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Singapore International Water Week, Blue Paper, Sustainable Water Solutions, changing Urban Environment

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The Singapore International Water Week was launched in 2008, with the aim of creating a platform for water professionals to debate and exchange practical solutions to key water solutions.

Since then, the Singapore International Water Week has become a pinnacle event that brings together policymakers, industry leaders, experts and practitioners to discover opportunities, address challenges, showcase technologies and celebrate achievements in the water world.

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The event is organized by Singapore International Water Week Pte Ltd, a company set up by Singapore’s Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency.

The Strategic Partners are Asia Development Bank (ADB), International Desalination Association (IDA), International Water Association (IWA), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore Water Association.

World Water Council has been the international supporting organisation for Singapore International Water Week for 2010 and 2011.

The Singapore International Water Week has already been held successfully in consecutive 4 years since 2008.

Themed “Water Solutions for Liveable and Sustainable Cities”, Singapore International Water Week 2012 will be held from 1 to 5 July 2012 at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands.

The Singapore International Water Week 2012 will be organised in-conjunction with 3rd World Cities Summit and the inaugural CleanEnviro Singapore, which aims to provide a strategic platform for waste management solutions and environmental technologies for the international marketplace.

Water management remains a vital focus area for governments and industries in today’s challenging global landscape, which is marked by growing population and rapid urbanisation.

 The Water Week’s ability in bringing together global water leaders from public sector, the private sector and academia, augurs well for the growing global water industry in ensuring a continual dialogue and identifying governance, business and technological solutions to address this water management challenges.

Singapore International Water Week 2011, held from 4 to 8 July, notched new highs with a bigger slate of exhibiting companies and an encouraging growth in participant numbers.

The global platform for water solutions attracted a record of some 13,500 participants from 99 countries and regions. The marks a growth in attendance figures of almost 60% since the inaugural event in 2008. The Water Expo saw close to 70% growth in exhibition space and a 70% increase in the number of exhibiting companies. Over 600 companies took part in this year’s Water Expo, which attracted six new international pavilions from Australia, Belgium, the United Kingdom, the Milwaukee Water Council (USA), the Water Environment Federation (USA), and the Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership (USA); taking the total number of pavilions to 15. The tota vaalue of announcements for projects awarded, tenders, investments and R&D MOUs reached S$2.9 billion. (Find detail in Attachments)

http://www.siww.com.sg/

Name: Yeo Sheng Wei (Mr), Gu Yan (Ms)

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