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Water Convention 2022 Call for Papers
Water Convention 2022 Call for Papers
The Water Convention is a platform for gathering professionals and technology providers from around the world to share their knowledge, practical experiences and novel technologies to address the current and emerging water challenges under the following themes:
The Water Convention technical programme focuses on spurring knowledge sharing, fruitful discussions and engaging debates among water leaders and practitioners through high quality presentations on technological innovations, management strategies and best practices.
Important Dates
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Submission deadline for abstracts |
8 October 2021 |
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Notification to authors on abstract review |
15 December 2021 |
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Deadline for author acceptance |
7 January 2022 |
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Advanced Programme |
1 February 2022 |
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Deadline for author registration |
15 February 2022 |
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Submission deadline for full papers and softcopies of posters |
15 February 2022 |
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Final Programme |
1 April 2022 |
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SIWW Water Convention 2022 |
17 to 21 April 2022 |
Submit your abstract by 8 October 2021.
Note:
- Authors are required to prepare the abstract using the provided template before submitting through the online portal.
- Special provisions will be made to allow authors who are unable to attend SIWW2022 in-person to present their papers virtually.
Call for Reviewers
Water experts are invited to register as a reviewer for the Water Convention. You will support the Programme Committee in reviewing abstracts and play a part in shaping a high-quality programme at SIWW2022. Special discounts on SIWW2022 registration fees will be extended to all reviewers.
Submit your registration by 8 October 2021.
Contact Information
For any enquiries, please email the Water Convention Secretariat at waterconvention@siww.com.sg.
Welcome Message from the Co-Chairs of the Programme Committee
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 Bernard Koh
Assistant Chief Executive
(Future Systems and Technology) PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency  |
 Darryl Day
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Cullen Water and Environment Trust |
We warmly welcome you to join us for the 10th edition of the Water Convention, one of the flagship events of the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW).
Over the past editions, the Water Convention has progressed to become a key global platform for researchers, practitioners and technology providers to inspire ideas and collaborations through the sharing and discussion of their latest innovations, advances in technologies and best practices in the water industry.
During this challenging year with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Water Convention was held virtually as a part of SIWW2021 Online. We were heartened to see more than 1,400 delegates registering for the event with some 350 presentations featured in over 40 technical sessions and six poster sessions. In addition, eight Thematic Webinars were organised by the Water Convention Programme Committee, covering topics such as membrane technology, water quality, resource resilience, climate resilience and utilities of the future. These achievements were akin to previous editions despite the event being fully virtual.
Next year, Water Convention 2022 will be held as a physical event in Singapore at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre from 17 to 21 April 2022. The Programme Committee aims to continue our efforts to showcase the latest technologies, innovations, strategies and best practices for safe, sustainable and clean drinking water, effective used water management, and resilient and liveable cities. The programme will also include a new focus area on nexus and circularity to examine the system of systems approach and explore circular economy strategies to tackle global water challenges.
We hope the conversations and sharing at the Water Convention will impel you and the global water community to work towards the common goal of achieving an effective, efficient and sustainable water supply, both individually and collectively. To this end, we welcome you to submit your abstracts on the latest water technologies, innovations and best practices for the Water Convention 2022. We look forward to seeing your valuable ideas and experiences.
