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Second Foresight Training
Water Supply & Management visits:
Background
on Water Supply & Management Project
The
topic of water supply was one of the three highly rated projects identified
in a wide survey of opinions for possible topics for the APEC Center for
Technology Foresight prior to the APEC Symposium at Chiang Mai, Thailand,
on 10-13 June 1997. The background paper for the opinion survey
stated:
“Water Supply”
Beyond 2000 there will be great need of supplies of water for domestic,
agricultural and industrial uses while excessive water supplies cause
seasonal flooding and global warming may start to increase the sea level
causing flooding of low lands. Clean water will become ever-increasingly
more scarce. Technologies include water management, remote sensing,
irrigation with environmental concerns, and recycling and conservation
technologies. Other technologies to purify water such as membrane
filtering are needed.”
The topic was then discussed at a Group Discussion Session at the Symposium
and a number of further issues were identified. To quote from the
record of the discussion:
“ On water supply, the Group discussed differing view points when viewed
from differing perspective such as: industrial vs human usage, application
of best practice vs developing new technology, agriculture (where mis-use
pattern may be if particular importance) vs urbanization (over treatment
of water notably when only 5% treated water is used for drinking).
The group also discussed the following issues and topics; conservation,
management protocol, valuation of water (as with crude oil), effect of
climate change on water supply/distribution, membrane technologies, desalination
technologies, potential for APEC-wide standards, flood management/control,
regulatory issues as incentive to encourage proper management, and monitoring
pollution.”
At their initial meeting on 2 February 1998, the International Advisory
Board of the APEC Center identified this topic for early study and broadened
it to “Water Supply and Management” to reflect the issues raised above.
This was endorsed by the Steering Committee.Further issues were identified
in the Workshop held in Bangkok on 4-6 February 1998 when the topic was
used in the session on Delphi techniques.
The approach proposed is to have an issues paper prepared by a consultant
and then draw together a group of experts to analyse the issues and develop
scenarios. Based on these scenarios, the experts will produce a
set of inputs for a Delphi study among 200-300 stakeholders in the region.
The results of the Delphi study will be combined with the scenarios to
produce a report by the end of 1998. This will be widely distributed
and a presentation will be made at the next ISTWG meeting to report
the findings.
 Schedule
| Stage |
Methodology |
Responsibilities |
Timing 1998 |
| 1 |
prepare issues paper which draws together the
current state of knowledge and expert opinion on the future challenges
to water management and supply |
Consultant 1 |
end-April (assumes 6 weeks from verbal contract) |
| 2 |
identify core experts and begin to identify
‘delphi’ experts, from all member economies |
Secretariat & contact points |
by mid-Aapril |
| 3 |
expert meeting to review issues paper (1-day),
followed by 2- day scenario development workshop with experts |
Secretariat and Consultants
Experts attend 3-day meeting |
12-14 May (Hua-Hin, Thailand) |
| 4 |
publication and distribution of issues paper
and meeting report |
Secretariat |
May/June |
| 5 |
prepare delphi survey instrument,
based on issues emerging from the scenario-based expert
meeting |
Secretariat and Consultant 2
+ teleconferencing with
Consultant 1
+ some emailing with experts |
16-17 July Bangkok |
| 6 |
conclude identification of delphi experts -
200-300 stakeholders in the region |
Secretariat and contact points
+ experts input by email |
July |
| 7 |
conduct double round Delphi survey |
Secretariat, in liaison with
Consultant 2 |
August & September |
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8ii
8iii |
analyse delphi responses and prepare draft report
meeting to discuss draft report
final report on delphi survey |
Consultant 2, with assistance of the Secretariat
Secretariat + Consultants 1&2
Consultant 2 |
mid/ late October to early November |
| 9 |
produce final report |
Consultant 1 and Secretariat |
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| 10 |
public presentation of report to 16th ISTWG
Meeting in Hong-Kong |
Secretariat |
March 1999 |
Details of our Experts and Consultants
Dr Alan Wade
Principal Water Quality Advisor,
ACTEW Corporation
Dr Alan Wade currently works
as the Principal Water Quality Adviser in a technical advisory role to
ACTEW Corporation, the water authority responsible for managing water
supply and sewerage for Canberra. He advises on water quality issues ranging
from discharge of treated wastewater to inland waters to wastewater reuse
and to drinking water, particularly in the area of water quality guidelines
development and interpretation. Alan also represents the Water Services
Association of Australia on the Board of the Cooperative Research Centre
for Water Quality and Treatment and is the liaison officer with other
water-based cooperative research centres.
