The Sixth Asian Symposium on Water Reuse was jointly hosted online by the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Tsinghua University’s School of Environment, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Kyoto University. Hu Hongying, professor of the School of Environment, Tsinghua University, and director of the Committee of Water Treatment and Reuse, Hiroaki Tanaka, professor of Kyoto University, and Seockheon Lee, professor of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, co-chaired the symposium. More than 1,000 experts, scholars, students and business people from China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Malaysia jointly discussed the development and application of cutting-edge technologies in the field of water reuse.
The opening ceremony part
The opening ceremony was presided over by professor Wei Dongbin, deputy director of the committee. Seockheon Lee and Hiroaki Tanaka reviewed the establishment background and development of the Asian Symposium on Water Reuse, and conveyed the message that water reuse is the basic approach to alleviating the current global water shortage problem, and international exchanges and cooperation are essential to promote the development of water reuse theories, technologies and industry.
Professor Wei Dongbin, Dr. Haruka Takeuchi of Kyoto University, Dr. Lu Xueqiang of Nankai University, Professor Yang Fei of Hainan University, Dr. Min-yong Lee of the National Institute of Environmental Research of the South Korea Ministry of Environment, and Dr. Qiao Sen of Dalian University of Technology co-chaired the academic presentation of the symposium. Professor Yunho Lee of Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, Professor Taku Fujiwara of Kyoto University, Professor Dong Yingchao of Dalian University of Technology, Professor Hyokwan Bae of Pusan National University, Korea and Katsuki Kimura of Hokkaido University, Japan, respectively gave plenary presentations on the topics of amine micropollutant conversion during water oxidation and disinfection process, removal effect of rotary advanced oxidation reactor on micro pollutants in reuse water, sustainable membrane technology for water treatment and reuse, heterotrophic denitrification technology of RO concentrated solution under salt stress, MBR system for efficient membrane cleaning and carbon recovery from wastewater.
In addition, six other experts and scholars from Asia gave excellent academic reports respectively, with topics involving chemical pollutants treatment in water reuse process, conjugated microporous polymer membrane development technology for molecular and ion screening, catalytic repair, centralized water demand and management of industrial land, integrated sewage recycling and sustainable building design based on natural systems, effect of environmental biotechnology on transition from linear economy to circular economy in wastewater treatment and reuse. Representatives present at the symposium raised questions and discussed enthusiastically, igniting the strong academic atmosphere of the symposium.
Liu Guangli, deputy director of the committee and professor of Sun Yat-sen University, delivered the closing speech on behalf of the organizer. Experts and scholars attending the symposium agreed that water reuse is an important way to address the conflict between economic development demand and water resource shortage as well as water environment pollution, and also a major demand for sustainable development of all countries in the world. Through in-depth discussion of new ideas, theories, technologies and models in water reuse, the innovation ability of water reuse in Asia can be further enhanced and the impetus of water reuse can be actively and rapidly promoted.
The Asian Symposium on Water Reuse is co-sponsored by Tsinghua University, the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and Kyoto University, and is held alternately in China, Japan and South Korea. The symposium aims to provide international exchange and cooperation opportunities for experts, scholars and entrepreneurs in the field of water reuse, and effectively promote sustainable development of water reuse through exchange of advanced water reuse concepts, future development models and technological innovation.
The Committee of Water Treatment and Reuse, established in 2015, is a subordinate branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences. Adhering to the concept of “One Water, Beyond Water”, the committee devotes to promoting research and innovative development on water treatment and reuse theories, technologies, engineering, standards and management, undertaking academic exchanges, talent cultivation, scientific knowledge education and propagation and other public welfare activities, and making positive contribution for the sustainable utilization of water resources, water ecological environment security and ecological civilization.
