Event Description

Singapore Water Association will be organising a 3-day course Design of Used Water Treatment Plant & Processes course on 18-20 August 2025.

Event Details

Date: Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday – 18th, 19th & 20th August 2025

Time: 09:00 am – 05:00 pm

Venue: Waterhub, PUB Singapore Water Exchange, 84 Toh Guan Road East (S) 608501

Course Objectives

The objective of this course is to equip water professionals with a comprehensive overall view of technical considerations and design on used water treatment, reuse and resource recovery. This course introduces the practical considerations, theories, design approaches and calculations. Participants will learn how to work out basic used water treatment processes and plant sizing.

Target audience

This course will be useful to new design engineers, new and experienced water executives, professionals or managers who are responsible for managing used water systems. Participants should have at least 2 years’ experience in used water processes.

Course Topics

Topic 1 – Design considerations for basic treatment requirements

Topic 2 – General design concepts

Topic 3 – Introduction to microbiology, biochemistry and biokinetics

Topic 4 – Overall design considerations

Topic 5 – Liquid treatment process units

Topic 6 – Residuals Management and Treatment

Topic 7 – Process Control and Monitoring

Topic 8 – Group Activity & Presentations

COURSE FEE ( Subject to GST 9%):

SWA Member – SGD 850

Non-Member – SGD 950

Award of Certificate

1. Participants will be issued with a Certificate of Attainment upon meeting 75% of the required course attendance.

2. This course is qualified for PDUs by PEB (PDU to be confirmed).

About the Trainer:

Dr Ng How Yong

Total Experience:

Dr. Ng How Yong is a Provost’s Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is also the Director of NUS Environmental Research Institute and the Director of the Sembcorp-NUS Corporate Laboratory.

He has over 20 years of experience in biological wastewater treatment and membrane processes for water reuse and seawater desalination, and has served as a consultant on municipal wastewater treatment and reuse, industrial effluent treatment as well as seawater desalination in Singapore, China, Japan and the USA. Prof Ng is also a fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore, a fellow of the International Water Association (IWA), Vice-chairman of the Management Committee of the IWA Specialist Group on Membrane Technology and President of the Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore.

Dr. Ng’s core research interest is in sustainable water management, focusing on biological treatment technologies, membrane processes and microbial electrochemical sensor for water reuse and resource recovery. He has contributed to more than 350 publications in refereed international journals and conference papers. He invented the I2BioS – an integrated intelligent bio-sensor that provides real-time water toxicity and quality monitoring, which is currently being commercialised through EnvironSens Pte Ltd, a NUS spinoff company. He also serves as an Advisor to WaterROAM Pte Ltd – a NUS startup and a social enterprise that provides durable and affordable water filters designed for humanitarian use.

Dr. Ng is the recipient of the 2016 National University of Singapore Engineering Researcher Award, the 2014 IWA Asia Pacific Regional Project Innovation Awards, the 2009 National University of Singapore Young Researcher Award, the 2008 Singapore Youth Award, the 2007 Singapore Young Scientist Award and the 2006 IWA Young Professionals Award.

Dr Ng holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (1st Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore, a Master of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of California Berkeley, USA.

To confirm a place for this training, please REGISTER by 04 August 2025. Registration will be on a first-come first served basis (This course is limited to 20 participants only).

For further enquiries, please feel free to contact Ms Cecilia Tan at 65150812 or email cecilia@swa.org.sg