Just in on today's news in China. Our Director of Technology and R&D in China had won the 2021 Village and Township Water Environment Core Figure Award. This is in good recognition for our contribution to the villages and towns sewage treatment through our development of a series of MABR products and the decentralization of WWTP.

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/eTPxSQQ9gAKBlk8fOU6BFA

https://m.cngold.org/finance/xw8568921.html






What is interesting to note is "Fully automatic operation , basically unattended operation , and the villagers can maintain it by themselves ; low energy consumption , low operating cost , and stable water quality . Currently applied in Hubei , Zhejiang , Jiangsu, Qinghai , Sichuan , Liaoning , Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and other more than 10 provinces and autonomous regions of rural sewage treatment , accumulative practice of more than 320 point source treatment , serving millions of people ."
Seems like we have covered more than 17 provinces and autonomous regions, (including Tibet which is new to me) and the presence should give us more projects now that the Covid restrictions from the past years have lifted.

There is just another point I'd wish to add. I had various conversations with my contacts in China in the last few weeks, what it seems like is Q1 of this year is still expected to be slow, primarily the finances in the provincial, villages and town levels are still tight due to much of the funds were spent in medical testing and equipment for Covid. Most likely after the annual Chinese Legislature and Budget meeting in Spring should dish out funds to get us back to infrastructure spending.

Chen Xi, director of Fluence Technology and R&D, won the "2021 Village and Township Water Environment Core Figure Award"

Fluence 2023-03-14 12:42 Posted on Shanghai

A few days ago , Mr. Chen Xi, Director of Science and Technology and R&D of Fluence Water, won the " National Water Environment Application Innovation Core Figure Award " issued by the 12th Village Water Environment Alliance . Mr. Chen Xi has long been engaged in the research, development and engineering application of sewage treatment technology equipment in Fluence , and has more than 15 years of experience in environment and sewage treatment .

From March 09 to 11 , the 12th China Rural and Small Town Water Environment Governance Forum and Village and Town Environmental Technology Industry Exchange Conference was held in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia . This forum mainly focuses on the integrated development of urban and rural areas , focusing on governance and cooperation in the field of rural and urban water environment governance . In order to commend those who have made outstanding contributions in this field and give full play to their pioneering and exemplary role in the development of the industry , the "2021 Village and Town Water Environment Core Figure Award " was awarded during the conference to commend their spirit of persistence in innovation , forging ahead bravely , and breaking through the limit .

Chen Xi , who has been deeply involved in the comprehensive treatment of water environment for many years, is the main person in charge of the development and project application of sewage treatment equipment in the company . He took the lead in developing a series of products of MABR membrane aeration bioreactors for sewage treatment in villages and towns , which solved the problems faced by sewage in villages and towns. Pipeline construction cost , design , compliance , operation and other issues . Decentralized treatment system , source treatment , in accordance with the principles of adapting measures to local conditions and implementing policies according to classification , promote high-quality rural sewage treatment , make up for the shortcomings of rural domestic sewage treatment , and advance the work of rural domestic sewage treatment in an orderly manner . Fully automatic operation , basically unattended operation , and the villagers can maintain it by themselves ; low energy consumption , low operating cost , and stable water quality . Currently applied in Hubei , Zhejiang , Jiangsu, Qinghai , Sichuan , Liaoning , Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and other more than 10 provinces and autonomous regions of rural sewage treatment , accumulative practice of more than 320 point source treatment , serving millions of people .

These include the world's largest MABR upgrade case in Anhui Province with a daily processing capacity of up to 20,000 tons , and the sewage treatment plant with the largest MABR processing capacity at high altitude in Qinghai , which can process up to 3,000 tons of sewage per day . At an altitude of 4,200 meters, the MABR sewage treatment system designed for the Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , which guards the source of the three rivers , will do its part to protect the " China Water Tower " and ensure " a river of clear water flows to the industry " .

Sewage itself is a valuable resource and a stable water source . After being treated by Fluence's complete set of sewage treatment system, it can be used for green irrigation , landscape water, and industrial water . It is an important way to alleviate water pressure and achieve the " double carbon goal " important measures . Fluence's equipment in Hubei achieves the standard treatment and reuse of more than 15,000 tons of sewage every day , which can reduce chemical oxygen demand by about 4,500 tons and ammonia nitrogen emissions by about 670 tons every year .

The " 14th Five-Year Plan " and the outline of long-term for 2035 are put forward to implement rural construction actions . Put rural construction in an important position in socialist modernization , optimize the ecological space for production and living , continue to improve the appearance and living environment of villages , and build beautiful and livable villages . Among them , promote the comprehensive improvement of rural water systems , and carry out in-depth village cleaning and greening actions . By 2025 , the natural ecology of the countryside will be fully protected , and 20,000 national forest villages and a large number of local forest villages will be built . Efficient sewage treatment will be a key to protecting our natural environment , because direct discharge of untreated sewage leading to black odor is an anaerobic process that will generate more carbon emissions . Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , China has promoted the construction of ecological civilization with unprecedented efforts and implemented a series of strategies to deal with climate change, measures and actions , participation in global climate governance , and green and low-carbon development . Reducing the overall carbon emissions of the industry and realizing recycling and resource recovery are important measures to implement the ' Double Carbon ' action and build a beautiful home together .

The construction of China's ecological civilization has entered a critical period of focusing on carbon reduction , promoting the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction , promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development , and realizing the improvement of ecological environment quality from quantitative change to qualitative change . Completely , accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept , continue to promote green and low-carbon development , and the home we live in will become more and more beautiful and pleasant .

Fluence adheres to the core value of " Water governance is perfect and beautiful forever " , sticks to the front line of scientific research and innovation for a long time , and actively breaks through practice . Efficiency , cherish every drop of water resources , and continue to stride forward in the direction of circular development .