Contact address: ACTEW Corporation, PO Box 366, Canberra ACT
2601
phone: 61 2 6248 3692
fax: 61 2 6248 3698
email: alan.wade@actew.com.au
Canada
Dr. Robert Gillham
Professor and NSERC Industrial Research Chair
University of Waterloo
Dr. Robert Gillham has been a professor in the
Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo since the early
1970s. He was Director of the Waterloo Centre for Groundwater Research
from 1987 to 1992, was Chair of the Earth Sciences Department from 1993
to 1997 and currently holds the NSERC/Motorola/ETI Industrial Research
Chair in Groundwater Remediation. In 1997 Dr. Gillham was elected
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Dr. Gillham’s primary research
areas concern contaminant transport in groundwater systems and groundwater
remediation.
Contact address: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
phone: 1 519 888 4658
fax: 1 519 746 7484
email:
rwgillha@sciborg.uwaterloo.ca
Chile
R. Alejandro Lopez Alvarado
Executive Director, National Institute of Hydraulics.
Mr Alejandro Lopez is a civil engineer, specialising
in fluid mechanics and fluvial hydraulics. In addition to his responsibilities
at the National Institute of Hydraulics, Mr Lopez is also an Associate
Professor at the University of Chile and works as an independent consultant
on issues such as fluvial hydraulics, hydraulics works, sediment transport,
dam sedimentation and erosion.
Contact address: Direccion Ejecutiva: Nataniel Cox 31, OF.36,
Santiago, Chile
phone: 56 2 696 2556
fax: 56 2 698 8954
email:
alelopez@tamarugo.cec.uchile.cl
Chinese Taipei
Dr Cy C Chen
Deputy General Director
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Energy & Resources
Labarotories
Dr Cy C Chen is Deputy Director General
of the Energy and Resources Laboratories (ERL), responsible for "resources"
which includes water, land, ocean, and minerals. ERL, a member of ITRI,
is a quasi-governmental research institution of 630 researchers and supporting
staff focusing on energy, resources, and environment protection.
ERL activities include:
R&D in the integration of alternative energy sources (e.g. wind) with
RO desalinization. R&D in the conservation and recycle of ultrapure
water used in semiconductor industry. Water efficiency diagnostic
services and consultation provided to manufacturing, agricultural, and
service sectors. Promotion and education to the general public on
water conservation. Assisting government agencies in formulating
water management policies and conservation incentives. Remote sensing
in various applications for watershed and reservoir management.
Land subsidence monitoring in the area of excessive groundwater pumping.
Information technology tool development for water licenses, watersheds,
river basins, etc. Leakage detection and repairing services for
underground pipelines. Groundwater contamination investigation and
remediation.
Contact address: A000 ERL/ITRI, Bldg. 64, 195-6 Sec.4, Chung Hsing
Rd, Chutung Hsinchu, Taiwan 310, R.O.C.
phone: 886 3 591 6365 / 591 6311 / 582 0087
fax: 886 3 591 6310
email: f750277@erlb.erl.itri.org.tw
Hong Kong
Ku Chi-chung, Damien
Chief Engineer
Water Supplies Department
Mr Damien CC Ku, Chief Engineer of the Water Supplies Department
of Hong Kong, has over 30 years experience in water supply and management.
He has been actively involved in the planning of water resources and supply
systems for Hong Kong to cope with the rapid developments of the territory
in the 1970’s and was in charge of the operation and maintenance of the
water supply systems in the Mainland South East Region of Hong Kong from
1979 to 1988. He is currently managing a number of consultancy projects,
including the construction of a modern treatment plant which will employ
ozonation, bio-filtration and other advance water treatment technologies.
Mr Ku was the Hong Kong Branch Chairman of the Chartered Institution of
Water and Environmental Management in 1995-6, and was recently reelected
again as the Chairman for 1998-9.
Contact address: Water Supplies Department Shatin Sub-office, 10/F
Grand Central Plaza Tower I, 138 Sha Tin Rural Committee Road, Sha
Tin N.T.
phone: 852 2634 3500
fax: 852 2634 1800
email: cm_ce@wsd.gcn.gov.hk and
damienku@hkstar.com
(please send all messages to both email addresses)
Korea
Dr Ig-Hwan Sung,
Principal Hydrogeologist
Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials (KIGAM)
Dr Ig-Hwan Sung is a principal hydrogeologist
in the Environmental Geology Division in Korea Institute of Geology, Mining
& Materials (KIGAM). His current research interests include
the protection and reclamation of groundwater resources in urban areas
(Seoul, Pusan and Taegu), groundwater modelling in crystalline rock basins
in Korea and remote control systems developments for natural mineral water
resources. He advises the Ministry of Environment and the Office
of the Prime Minister on water resource issues.
