Sembcorp-NUS Nanjing water research centre

NUS and Sembcorp Development Ltd (Sembcorp) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop a research centre at the Nanjing International Water Hub (NIWH), located at the Sino-Singapore Nanjing Eco Hi-tech Island in Nanjing, China. The signatories of the agreement were NUS Engineering Dean Professor Chua Kee Chaing and Mr Tan Cheng Guan, Director of Sembcorp and Head of Group Business Development & Commercial of Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

The Water Technology Innovation Centre will support research undertakings with leading Chinese universities and facilitate the commercialisation of projects with Sembcorp and other industry partners such as Singapore’s small-and-medium enterprises and Chinese water technology companies. The collaborations will use water-related intellectual property generated by the NUS Centre for Water Research as well as Water Technology Innovation Centre in Nanjing.

Sembcorp is developing the NIWH, targeted for completion by 2018. The water hub, established as a one-stop integrated venue to serve the needs of the Chinese water industry, focuses on facilitating research and development work on waste water treatment, commercialising new treatment technologies, as well as enabling the exchange of industry best practices and innovative solutions for the advancement of the water industry.