Programme Committee
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Bernard Koh
- Assistant Chief Executive (Future Systems and Technology)
- PUB, Singapore's
National Water Agency - (Singapore)
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Darryl Day
- Chief Executive Officer
- Peter Cullen Water
and Environment Trust - (Australia)
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Adam Lovell
- Executive Director
- Water Services Association of Australia
- (Australia)
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Aik Num Puah
- Chief Specialist
(Water Treatment) - PUB, Singapore's
National Water Agency - (Singapore)
- Chief Specialist
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Albert Cho
- Senior Vice President
and Chief Strategy
and Digital Officer - Xylem
- (USA)
- Senior Vice President
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Amir Cahn
- Executive Director
- SWAN Forum
- (UK)
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Andrew Shaw
- Associate Vice President
and Global Practice
and Technology Leader
in Sustainability & Wastewater - Black & Veatch
- (USA)
- Associate Vice President
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Chee Meng Pang
- Chief Engineering
and Technology Officer - PUB, Singapore's
National Water Agency - (Singapore)
- Chief Engineering
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Daisuke Sano
- Associate Professor
- Tohoku University
- (Japan)
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David Cunliffe
- Principal Water
Quality Advisor - SA Health
- (Australia)
- Principal Water
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Dragan Savic
- Chief Executive Officer
- KWR Water Research Institute
- (The Netherlands)
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Fahad Ahmed Saeed
- Director, Drainage Projects Department
- Dubai Municipality
- (United Arab Emirates)
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Fiona Waller
- Head of Water Quality
- Affinity Water
- (UK)
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Gary Gu
- Senior Global Technology Director
- DuPont Water Solutions
- (USA)
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Hadas Mamane
- Associate Professor
- Tel Aviv University
- (Israel)
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Hamanth Kasan
- General Manager, Scientific Services Division
- Rand Water
- (South Africa)
- Vice President
- International Water Association
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Inga Jacobs-Mata
- Regional Representative – Southern Africa
- International Water Management Institute
- (South Africa)
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Jennifer de France
- Technical Officer
- World Health Organization
- (Switzerland)
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Kartik Chandran
- Professor
- Columbia University
- (USA)
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Mads Leth
- Chief Executive Officer
- VCS Denmark
- (Denmark)
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Mark Fletcher
- Global Water
Business Leader - Arup
- (UK)
- Global Water
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Min Yang
- Deputy Director,
Research Center for
Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES) - Chinese Academy of Sciences
- (China)
- Deputy Director,
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Nikolay Voutchkov
- President
- Water Globe Consultants, LLC
- (USA)
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Nupur Bahadur
- Fellow
- The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi - (India)
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Piet Dircke
- Global Leader - Resilience and Water Management
- Arcadis
- (The Netherlands)
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Raziyeh Farmani
- Associate Professor
- University of Exeter
- (UK)
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Regina Sommer
- Associate Professor
- Medical University of Vienna
- (Austria)
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Richard Lewis
- Asset Ownership Director
- Tideway
- (UK)
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Ridzuan Ismail
- Director,
Water Supply (Network) - PUB, Singapore's
National Water Agency - (Singapore)
- Director,
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Robert Bos
- Senior Advisor
- International Water Association
- (Switzerland)
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Robert Nicholls
- Director
- Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
- (UK)
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Seungkwan Hong
- Professor
- Korea University
- (South Korea)
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Suresh Rohilla
- Senior Director
- Centre for Science
and Environment, New Delhi - (India)
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Susan Moisio
- Vice President & Global Water Director
- Jacobs
- (USA)
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Tao Li
- Director of Water Intelligence
- International Water Association
- (China)
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Tony Wong
- Professor of Sustainable Development and Chair of Water Sensitive Cities Think Tank
- Monash University
- (Australia)
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Xavier Litrico
- Group Chief Research
and Science Officer - SUEZ
- (France)
- Group Chief Research
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Zdravka Do Quang
- Innovation Officer - Technical Performance Manager
- SUEZ
- (France)
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Themes and Topics
Theme 1: Delivering Water from Source to Tap (Network)
As water distribution networks become denser with increasing water demand, utilities are placing more emphasis on network planning and design to ensure an efficient and resilient network against black swan events. Smart technologies are employed to manage and optimise the networks. Online sensors and meters are widely deployed for real-time performance monitoring. Condition assessment tools aid utilities in identifying leaks and prioritising pipe rehabilitation and replacements to reduce non-revenue water loss. In tandem, advanced metering infrastructure solutions are tapped on to examine leaks at customer sites. The data are also utilised to study end-user consumption behaviour and influence water conservation strategies. These efforts are coupled with sustainable water cycle management to augment the benefits. Abstracts on latest innovative technologies, applied research, best practices and case studies on water supply network management and water conservation are welcomed.