Contact address: Environmental Geology
Division, Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials (KIGAM), 30
Kajung-Dong, Yusung-Ku, Taejon, Korea 305-350
phone: 82 42 868 3082
fax: 82 42 861 9720
email:
sih@rock25t.kigam.re.kr
Malaysia
Ir Azuhan Mohamed
Senior Assistant Director
Planning and Evaluation Division, Department of Irrigation and Drainage
Ir Azuhan Mohamed is the Senior Assistant Director
of the Planning and Evaluation Division of the Department of Irrigation
and Drainage in Malaysia and in-charge of the Development of Resources
and Technology Unit. He has been working in the field of groundwater
since 1981, with his main interests in groundwater resource assessment,
exploration, development and protection, well irrigation and the conjunctive
use of surface water and groundwater. He was granted the position of Certified
Ground Water Professional (CGWP) by the US-based Association of Ground
Water Scientists and Engineers (AGWSE) in 1992. AGWSE is a division of
the National Ground Water Association (NGWA). NGWA has a membership of
over 20000 and there are about 500 CGWPs.
Contact address: Dept of Irrigation and Drainage, Jalan Sultan Salahuddin,
50626, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
phone: 60 3 440 3799
fax: 60 3 291 1082
email: jps06@pop.moa.my
Mexico
Dr Oscar Monroy Hermosillo
Universidad Autonoma Matropolitana
(Autonomous Metropolitan University)
Dr Monroy is based at the Environmental Microbiology Laboratory
of the Biotechnology Department at the Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana
(UAM), in Mexico City. His main research interest is the anaerobic
treatment of waste water (industrial, domestic and urban). He is
presently working on a water management project for Mexico City, involving
waste water treatment and recycling, using sustainable biotechnologies.
Contact address: Universidad Autonoma Matropolitana, Iztapalapa,
Div. De Ciencias Biologicas y de la Salud-Departamento de Biotechnologia,
Av. Michoacan y la Purisima, Col. Vincentina, Iztapalapa, Mexico, D.F.
09340, A.P 55-535
phone: 52 5 724 4985
fax: 52 5 724 4723
email:
monroy@xanum.uam.mx
Thailand
Mr Pramote Maiklad
Director-General
Royal Irrigation Department.
In addition to his role as the Director-General
of the Royal Irrigation Department, Mr Pramote Maiklad is also the Director
of the Office of the National Water Resources Committee. This Committee
coordinates the work of the many different agencies and government departments
concerned with water.
Contact address: Royal Irrigation Department, Samsen, Dusit, Bangkok
10300, Thailand
phone: 66 2 241 0065 / 241 0250
fax: 66 2 241 0442
email: -
Thailand
Dr Jesda Kaewkulaya
Vice-President
Kasetsart University
Dr Jesda Kaewkulaya has over twenty-four years
experience of teaching, academic research and consultancy services in
the field of irrigation study, planning and detailed design, and the study
of water use and water resource management. He has conducted workshops
and training programs for both Thai and international students.
He is also Vice President of Kasetsart University, responsible for academic
affairs and development.
Contact address: Office of the President, Kasetsart University,
Kamphaengsaen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand
phone: 66 2 942 8010
fax: 66 34 351408
email: -
Project consultants
Australia
Professor Ron Johnston
Executive Director
Australian Centre for Innovation and International Competitiveness (ACIIC)
University of Sydney
For further information about Professor Johnston
and the ACIIC, please visit the website at:
http://www.aciic.org.au
Contact address: Australian Centre for Innovation and International
Competitiveness (ACIIC), University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
phone: 61 2 9351 3934
fax: 61 2 9351 3974
email:
rj@aciic.eng.usyd.edu.au
Korea
Dr Taeyoung Shin
Head, S&T Indicators and Analyses
Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)
Dr Taeyoung Shin specialises in applied micro-economics,
quantitative analysis and technology forecasting and planning. He
was responsible for the design and implementation of the first Korean
national foresight program.
Contact address:
Science and Technology Policy Institute (STEPI)
26th fl KSCFC Bldg., 395-70 Shindaebang-Dong, Dongjak, Seoul 156-010,
Korea
phone: 82 2 3284 1871
email: tshin@stepimail.stepi.re.kr
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