Advanced Water Treatment for Singapore

Published on February 6, 2013 16:00 by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Government

PUB, Singapore's national water agency, and Dutch advanced water technology company PWN Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding detailing further areas of collaboration in advanced water treatment. Both parties will work together to realize scientific and technological benefits by developing knowledge-intensive programs and projects.

The MOU was signed following the promising trial of PWN Technologies' CeraMac® demonstration plant at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, funded by the Environment and Water Industry Programme Office (EWI)'s TechPioneer scheme. With the ongoing demonstration testing, specific targets as defined in the TechPioneer agreement (such as high water flux and water recovery) are met.

Through the EWI, an interagency outfit spearheading the growth of the local water industry through technology development, the National Research Foundation (NRF) has committed S$470 million to drive public and private sector water research. Companies can tap on various funding schemes such as the TechPioneer Scheme for R&D activities, from idea conceptualisation to commercialisation.

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