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Brief introduction of your organization As the national water agency, PUB manages Singapore’s water supply, water catchment and used water in an integrated way. PUB has ensured a diversified and sustainable supply of water for Singapore with the Four National Taps: 1. Local catchment water, 2. Imported water, 3. NEWater (ultra-clean, high-grade recycled water), 4.…
Brief introduction of your organization Canadian Water Network (CWN) is Canada’s expert advisor and trusted manager of knowledge and innovation for water management. CWN acts as a catalyst to connect the right people with the best evidence to address the practical realities of water management. CWN’s Students and Young Professionals Committee (SYPC) is a…
Biography Fernando Mora is current Vice minister of Water, Seas, Coasts and Wetlands at the Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica. He is the third youngest member of the Cabinet at 27 years. Professionally he is a geographer with a Masters Degree in Integrated Coastal Management from the University of Costa Rica. He has…
Biography Juan Carlos is an entrepreneur with Industrial Engineering background from Javeriana University of Colombia. He is a CEO of AcuaCare, a company that runs a biological treatment of sewage water using worms for houses and industries. The technology used turns contamination into organic fertilizers and creates the opportunity of making sustainable systems of…
Biography Simon is a Doctoral Researcher of Water Resources and Policy at University College London Institute for Sustainable Resources where he researches on the role of surface and groundwater stores in water scarcity assessments in Eastern Africa. With degrees from UCL and the School of Oriental and African Studies, Simon’s career focuses on the…
Biography: Mr Abualfailat is a graduate in Water and Environmental Sciences from Birzeit University with academic work on industrial effluent from stone cutting industries in Hebron District. He was later appointed by Palestinian Water Authority to follow his work on his academic thesis. Then in early 2012, he joined as a Protecting Ground Water…
Biography: I am in a senior in North Carolina State University in the United States, majoring in Business Administration with concentration in Finance, International Studies with concentration in International Relations and minor in Chinese. I was born in the United States but grew up in Korea. I was the president of the 1st Asia…
Biography: Dizzanne Billy is a young environmental leader from Trinidad and Tobago. From the age of fourteen, she has been actively involved in environmental work. She is affiliated with Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN). Though the network, she has been continually educating other young people on the importance of environmentalism in achieving sustainable development.…
Biography Rebecca Peters was born in San Francisco, California and will graduate from the University of California, Berkeley with degrees in environmental science and international development. She leads numerous campus and community water education and action groups, including the Berkeley Water Group and the Water and Human Rights DeCal course. Additionally, she works with the #GlobalPOV Project…
By Prabin Rokaya, Director, Jagaran Nepal (a youth-led NGO from Nepal) Most of the conferences are only focussed on identifying problems and recommending solutions without adequate discourse on legal, institutional and financial mechanisms to implement those recommendations. Budapest Water Summit Youth Forum was different in a way that it had separate sessions on Water Governance,…