By Amira Yunos
SUEZ chairman and CEO Sabrina Soussan champions the group’s expertise, solutions and ambitions to address the global climate challenges. At Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2024, SUEZ announced three new projects in Asia.
SUEZ IN SINGAPORE
At SIWW, SUEZ chairman and CEO Soussan presented in the Titans of Industry session — a high-level panel for global water industry CEOs and senior executives to share their corporate vision and strategy as leaders in urban sustainability, resilience and innovation. The company also announced three new projects in Asia, demonstrating its approach to water management in both municipal and industrial sectors.
SUEZ was awarded a new contract by PUB, Singapore’s national water agency to deploy and maintain a Smart Water Grid Analytics platform for its water supply network. Based on SUEZ’s AQUADVANCED Water Networks platform, this system will contribute to reinforcing PUB’s operational efficiency and resilience.
The Smart Water Grid Analytics platform can detect and localise water quality and pressure issues in the network. It can generate accurate simulation and propose necessary remedial actions for more effective decision-making.
“We must step up our efforts to adapt the production methods and infrastructure of our societies to the consequences of climate change.”
Sabrina Soussan, Chairman and CEO, SUEZ
PUB will gain improved visibility of the network conditions, with enhanced analytics capabilities to simulate and anticipate. This will enable PUB to formulate a more global network management strategy, further optimising its operations and minimising inconvenience to its customers.
With climate change increasing the intensity of both droughts and floods, the value at risk from water-related events — storm, floods, droughts — is expected to reach US$3.1tn. “The number of people at risk from water-related disasters is projected to increase from 1.2 billion to 1.6 billion over the next 30 years,” the chairman and CEO added.
These extreme weather events might have an impact on water services, such as flooding risks for water treatment plants (WTPs) close to coastlines and pollution of pumping wells at drinking water production plants in the event of heavy rainfall.
For the SUEZ chairman and CEO, digital solutions can be a powerful lever to manage these water-related risks and save water. Additionally, SUEZ supports PUB in anticipating flash floods and managing water quality, through the catchment and waterways operations system to optimise the nation’s water resource management. With SUEZ smart metering solutions, users around the world like PUB can monitor water consumption and receive advice on how to use water more efficiently.
“Here in Singapore, we have been a long-standing partner of the PUB in managing, conserving and digitising the country’s water assets,” said Soussan.
To read the full interview, you can find it in the July/August 2024 issue of Water & Wastewater Asia. Click here to read it.
