Singapores National Water Agency to Release Results of Ozone

Xylem (USA), a specialist global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, and PUB, Singapore’s national water agency, today announced that the baseline and preliminary test results of a two-year Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) pilot study will be released at Singapore International Water Week. The findings are the first from the Xylem research and development center, a collaborative public-private partnership designed to develop innovative water solutions.

Xylem and PUB will also be presenting a joint technical paper on the first-year results of this pilot study during Singapore International Water Week. Conducted at the Choa Chu Kang Waterworks in Singapore, the results demonstrated that ozone-based AOP can remove taste and odour compounds, and can be used to remove trace contaminants in water supply, should there be such a need in the future. The process being studied may be key to the large-scale implementation of this technology, both for drinking-water production and water reclamation.

While the team’s study is currently in its first phase, Xylem’s Jenny Wang, Principal Investigator for this project, notes that its findings could have wide impact. “Water is a limited resource and contaminants may continue to increase in the future. AOPs are being adopted for full-scale applications with increasing frequency and are a cost-effective solution to this problem.”

Xylem and PUB are conducting applied research, sharing knowledge and building joint capabilities that leverage one another's extensive resources. The two organisations believe these joint water handling and treatment capabilities will be key drivers in the development of new technologies and engineering solutions essential for the growth of Singapore and the water industry.