia

Climate Change May Displace Over 1.2 Billion People By 2050

More than 1.2 billion people are at threat of being displaced by 2050, due to environmental change, conflict and civil unrest, warns a new report by think tank the Institute of Economics & Peace.Predictions include that by 2040, 5.4 billion people – more than half of the world's projected population – will live in the 59 countries experiencing high or extreme water stress, including India and China...

14 May 2020 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom

REMINDER! TUNE IN 27 MAY! aquaNOW Audience, "Water and Resilient Cities"

This OOSKAnews Article was updated 20 MayOur world will have an estimated 2 billion new urban residents by 2050, so how do we make our cities more resilient in a water context? We need cities that can absorb, recover and prepare for future stresses and hazards while promoting sustainable development, well-being and inclusive growth, deploying environmental, governmental, economical and societal tools at our disposal...

4 Nov 2019 SINGAPORE

Water Demand Under Extreme Hydrological Events: Implications For Cities (March 2020 Workshop)

The Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and the International Journal of Water Resources Development, are organising a workshop on “Water demand under extreme hydrological events: Implications for cities”, 23-24 March 2020. The focus of this 2-day workshop will include discussions on planning, policy, management, governance implications, implementation constraints and lessons learnt, both positive and negative.

27 Oct 2019 SINGAPORE, Singapore

Singapore Water Academy: Water Supply Network Management Course, January 2020

The Singapore Water Academy has announced that its course in Water Supply Network Management will be held from 13 to 17 January 2020. This is the second module in a series of four that includes Water Quality, Stormwater Management and Water Reuse, as well.The Water Academy has been established by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency and this Water Management Series is aimed at mid-to-senior level water professionals with at least five years experience...

20 Oct 2019 JAKARTA, Indonesia

McKinsey Will Advise Indonesia On Capital Relocation

The government of Indonesia has appointed international management consultancy McKinsey & Company to prepare a feasibility study regarding the country's plan to relocate the capital from currently-sinking Jakarta to Borneo. Half of Jakarta is below sea level with one of the main causes being subsidence caused by extraction of groundwater for drinking water and other human use...

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24 Sep 2019 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia

Malaysia Will Propose Increased Water Tariff To Singapore

The Malaysian government is finalizing a revised raw water selling price and expects to be propose this to Singapore in the near future.Changes to the 1962 Johor River Water Agreement which governs water supply essential to Singapore have been a major effort of Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad...

9 Sep 2019 NEW DELHI

India: Haryana State Challenges Plans To Treat Sewage For Potable Water Use

A year after Delhi government announced ambitious plans to use treated sewage water, as Singapore does, to improve drinkingwater supply, Haryana has succeeded in stonewalling the project. Haryana has questioned the very premise of using treated sewage water for boosting potable water as well as its social acceptability, revealed Delhi Jal Board vice-chairman Dinesh Mohaniya.

7 Sep 2019 HONG KONG

Hong Kong Protests: Did China Really Just Promote The Idea Of Cutting Off Water Resources?

In an interview with the People’s Daily’s Xiakedao program last week, Zheng Yongnian, former director of the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore, joked about cutting off Hong Kong’s water supply to end protests in the city. The interview, originally titled “Conversation with Zheng Yongnian: how to bring the Hong Kong disturbance to a conclusion,” was chosen by government authorities to receive special promotion across online platforms.

12 Jul 2019 SINGAPORE

Singaporeans Remain Reluctant About Tap Water Quality

Singapore is a global hydro-hub, home to more than 200 water companies and about 25 research centres. And national water agency PUB has gone to great lengths to monitor, treat and improve its drinking water supply. So Singaporeans are aware that tap water is “clean and safe to drink”, said Erny Kartolo, one of the founders of the Drink Wise, Drink Tap campaign...

3 Jun 2019 SINGAPORE

Singapore Creates $19 Million USD Fund To Help Companies Adopt Water Efficiency Technologies

Firms in water-guzzling industries such as petrochemical and semiconductor that hope to cut down their water usage can now tap a $26 million fund to implement water management solutions. The fund by PUB and the National Research Foundation (NRF) will defray the cost of implementing water saving technologies, such as on-site recycling systems and water reclamation plants, over three years.