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News Release from: Black and Veatch | Subject: Singapore water week
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Black and Veatch senior management will make presentations during the inaugural Singapore International Water Week scheduled for 23-27 June
The Black and Veatch Chairman, President and CEO, Len Rodman, will participate in the Water Leaders Summit as part of a panel discussion on "Cities of the Future" on 25 June "This is an excellent venue to present insights about the critical issues that are surrounding water scarcity and energy assurance, and how these issues impact our clients and communities around the world," Rodman said
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition, Dan McCarthy, President and CEO of the Black and Veatch global water business, will make a special presentation, titled "Envisioning a Secure Water Future," on 25 June.
McCarthy also serves as an advisory group member for the Singapore International Water Week and will be involved in chairing or co-chairing of two sessions focused on the business of water.
"We see water technology as a vital resource that can help meet the challenges of water scarcity, so we're pleased to have many of our global technology leaders take part in this inaugural event" McCarthy said: "Because Singapore plays such a key role in our global water business, we are taking an active role in this event as one of the 14 Founding Sponsors".
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Water practice and technology leaders and other professionals from Black and Veatch are participating in seven technical sessions, chairing or co-chairing five sessions, co-chairing the Australian Business Forum and presenting two poster sessions at the inaugural Singapore International Water Week.
The Singapore International Water Week is the global platform for water solutions that aims to bring the who's who of the water industry together to address challenges, showcase technologies, discover opportunities and celebrate achievements in the water world.
Comprising the Water Leaders Summit, Water Convention, Water Expo and Water Festival, it culminates in the presentation of the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize, a prestigious international award to recognise outstanding contributions in solving global water issues.
Jonathan Clement, a Global Practice and Technology Leader with Black and Veatch, is the leader of the Water Convention Technology Track.
"We spent a great deal of time carefully designing focused sessions where people can learn about subjects that are very critical at this time," he said.
Clement will be speaker at the Water Convention and will also provide a summary of the Keynote Speech at the first session of the Water Technology Solutions track of the Water Convention on 25 June.
The seven sessions that Black and Veatch professionals will present include such diverse topics as:.
* Water is "Gold" in Brisbane: Reuse relieves water supply stress.
* Solids treatment options in a changing world environment.
* Optimisation of desalination for low energy.
* Evaluation of ceramic membranes with ozone for water reuse.
* Operating experience at Singapore's largest membrane plant.
* Application of membrane technology to retrofit a large-scale conventional water treatment plant in Singapore.
* Lessons learnt from pipeline condition assessment in Hong Kong.
Black and Veatch professionals will also present three poster sessions, which will feature the following titles:.
* Climate Instability, Urban Growth and Rising Seas - The "Perfect" Storm.
* Large or small, new or retrofit: MBR design considerations are key.
Additionally, conference participants will have the opportunity to tour plant sites in which Black and Veatch has played a major role: these include the Marina Barrage, the SingSpring Desalination plant and the Chestnut Avenue Waterworks.
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