Symposium Program
The 3rd International Forum on Asian Water Environment
Technology (IFAWET)March 2-3, 2018
Auditorium at Shaw Foundation Alumni House, National University of Singapore
Friday, 2nd March 2018

FRIDAY, 2 MARCH 2018
Morning Session
Time Contents
8:00

Registration

9:00

Opening Remarks

Speakers

Hiroaki Furumai

Affiliation

UT, JapanSession 1: Physicochemical technologies for water and wastewater treatment (Chair: Say Leong Ong)
9:10

Keynote
UV technology advancement and application inSingapore

Jiangyong Hu

NUS, Singapore

9:40

Monitoring quorum sensing signaling molecules inMBRs

Tomohiro Tobino

UT, Japan10:00 Ozonation and electrolysis for seawater application

Youmi Jung

NUS, Singapore

Application of membrane filtration against highly
turbid surface water in tropical region -Pore size
10:20
selection and particle rejection for appropriate
potable water supply-

Takashi Hashimoto UT, Japan

10:40

New approach to seawater desalination forsustainable water supply

Kim Choon Ng

NUS/KAUST

11:00 Networking Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Session 2: Emerging microbial risks in water environment and microbial ecology (Chair: Tomohiro Tobino)
11:20

Novel methods for rapid detection of viral pathogens
Masaaki Kitajima
in water

Hokkaido University, Japan

11:40

Rapid and real-time detection of microbial
contamination using a Smart Technology

Sung Woo Bae

NUS, Singapore

12:00

Evaluation of biodegradable organic matter causing
regrowth in drinking water

Ikuro Kasuga

UT, Japan

12:20 Lunch, Poster Viewing, and Poster Evaluation

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Afternoon Session
Time ContentsSpeakers

Affiliation

Session 3: Dynamics of micro-pollutants and dissolved organic matters in water environment (Chair: IkuroKasuga )Keynote14:30 Ecotoxicity of micropollutants in urban waterenvironment

Fumiyuki Nakajima

UT, JapanFang Yee Lim

NUS, Singapore

Application of high resolution mass spectrometry to
15:20 characterize dissolved organic matter in a eutrophic
lakeVitharuch
Yuthawong

UT, Japan

Managing contaminants of emerging concern inSingapore

Mong Hoo Lim

PUB, Singapore

15:00

15:40

Characterization of natural organic matter in a local
reservoir

16:00 Networking Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
Kurita Water and Environment Foundation Special Session: Future of membrane technology in water andwastewater treatment (Chair: Sung Woo Bae)
16:30

Contribution of advanced membrane technologies toSingapore water projects

Kyaing Kyaing Latt

Toray Singapore Water
Research Center,Singapore

17:00

Membrane distillation: principles, application andcommercial aspects in water technology

Kyoungjin An

City University of HongKong

17:30

Anaerobic membrane bioreactor for wastewater
treatment and reuse

How Yong Ng

NUS, Singapore

Simultaneous nutrients recovery and osmotic
18:00 concentration of source-separated wastewater andurine

Hokyong Shon

University of Technology
Sydney, Australia

18:30 Closing ceremony

Jiangyong Hu

NUS, Singapore

19:00 Networking Dinner

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SATURDAY, 3 MARCH 2018Technical TourTime

8:00 – 13:00

Contents
Visit to Changi Water Reclamation Plant (Changi WRP)
and NEWater Visitor Centre (NVC)
Meeting point: Shaw Foundation Alumni House, NUS

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LIST OF POSTERS

1. Ozonation of a mixture of micropollutants in water
Miao He, and Jiangyong Hu*
2. Electro-Peroxone Process for RO Concentrate Treatment
Wei Hao Loh, Youmi Jung, Ong Say Leong and Jiangyong Hu*
3. Performance of modified Al-WTR columns for phosphorus and pathogen removals instormwater runoff treatment
Dong Xu, Lai Yoke Lee, Fang Yee Lim, Jiangyong Hu and Say Leong Ong*
4. Pilot-scale evaluation of reverse osmosis(RO)/pressure retarded osmosis(PRO) hybrid systemfor energy saving seawater desalination
Jae-Wuk Koo, Sook-Hyun Nam, Eujoo Kim, Tae Sin Park, Yong Gun Park, Won Il Lee, Tae-MunHwang*
5. Application of Membrane Distillation for High Salinity Produced Water
Jae-Wuk Koo, Tae-Mun Hwang*, Sangho Lee
6.

