Singapore opens third desalination plant in Tuas
June 28, 2018
Singapore’s third desalination plant officially opened on Thursday (June 28), helping the Republic to further overcome its water challenges.… Read More
June 28, 2018
Singapore’s third desalination plant officially opened on Thursday (June 28), helping the Republic to further overcome its water challenges.… Read More
October 14, 2017
The Commons Workshop on Enhancing Water Governance and Policy at Tsinghua University in Beijing focused on Water governance and policy.… Read More
Suhasini Raj and Jeffrey Gettleman THE NEW YORK TIMES | September 7, 2017 MURMALA, India — As the floodwaters sloshed into her hut, Phoolvati, a poor and landless woman living in a farming village in Bihar State, scrambled to grab … Read More
Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada World Economic Forum | April 19, 2017 Among other threats targeting Mexico during his election campaign, US President Donald Trump harshly criticised the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), a 23-year-old tripartite deal that … Read More
March 12, 2017
Millions are being invested in producing and conveying water. Insight looks at Singapore’s quest for a robust supply.… Read More
Asit K. Biswas RESEARCH SEMINARINSTITUTE OF WATER POLICY, LKYSPP | March 6, 2017 During 23–24 February, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences brought together some of the world’s leading water professionals from different disciplines, theologians and development specialists to discuss how … Read More
January 13, 2017
Food lost takes a heavy toll on natural resources as governments, food banks and recyclers strive to stop the rot.… Read More
A third of the average amount of water used by each person each day goes down shower drain. Audrey Tan THE STRAITS TIMES | November 20, 2016 Shower with a friend, or a pet – that is the cheeky water-saving … Read More
Asit K. Biswas POLICY FORUM ANNIVERSARY LECTURECRAWFORD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, AUSTRALIA | November 16, 2016 In November 2014, the Asia and Pacific Policy Society (APPS) and Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University, started a website … Read More
Professor Asit K. Biswas is the Stockholm Water Prize “For his outstanding and multi-faceted contributions to global water resource issues, including research, education and awareness, water management, human and international relations in both developed and developing countries”.… Read More