The Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership has signed an agreement with Singapore's national water agency, PUB. The Memorandum of Understanding is intended to help establish collaborative relationships between Maryland-based government, science, and business groups and similar groups in Singapore. The MD-AEP's goal with this agreement is to create opportunities for the two groups of urban water management experts to work together to establish fruitful partnerships. MD-AEP wil also be working with Singapore to expand that country's urban water export model to other Asian nations.
MD-AEP led a 14 member delegation of Maryland environmental impact and water experts to Asia to participate in Singapore International Water Week 2011 in early July. The delegation was led by MD-AEP Founder and President Peter Gourlay. Also included in the team were representatives from KCI Technologies, I.M. Systems Group, Formos, and wastewater solutions company Everpure Hi-Tec Water Solutions.
Members of the delegation met with their counterparts in Singapore and high ranking government officials, and showcased Maryland's water sciences industries to conference attendees. MD-AEP also represented 10 other Maryland firms involved in water impact science and technology, including the Institute for Marine and Environmental Technology and the University of Maryland College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
The Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership will continue working to establish relationships with other Asian countries with the goal of bringing together private sector and public sector companies to address the growing water and conservation problems faced by many countries in the rapidly developing region.
Writer: Amy McNeal
Source: Maryland-Asia Environmental Partnership