Dr. Guangzhao YANG from the Center for Advanced Water Technology (Singapore) 

Invited by Prof. Hongzhu WANG from IHB’s Research Group of Benthology and Floodplain Ecology, Dr. Zhaoguang YANG and Dr. Lifeng ZHANG from the Center for Advanced Water Technology (Singapore) came to visit our institute and attend a workshop here on June 12.  

IHB’s deputy director Prof. Xudong XU made an introduction to the institute’s organizational structure and research orientation at the beginning of the workshop. Drs. Zhao and Yang made a speech entitled “Water Resource Management and Water Quality Assurance in Singapore”, briefly summing up the current status of water resources, urban water supply, wastewater treatment technology and water quality monitoring in Singapore. Dr. Zhang introduced the ongoing projects regarding safety of urban water resource and anti-terrorism water quality monitoring system which are being carried out at their center.  

IHB professor Lirong SONG made a presentation entitled “Occurrences, environmental fates, risks and removal strategies of cyanobacterial harmful metabolites (CHM) in Chinese freshwaters”, introducing the pollution status of harmful metabolites (toxins and off-flavor substances) produced by cyanobacteria of eutrophic lakes, and potential risks cyanobacteria poses to ecology, environment and drinking water in particular. Prof. Song also gave a brief introduction to the pollution control technology of cyanobactrial toxins and off-flavor substances being carried out in drinking water at our institute.  

Drs Yang and Zhang visited the laboratory of Algal Resources and Toxicology after the workshop and discussed on issues of mutual interest, such as the treatment technology of off-flavor substances in algae, analytical detection technology of cyanobacterial toxins, toxic elements (CRM) and detection kits for ELISA etc. Both sides reached a preliminary cooperative intention in the research of algal secondary metabolites.  

Dr. Lifeng ZHANG from the Center for Advanced Water Technology (Singapore) 

IHB Prof. Lirong SONG