Past Events

The ECH2O – Enterprises Cherish Water Campaign is jointly organized by the Water Supplies Department and Green Council. Its aim is to create a collaboration platform for organisations to share good practices on enhancing water efficiency in the non-domestic sector.

Dr. Angela Lee, Project Manager at the Water Centre, has been invited as a guest speaker for the “Water Conservation Workshop.” She presented on “Using IoT Technology and Data Analysis to Address Water Leakage Issues and Identify Abnormal Water Usage”, shared project findings with water conservation managers from malls, buildings, hotels, and restaurants.

Dr. Angela Lee, Project Manager at the Water Centre, delivered a presentation titled “Application of IoT-Enabled Smart Metering Technologies to Control Water Leakages in Buildings.” This event was organised by the International Water Association Specialist Group – China Region in collaboration with Hunan University. In her talk, Dr. Lee shared findings from the WaterWise program and provided valuable insights on how to effectively manage water loss in various aspects.

Dr. Angela Lee, Project Manager at the Water Centre, was invited as a panellist for the session titled “Business and Community Actions” at a symposium co-organised by the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning and the City University of Hong Kong. During the session, she shared an innovative approach to conducting Water Literacy Education aimed at engaging secondary school students to promote water sustainability. Drawing from her experience in running a knowledge exchange program co-hosted by the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, HKU and the Water Centre in 2023, Dr. Lee explained how the application of smart technologies and the implementation of an action plan could be combined to reduce water consumption in real-life settings.

Dr. Frederick Lee, the Water Centre’s Executive Director, delivered a seminar on “the water-related challenges facing Hong Kong in its transition towards sustainability”, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. The talk focused on the nexus issues pertaining to water use and management in the city.

The Inter-disciplinary forum, co-organized by the Water Centre and the Water Supplies Department, was designed to promote an exchange of innovative ideas among policy-makers, practitioners and researchers. Two overseas speakers were invited to share their insights on how, and to what extent, the application of smart technologies—such as Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning—could help address, and resolve, current and future challenges in managing our urban water systems to achieve long-term sustainability goals.

Dr Frederick Lee, Executive Director of the Water Centre, delivered a talk at a webinar organised by the Nanyang Technological University’s History Department and Hong Kong Research Hub. Dr. Lee argued that the official narrative of Hong Kong’s water story has been anchored in the 1963 drought, but circumstances have changed. Continuing to fear the spectre of drought-induced water-use restrictions runs the risk of our becoming prisoners of this entrenched narrative—blinded by outdated premises and overlooking the most pressing issues in water planning in the 21st century. It is time for us to contemplate alternative narratives that will help us address real challenges.