| 1.1 | Planning, Design and Implementation
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| 1.2 | Efficiency of Operations
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| 1.3 | Asset Management and Network Renewal
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| 1.4 | Metering
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| 1.5 | Smart Water
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| 1.6 | Water Conservation and Efficiency Measures
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Theme 2: Delivering Water from Source to Tap (Treatment)
With limited global freshwater supply, cities are challenged to diversify their water sources by looking at alternatives such as seawater, used water and brackish water etc. As treatment technologies mature, the focus is also shifting to making them more sustainable by, for example, reducing their energy requirements, exploring beneficial reuse of brine and harvesting energy from waste streams. Considerations are also made for treatment technologies to be adaptable to future impacts of climate change. While ensuring sufficient and sustainable water supply, achieving safe quality water remains paramount for water treatment. Robust advanced technologies have been increasingly developed to target at the treatment and removal of contaminants of emerging concern and specific groups that are recalcitrant to conventional processes. Concurrently, utilities are employing more novel sensors and digital solutions to support them in their plant operation, maintenance and optimisation. With these in mind, Theme 2 aims to profile innovative and smart water treatment technologies and solutions in the following areas:
| 2.1 | Basic and Advanced Water Treatment Processes
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| 2.2 | Innovations in Desalination
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| 2.3 | Augmenting Water Supplies by Water Reuse
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| 2.4 | Brine Concentration and Mining
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| 2.5 | Digitalization of Water Treatment Plants
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| 2.6 | Water Conservation and Efficiency Measures
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Theme 3a: Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management (Treatment)
In our pursuit of a sustainable future, the perception of wastewater has changed from being something unwanted to a beneficial resource. This shift drives the desire to extract as much energy and valuable materials from wastewater as possible. A growing number of technologies have been developed to enhance energy generation during wastewater treatment. Meanwhile, to mitigate climate change, attempts are made to reduce the overall carbon footprint of wastewater management including nitrous oxide and methane emissions. There is an upward trend in recovering and reusing material resources from waste streams. For the remaining wastewater effluent, a high quality is targeted for reuse applications, potentially in part by the adaptation of membrane processes from the drinking water sector. Besides looking into new innovations, efforts are also placed in improving the efficiencies of existing processes to enhance sustainability. This theme welcomes abstracts examining best practices and innovative technologies for sustainable and economically viable centralised or decentralised treatment and management of wastewater and the resources embedded therein.
| 3a.1 | Basic and Advanced Wastewater Treatment Processes
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| 3a.2 | Process Intensification
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| 3a.3 | Wet Weather Flows
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| 3a.4 | Asset Management
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| 3a.5 | Sensors for Wastewater Monitoring
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| 3a.6 | Next Generation of Intelligent Plant
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| 3a.7 | Wastewater Treatment and Management in Developing Countries
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Theme 3b: Effective and Efficient Wastewater Management (Conveyance)
Sewers are vital for the sanitary conveyance of wastewater to treatment facilities. To ensure that sewers can carry out their function well, proper operation and maintenance are necessary. Utilities are taking a more proactive approach in these areas with the help of digitalisation and intelligent technologies. In sewer operation, analytics and management tools are employed with real-time sensors and meters for detecting and predicting blockages and inflows and infiltrations. It is equally important to examine the quality of the wastewater discharged into sewers as it affects downstream treatment processes. In maintenance, advanced inspection equipment are deployed for sewer inspection, cleaning and rehabilitation. The necessity for cutting-edge technologies becomes more apparent as large sewers are laid more deeply in the increasingly urbanised cities. Such deep tunnel sewage systems demand innovative solutions for monitoring the tunnel’s structural integrity and conveyance condition. Abstracts looking into novel technologies, best practices and applied research for wastewater networks in the areas below are welcomed.
| 3b.1 | Networks
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| 3b.2 | Asset Management, Renewal and Rehabilitation
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| 3b.3 | Operations
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| 3b.4 | Deep Tunnel Sewerage Systems
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| 3b.5 | Sensors for Wastewater Monitoring in the Network
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Theme 4: Cities of the Future
The key focus in the Cities of the Future theme for Water Convention 2022 is "Fostering Urban Transformation". In the face of increasing population and the pronounced impact of climate change, the impetus for governments, utilities, industries and communities to work together to foster urban transformation and create a water-sensitive, liveable and resilient city is growing stronger. Holistic urban planning through a circular economy approach is key to ensure that water systems are properly designed and managed for sustainability. As cities develop, one consideration is to achieve balance while integrating multi-functional blue-green-grey infrastructures to meet the complex needs of cities. Another concern is the effect of climate change. On one hand, some cities are facing rising sea levels and floods, which requires coastal protection measures and stormwater management plans. Conversely, other cities are suffering from drought and need to build water resilient communities. Cities ought to be prepared with robust and adaptable strategies for the unpredictable future. We welcome success stories and applied concepts and strategies on urban planning and policy implementation for liveable, resilient and sustainable water-sensitive cities. Abstracts on case studies and innovative technologies related to the following topics are also encouraged.