The Feasibility Study of High-Strength N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone-Containing Process
Wastewater Treatment Using Sequencing Batch Reactors and Membrane Bioreactors
Bing Wu, Chun Heng Loh, Rong Wang

7. Photoelectrocatalytic Degradation of Trimethoprim: Effect of Reverse Osmosis ConcentrateMatrix
Chen Yiwei, Ding Han, and Hu Jiangyong*
8. Deactivation of Sulphonamide Resistance SUL1 Genes by Ultraviolet, Chlorination andSimultaneous UV/Cl2 Combined Processes
Xiaochen Liu, and Jiangyong Hu*
9. Removal of estrogenic activity from nanofiltration concentrates of landfill leachate by UVFenton process assessed with human breast carcinoma cell line
Gang Lu, Mianwei Hong, Lingfei Zhu*
10. Photocatalytic degradation of acetaminophen in aqueous solution by TiO2 pellets in a flat
plate reactor
Reza Katal, Mojtaba Salehi, and Jiangyong Hu*
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11. Usage of macro and micro-nano bubbling reactors to improvise transferred ozone demand
Ying Shen Toh, Lakshmi Jothinathan, Ong Say Leong and Jiangyong Hu*
12. Water Supply Pipe Cleaning Technology Using Ozone Water and Organic Acid
Airi Ikedo
13. Fe-Mn-GAC Catalyst Activate H2O2 to Degrade Rhodamine B
Gucheng Zhang, Lakshmi Jothinathan, Yongli Zhang, Ong Say Leong and Jiangyong Hu*
14. Comparison of Seeded and Conventional Precipitative Softening for Pre-treatment ofIndustrial Reverse Osmosis Concentrate
Huimin Feng, Jonathan Zhiqiang Lee, Lai Yoke Lee, Say Leong Ong, How Yong Ng*
15. Comparison of the Performance and Bioactivity of BAC Columns Treating Fenton and Ozonetreated Reverse Osmosis Concentrate
Li Rui, Ong Say Leong and Hu Jiangyong*
16. Impact of Anthropogenic Activities on the Microbiological Water Quality of Drinking Water
Sources in Nuwara Eliya District, Sri Lanka.
S. W. M. K. U. K. Wanninayake*
17. Effects of bacteria on degradation of sediment eDNA with different fragment length
Nan WEI*, Fumiyuki NAKAJIMA*, Tomohiro TOBINO**
18. Discriminating activated sludge flocs from biofilm microbial communities in a novel pilotscale reciprocation MBR using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing
Ryan De Sotto, Jaeho Ho, Woonyoung Lee and Sungwoo Bae*

19.Mass Spectrometry Based Metabolomic Profiling of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos
Exposed to the Methyl-Triclosan
Fu Jing, Sungwoo Bae*

20.Investigation of Bromide Interference in Standard COD Measurement
Tsuey Shan Yeap, Shujuan Huang, Xueqing Shi, How Yong Ng*
21. Pretreatment of saline antibiotic wastewater using marine microalga
Shujuan Huang, Tsuey Shan Yeap, Xueqing Shi, How Yong Ng*
22. Removal of crystal violet dye in textile wastewater using rice husk as a biosorbent
Poornima Rajapaksha, Awanthi Wathukarage, A.M.A.N.B. Attanayake, M.C.M Iqbal*

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23. Spatial-temporal distribution of PPCPs as sewage markers and their relationship withmicrobial fecal indicators following a rainfall event in the Tokyo coastal areaChomphunut Poopipattana, Misaki Nakajima and Hiroaki Furumai*
24. Tetracycline resistance genes in an oxytetracycline production wastewater treatment system
Miaomiao Liu, Yu Zhang, Min Yang

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