Puah Aik Num

Chief Specialist (Water Treatment), Technology Department

PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency

Mr Puah Aik Num is the Chief Specialist for Water Treatment at PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency. He provides leadership to drive PUB’s R&D initiatives, identifying and commissioning novel research and other test-bedding projects with both local and international universities, research institutions and water industrial partners.

The goal is to ensure the successful implementation of the research outputs and translation into practical applications that would benefit and enhances PUB’s operation. He was instrumental in the deployment of ceramic membrane technology in PUB’s newly upgraded Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, Singapore’s most advanced water treatment facility which houses the largest ceramic membrane treatment system in the world.