Corporate Information

Vision

Become the pre-eminent Water and Environment Research Institute, focused on leading-edge research, translation into world class products, and developing a highly skilled workforce.

Mission 

Address Singapore’s national priorities in water and environmental needs. Perform fundamental Research, translate through robust Engineering to innovative solutions, and work with industrial and institutional partners, towards their Deployment to enhance Singapore’s global standing and attract investment.

Ranked among top global organizations in the domains of environment & water technology, NEWRI responds to national needs and global sustainability concerns in such areas as desalination, water treatment, food waste management, solid waste management and climate change.  

NEWRI’s operating ecosystem is both multi and inter-disciplinary, comprises the following domains: 
- Biotechnology & Bioprocesses, 
- Environmental Sensing, Modelling & AI Machine Learning,
- Environmental Chemistry & Materials, 
- Resource Recovery, 
- Membrane Technology (SMTC) 

Together with a philanthropic initiative, analytics cluster and engineering team, as well as an education and training unit​ in environmental science and engineering. They form an inter-disciplinary and inter-institutional ecosystem to provide holistic environmental engineered solutions.