| 4.1 | Multi-Functional Water Infrastructure and Services
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| 4.2 | Water Master-Planning for Cities
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| 4.3 | Digital Developments for Water Management of Cities
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| 4.4 | City Water Resilience and Adaptation Strategies
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Theme 5: Water Quality and Health
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 6 ("ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all") and 3 ("good health and well-being") provide a One Water, One Health umbrella with a common objective: protecting and promoting public health by ensuring water security and the supply of safe and clean drinking water. The challenges this poses are big and they are exacerbated by extreme weather events, declining ecosystem integrity and biodiversity, rapid urbanisation, increasing human mobility and pandemics. As a result, the quality of our water resources and of our drinking water is under threat. This necessitates a systems approach and the implementation of comprehensive water quality assessment and management strategies to cover each aspect of the water and wastewater cycle. It also requires a dialogue between professionals from different disciplines. The development of new technologies, methods, techniques and tools, that enhance assessment accuracy, sensitivity and speed, is critical to maintain effective water quality management and make water supply services more resilient. Recent molecular and genetic advances in detection, identification and tracing of conventional and emerging pollutants and pathogens have created new opportunities for water quality management. Regulatory frameworks, source management strategies, and advanced and automated detection technologies are central to this theme. This is a call for papers directed at policy- and decision-makers, planners, practitioners and researchers dealing with one or more of the sub-topics listed below:
| 5.1 | Water Quality Assessment and Management Across the Full Water Spectrum
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| 5.2 | Systems Approaches to Service Delivery: Building Blocks, Enabling Environment, Institutional Arrangements
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| 5.3 | Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
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| 5.4 | Microbial Source Tracking
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| 5.5 | Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products
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| 5.6 | Emergence
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| 5.7 | Digitalisation, Automation and AI in Water Quality Assessment and Management
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| 5.8 | Distribution Systems Inside and Outside of Residences
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Theme 6: Nexus and Circularity
In line with the global movement for circular economy, the water sector ought to take an integrated approach to achieve sustainable development. After closing the water loop through advanced treatment processes, the immense focus is now on closing the resource and carbon loops within and beyond water systems. In doing so, besides technological aspects, a system thinking on policy and planning, stakeholder engagement, application and marketability are equally important. As the water sector works towards circularity, the nexus approach to consider the interdependency between systems and collaboration with other sectors is critical. This theme welcomes abstracts on sustainable frameworks, strategies and case study on next-generation solutions for the water sector to support a circular economy.
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| 6.2 | Stakeholder Engagement and Cross-Sectoral Collaboration in the Circular Water Economy
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| 6.3 | System of Systems for a Circular Economy
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| 6.4 | Resource Circularity
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| 6.5 | Carbon Circularity
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Abstract Submission Procedures
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- Prospective authors can submit abstracts for either oral or poster presentations.
- Abstracts should be limited to three A4-sized pages including figures, tables and references, and must contain adequate information to allow a sound referee review.
- The author must fill in all the information requested by the submission system and attach the abstract using the provided template.
- Submission should be made online through the submission system.
- The deadline for submission of abstracts is 8 October 2021. The abstracts will be peer reviewed for selection and the authors will be notified about the acceptance of their paper for presentation in December 2021.
- Selection criteria include high technical quality, relevance to the themes/topics, and high information content. Abstracts which are deemed commercial in nature will not be accepted.
- The authors are strongly encouraged to submit the full papers once their abstracts have been accepted. Full papers will be further reviewed and considered for publication in IWA’s Journal of Water Practice & Technology. The selected abstracts will be included in the Water Convention 2022 Conference Proceedings.
- All accepted oral and poster presenters are required to register for the Water Convention and pay for the conference registration fees. The presentations will only be listed in the Convention programme upon receipt of the registration fees.
Co-organisers
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Co-organisers of Water Convention:
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PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency
PUB is a statutory board under the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE). It is the national water agency, which manages Singapore’s water supply, water catchment, and used water in an integrated way. From April 2020, PUB also took on the responsibility of protecting Singapore’s coastline from sea-level rise as the national coastal protection agency.
PUB has ensured a diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore with the Four National Taps (local catchment water, imported water, NEWater, desalinated water). PUB leads and coordinates whole-of-government efforts to protect Singapore from the threat of rising seas and the holistic management of inland and coastal flood risks.
PUB calls on everyone to play a part in conserving water, in keeping our waterways clean, and in caring for Singapore’s precious water resources. If we all do our little bit, there will be enough water for all our needs – for commerce and industry, for living, for life.
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International Water Association (IWA) The International Water Association is the organisation that brings together science and practice of water management in order to reach a world in which water is wisely managed to satisfy the needs of human activities and ecosystems in an equitable and sustainable way. The IWA is a global knowledge hub and international network for water professionals and anyone concerned about the future of water. We bring together know-how and expertise to instigate ground-breaking solutions. |